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catslash
2008-11-19 03:17 am UTC (link)

The upside of stuff like this is that I feel like a supergenius for being able to figure out what "vainglorious" means by, you know, looking at it. Is this a special power that only we select few wankas possess or what?

It also makes me want to start working words like "contumacious" into internet arguments. If "vainglorious" is hard, "contumacious" ought to make their heads explode. The contumacious twits.

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	doomsday 2008-11-19 03:27 am UTC (link)
	I do not know what "contumacious" means. I could highlight it, right-click, search Google for "contumacious," and look up the meaning, but that would be boring, so instead I'm going get really indignant and tell you to stop using words I don't know. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	catslash 2008-11-19 03:45 am UTC (link)
	And I will attempt to explain myself and defend - actually, no, I'll just point and laugh and move on, which is why I'm not very good at internet arguments. I keep forgetting to take them seriously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	doomsday 2008-11-19 05:51 am UTC (link)
	I'm no good at them because I'm not dedicated to my cause; I looked it up. Good word. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	catslash 2008-11-19 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Its introduction into my life remains the only thing I am thankful to Charles Dickens for. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	msmanna 2008-11-19 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	I feel very much the same about Jane Eyre and 'pertinacious'. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	catslash 2008-11-19 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh, Jane Eyre. I've tried to read it twice and failed a hundred pages in both times. I avoid classes focusing on female authors because I'm afraid I'd be forced to study it. At least Dickens grants me the favor of occasionally being readable. Also, "pertinacious" = win. I have a weakness for big huge nineteenth-century-novel words. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	moosecharmer 2008-11-19 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, see I'm the opposite. I loves me some Brontes, can't stand Chucky D. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	catslash 2008-11-19 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I will never like Dickens. I'm just relieved because I'm studying Great Expectations right now and it's a hundred times better than A Tale of Two Cities, which I VIOLENTLY disliked. So I'm inclined to be a bit kinder about him than usual. I'm sure it will pass when the semester ends. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tangentialone 2008-11-19 04:06 am UTC (link)
	How about "gnomon"? I like that word. :D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	agent_hyatt 2008-11-19 06:11 am UTC (link)
	I fucking hate gnomons. The threads always dash. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	some_dude 2008-11-19 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Huh. And all this time I thought that Gnomon Copy (a store in Cambridge, MA) was named for a person or place...But I looked it up, and now I know! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	catslash 2008-11-19 06:15 am UTC (link)
	looks it up Ooh, I love obscure thing names. Good word! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frau_eva 2008-11-19 06:23 am UTC (link)
	The funny thing is that everyone's going on about context, when anyone can read the word itself and figure out what it means. Do you know the meaning of "vain?" How about "glorious?" THERE YA GO. NO STRENUOUS DICTIONARY WORK NECESSARY. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	megotelek 2008-11-19 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	But...but...obviously it's two INDIVIDUAL words stuck together and there are NO OTHER WORDS LIKE THAT IN THE WHOLE WORLD! cries Portmanteau words rock. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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