Oct 11, 2009

taciturn

adjective • /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ or /ˈtæsətɝːn/ • silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak

From Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”)

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f-hole

noun • either of a pair of sound holes, resembling an ∫ and a reversed ∫ in shape, cut in the front of some stringed instruments, such as the violin and the mandolin

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Sep 27, 2009

Ucalegon

noun • a neighbor whose house is on fire or has burned down.

Ucalegon, one of the Elders of Troy, had his house set on fire by the Achaeans when they sacked Troy.

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Jul 31, 2009

tundish

noun • 1) a funnel (usually) used in smelting, foundry work etc. 2) a funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line.

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Jul 22, 2009

rantallion

noun • /ran-TAL-yən/ • a man or boy whose penis is insufficiently long, in its ‘relaxed’ mode, to exceed the length of the scrotum

from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tonge

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