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Message board > WORD OF THE DAY - "quixotic"
WORD OF THE DAY - "quixotic"
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ELOJOLIE274
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WORD OF THE DAY - "quixotic"
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The Word of the day has been published yet, and I miss that game so much that I �ve decided to post the word anyway, even though it �s not my turn... Today, and tomorrow �s word is "quixotic"
Try to define its meaning in the wittiest, most comical, or most stupid way. If you know what it means, don�t tell us, please, but give us a silly definition of it, instead.
Remember, NO INTERNET, NO DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS � just ideas from your head!
The Member announced with the best definition WILL CHOOSE TUESDAY�S WORD. (If you don�t want to choose a Word, let the Forum know, please.)
The Winner will be announced tomorrow (monday) evening on the forum and he/she will receive a PM!
I �ll repost this message tomorrow morning, and again in the afternoon... Have fun!!! Elodie
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24 Oct 2010
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Poohbear
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Dear Elodie,
thanks for keeping up the game!
I am trapped in a seminar in the middle of nowhere and miss you all so much... so please don �t choose me, but I �d like to play anyway.
qui= French for who (and it is a French member who posts the word!)
x = for love
otic = short for exotic
so it means a person who loves exotic thinks, like food or drink...
Hugs from
Petra
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24 Oct 2010
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ldthemagicman
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Thank you very much, Elodie, for taking the initiative!
Now, I �ve heard that �Word � Quixotic before, I know!
I �m not sure if it was used in the Playgroup, or in the Sewage Works, but I �m CERTAIN I �ve heard it.
I �ll get back to you!
(Petra Poohbear says that she�s trapped in a �seminar�.
Petra, think yourself lucky that it�s only a SEMI-nar!
If you think that a �SEMI-nar� is bad, Petra, I was once trapped in a �COMPLETE-nar�, which lasted for days, surrounded by dozens of Nar-Nars!
Now THAT is something more scary than Halloween!)
Les
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24 Oct 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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That word reminds me of Don Quichote/Quixote de la Mancha!!
He was quite scatterbrained and unworldly, wasn �t he?  So I guess when someone is like that, you could say (s)he is "quixotic".
"Sally is sooo muddle-headed... She seems to live in her own world, doesn �t she?" --- "Yes, she �s rather quixotic!"
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24 Oct 2010
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gloriawpai
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No, Lina. Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes was very ingenious. So Sally was a very ingenious girl. She could invent so many gadgets that she can just relax!
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24 Oct 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Thanks, Gloria! Then it must be Ally, not Sally. Sorry about the confusion!!  |
24 Oct 2010
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ueslteacher
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That �s an easy one Quick for alive and exotic for unusual, so that �s an adjective which is used to describe an unusually lively person. Sophia |
24 Oct 2010
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Poohbear
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Thanks, Les... I count my blessings!
Well, it�s a workshop with no w-lan and they�ll stick knives into me if I occupy the PC much longer...
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24 Oct 2010
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almaz
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Qui Xo (pronounced �kee-show �) is an online board game for nerds, nolifes, geeks and anoraks and assorted e-vagabonds, grifters and chouves. Essentially, the latter rip the former off but always leave something valuable in return, like an idea for a web-based cartoon (example here). The resultant mess is usually cleaned up by a media-savvy gongfermour who is then, more often than not, hired by a major bank which, based on this intelligence, then proceeds to rip off everyone else involved.
The process - from start to finish - is known as quixotic.
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24 Oct 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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I feel completely dizzy after having read Alex �s explanation...  Time to go to bed I suppose!
I �m looking forward to reading the correct definition tomorrow. :))
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24 Oct 2010
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moravc
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quixotic
Beware of quixotic!
Actually, it is a quiet toxic, extremely dangerous chemical.
It is really difficult to extract it and labs have big problems to find it in water...
Never ever drink dirty water!
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25 Oct 2010
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