my igoogle start page says boulevardier: a man-about-town.
1. A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in Paris.
2. A sophisticated, worldly, and socially active man; a man who frequents fashionable places; a man-about-town.
GAY
adj. gay·er, gay·est
1. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
2. Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
3. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.
4. Given to social pleasures.
5. Dissolute; licentious.
n.
1. A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex.
2. A man whose sexual orientation is to men: an alliance of gays and lesbians.
[an-tee-dis-uh-stab-lish-muhn-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] -noun: opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
1. cloy: to weary or become distasteful through excess.
2. halcyon: peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
3. sub rosa: secretly; privately; confidentially.
4. disparate: fundamentally different; also, composed of dissimilar elements.
5. fustian: pompous or pretentious language.
6. amalgam: an alloy of mercury with other metals; also, a mixture.
7. contrite: feeling or expressing grief and regret for sins or offenses.
8. moiety: a half; a small part.
9. sentient: capable of perceiving by the senses.
10. parsimonious: frugal to excess.
11. acumen: quickness or keenness of perception or discernment.
12. cavil: to raise trivial objections; also, a trivial objection.
13. umbrage: offense; resentment.
14. fetter: a restraint; also, to impose restraints on.
15. paean: a song or other expression of praise or joy.
16. subfusc: dark or dull in color.
17. latitudinarian: having or expressing broad and tolerant views.
18. tirade: a long angry speech.
19. obtrude: to thrust out; also, to impose on others.
20. Potemkin village: a false front or facade.
21. boulevardier: a man-about-town.
don't tell me you haven't seen euphemism before :OOOO
I've seen most of the dutch translations of these @ dutch class @school, so i think you must have seen at least 2 of em @ english class mr splodgio!
diarrhea - A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.
1. A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in Paris.
2. A sophisticated, worldly, and socially active man; a man who frequents fashionable places; a man-about-town.
adj. gay·er, gay·est
1. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.
2. Showing or characterized by cheerfulness and lighthearted excitement; merry.
3. Bright or lively, especially in color: a gay, sunny room.
4. Given to social pleasures.
5. Dissolute; licentious.
n.
1. A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex.
2. A man whose sexual orientation is to men: an alliance of gays and lesbians.
there you go..
what was so hard about that?
Fear of long words
anthropomorphosis
transformation into human form.
epistolary
contained in or carried on by letters
malevolent
wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will
impermanence
the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
[an-tee-dis-uh-stab-lish-muhn-tair-ee-uh-niz-uhm] -noun: opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
heterogenetic
perishability
90 % tends to write comming
:D
2. halcyon: peaceful; undisturbed; happy.
3. sub rosa: secretly; privately; confidentially.
4. disparate: fundamentally different; also, composed of dissimilar elements.
5. fustian: pompous or pretentious language.
6. amalgam: an alloy of mercury with other metals; also, a mixture.
7. contrite: feeling or expressing grief and regret for sins or offenses.
8. moiety: a half; a small part.
9. sentient: capable of perceiving by the senses.
10. parsimonious: frugal to excess.
11. acumen: quickness or keenness of perception or discernment.
12. cavil: to raise trivial objections; also, a trivial objection.
13. umbrage: offense; resentment.
14. fetter: a restraint; also, to impose restraints on.
15. paean: a song or other expression of praise or joy.
16. subfusc: dark or dull in color.
17. latitudinarian: having or expressing broad and tolerant views.
18. tirade: a long angry speech.
19. obtrude: to thrust out; also, to impose on others.
20. Potemkin village: a false front or facade.
21. boulevardier: a man-about-town.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/
Synaesthesia: vehicle and tenor allude to different sensory perceptions
Metonymy: replacement of one term with another to which it is ontologically logically or causally connected
Synecdoche: replacement of a part with a whole or vice versa
Antonomasia: replacement of a generic term with a proper name, or of a proper name with an epithet
Periphrasis/Circumlocution: description of an element by making reference to it's characteristics
Euphemism: reference to something by means of a milder, more positive term
Litotes: reference to an element or quality my negating its opposite
Antithesis: juxtaposition of two logically opposed elements
Hendiadys: an idea that would usually be expressed by a single noun phrase is represented by two words joined by a conjunction
Paranomasia: a play of words using two identical or similar sounding words with different and perhaps contradictory meanings.
I've seen most of the dutch translations of these @ dutch class @school, so i think you must have seen at least 2 of em @ english class mr splodgio!
learned that in the 1.year engrish
http://www.othyr.com/titin.html