Word Of The Day

[Handlebars]

lanugo
/ləˈn(y)o͞oˌɡō

noun

1. fine, soft hair, especially that which covers the body and limbs of a human fetus or newborn.

 

[tomjasz]

Locavore
ˈlōkəˌvôr

1. a person whose diet consists only or principally of locally grown or produced food.

 

[Baron Red]

Pareidolia

 

[Handlebars]

Pareidolia

I forgot the meaning of that word. It is part of a superbly interesting subject; how we see what is there and how we don't see what is there and how we see what is not there.

 

[Marcela]

Breakthrough—a word or thought inappropriate only when wiping your ass

 

[Handlebars]

OK,OK.​

bumfuzzle​

chiefly dialectal
: CONFUSE, PERPLEX, FLUSTER

 

[Handlebars]

phat·ic
denoting or relating to language used for general purposes of social interaction, rather than to convey information or ask questions. Utterances such as hello, how are you? and nice morning, isn't it? are phatic

 

[Handlebars]

I was listening to local music titled "Islands in the stream '.
Alluvial.

Perspicuous!
"perspicuous": "clear, lucid"

 

[Slaphappygamer]

Moonbow

Moonbow

Not all rainbows appear during the day. When the sun goes down a rarer version of this natural lightshow can be seen - the moonbow, also known as a lunar rainbow.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

 

[Handlebars]

Moonbow

Moonbow

Not all rainbows appear during the day. When the sun goes down a rarer version of this natural lightshow can be seen - the moonbow, also known as a lunar rainbow.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I reject that word; replacing "rain" with "moon".

 

[Slaphappygamer]

Lol. I agree. But whatelse could it be called? Moonring? Halo? Nightfrisbee?

 

[Handlebars]

Lol. I agree. But whatelse could it be called?

A nonbinary ... like the flag.

 

[Handlebars]

Specie:
money in the form of coins rather than notes

 

[Handlebars]

e·pon·y·mous
/əˈpänəməs,eˈpänəməs/
https://www.google.com/search?q=how...2ahUKEwijkJKylpP8AhVsFFkFHVQ7DrcQ3eEDegQIDRAK

adjective

1. (of a person) giving their name to something.
   "the eponymous hero of the novel"
   • (of a thing) named after a particular person.
     "Roseanne's eponymous hit TV series"

 

[Rich W.]

Defenestration - I haven’t read every post so it might have been submitted already. But if not, here’s a very useful word to add to your vocabulary.

 

[Rich W.]

Ok, that didn’t get much of a response. I thought it was a pretty good word. How bout….
Lenticular ?

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

e·pon·y·mous
/əˈpänəməs,eˈpänəməs/
https://www.google.com/search?q=how...2ahUKEwijkJKylpP8AhVsFFkFHVQ7DrcQ3eEDegQIDRAK

adjective

1. (of a person) giving their name to something.
   "the eponymous hero of the novel"
   • (of a thing) named after a particular person.
     "Roseanne's eponymous hit TV series"

Mathematics is full of eponymous results -- concepts, theorems, equations, functions, methods, etc. Traditionally, they're named after the first person to discover them. Examples: Cartesian coordinates, Gaussian curvature, Green's Theorem, Reimann zeta function, Ricci tensors, and Newton's, Simpson's, and Lagrange's methods.

Students aren't fans of this naming system, but it keeps the names from limiting later thinking as to what the result might mean or be used for.

The superstar with the most eponymous results to his name by far is the astoundingly prolific 18th century mathematician and physicist Leonard Euler -- and they're all well-deserved. Leading some mathematicians to joke that important results should henceforth be named for the first person to discover them after Euler.