Questions tagged [obscure-terms]
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A word that describes the experience of pleasure at the sound of a word?
What word describes the experience of pleasure at the sound of a word? This refers to the enjoyment of words being pronounced, rather than to the euphony, or pleasing sound, of a word.
I know that such a word exists describing this experience of…
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Is there a term for when you complain about something, and then it just starts working right?
I often find that when working with different forms of technology it breaks then when you have someone watch it or complain to someone it works. Is there a term for this?
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What is a 'plated harness'?
I came across this paragraph reading John Adams by David McCullough,
Of London, he(Jefferson) thought only the shops worthy of attention, and devoted ample time to them, spending lavishly on shoes, boots, a flintlock rifle, a reading lamp, plated…
Shun
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"To Obscure" Word
I want to say, "The smoke obscures the trees."
But I want to say it as a property of the smoke, "Tree [obscurtion] of the smoke."
I need it in this form because I am creating a list of descriptors about the smoke: "Simulation of the wind drift, blue…
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I'm looking for an incredibly obscure word meaning "obscure / holy / hidden away"
I am fairly certain it starts with the letter 'd', but if not, it at least has that letter in it.
Other words that describe it: recondite / cryptic / secret / arcane / "not many people are allowed access."
A friend told me what it was it a ways…
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Word that means a situation where one person cannot describe something to another.
For example - A situation such as "describe a color to a blind person". In this situation person A is not blind and can see the color "red". Person B is blind and has never seen red, so the person understands what red is but the person cannot relate…
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What does the term 'Golden Clime' refer to in the following paragraph?
There was once a boy who loved to go to school, and it was no great wonder, for he lived in a golden age and in a golden clime.
Please note that the aforementioned paragraph is taken from the book 'Stories from Plato' which was first published in…
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What is the term for escapsulating content with something else?
I am writing about a research journal article where they start and end the article with two separate anecdotal stories. I want to be able to say:
"Two lengthy anecdotes XXXXing the article are strangely out of place...."
It is the XXXX that I…
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Term for a verse in which the last line is composed of the last words of the previous lines in that verse
I have been searching a while and I have a strong feeling there is a term for what I am describing but I cant find it!
An example of what I mean is,
Thank you for your time, and any help would be greatly appreciated!
user436880
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Being two “things” at once
I am looking for an old/obscure term meaning to possess simultaneous or concurrent ways of being. Specifically, this term could apply to someone who holds multiple jobs.
Thanks so much!
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What do you call the stores on the front of a building?
What do you call the stores on the front of a building(department stores or apartment) (on ground floor usually) that face the roads with its own entrance?
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What is it called when you replace a word with a phrase?
Replacing a word with a phrase, but not in the case of a euphemism. Example: replacing "United Nations" with "Headquarters of Peace" so the sentence would be, "It would cause war in the headquarters of peace."
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What do we call English transliterations re-transliterated into English?
Anime is an an abbreviation of animation transliterated into Japanese and then back into English (It could also be argued that it is a loan word, but for the sake of my point here we don't need to discuss this).
how do we classify English words…
Mou某
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mic check term: "It is fine today"
There's a term in Japanese:
本日は晴天なり
which apparently comes from English
英語のマイクテスト時の言葉"It is fine today"の直訳。英語の文言は、音素が一通り出てくるため用いられているが、日本語のものにはその機能は無い。
Tr (by Google): A literal translation of the word "It is fine today" in the English microphone…
Mou某
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