Quit trying to intimidate with big words
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jofjltncb6 wrote: »Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
Know what else is a big word?
Abbreviation.
And I think that's funny.
It's like lisp. Just a sad state of affairs to have a 's' in that word.0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
Know what else is a big word?
Abbreviation.
And I think that's funny.
I love that phonetic isn't spelled the way it sounds.
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Some_Watery_Tart wrote: »
Do you speak Swahili? Cause if you don't understand what some guy speaking Swahili says, that speaks more about you than it does about him.FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »TheVirgoddess wrote: »The fact that you think people use "big" words in an effort to make you feel inferior says way more about you than it ever will about them.
I love words. I love reading about words, learning new words and learning the etymology of words.
This. If you don't understand what someone is saying, maybe it's a hint that you should pick up a dictionary or go to school to further your education/expand your knowledge.
Maybe you should go back to school and learn some Swahili. Just sayin'.
I think that this is racialist.
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Of all words, why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?? What kind of cruel joke is that??0
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Some of you people take drmerc so seriously. It's funny.0
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^^oh poop0
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Torontonius wrote: »There are two kinds of people: those who are intimidated by big words and insecure about it; and those who embrace what they don't know and view "big words" as an opportunity to expand their vocabulary.
Personally I love it when someone uses a word I don't recognize, I'll look it up and "voila!", I've learned something new.
Your muscles aren't the only body part that needs exercise, after all...
There is a third kind of people....the kind who buy big trucks and use big words to make up for their lack of size in the (what's the biggest word for pe---???) erectile protrusions department.0 -
also...
antidisestablishmentenarianism0 -
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I'm with you...I find it exceedingly difficult to have a serious hippopotamus conversation these days. I blame the internet.Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
And we should be talking about them!
According to the Internet (which is filled with truth), hippopotamuses kill more people than lions, and tigers and bears each year.
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oh my!0
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Quit trying to intimidate folks that use big words. It's just vocabulary.0
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Kindly elucidate your reasoning for this polemical thread, _DrMerc_, lest people start labelling you a Svengali.0
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__drmerc__ wrote: »
What? No more schadenfreude?0 -
Hummm, one thing we have to realize is that we deal with people all over the World on this socializing network, different ages, culture s and demographics. Along with multiple people who completed college and some are currently attending. I am very open to growing and learning from others bottom line. Other members intellectual superiority doesn't intimidate me one bit. Some things I didn't know I googled to gain better comprehension.
Be yourself, you alright in my book, no Matter what?
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Gets my vote for best word ever.SnuggleSmacks wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
What? No more schadenfreude?
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How is it possible that one does not enjoy the curd of milk separated from the whey atop leavened flour?__drmerc__ wrote: »La_Malfaisante wrote: »__drmerc__ wrote: »
Excuse me sir, do you have a problem with French people? Je me comprends pas pourquoi, nous sommes des personnes comme les autres...
Just their attitude and food
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Joannah700 wrote: »
I'm with you...I find it exceedingly difficult to have a serious hippopotamus conversation these days. I blame the internet.Joannah700 wrote: »Hippopotamus is a big word. It has many letters and many syllables. I feel like we don't talk enough about hippopotamuses around here.
And we should be talking about them!
According to the Internet (which is filled with truth), hippopotamuses kill more people than lions, and tigers and bears each year.
NIIIIIICE! NOW we're having a serious hippo discussion. Of course they're more dangerous than lions, tigers, and bears. Those are all meat eaters and are therefore good and trustworthy. Hippos on the other hand are primarily herbivores, and you just know those are evil and you never turn your back on one.
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Yeah I have to agree with a lot of these other people. Don't *kitten* just because you can't read.0
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Speaking of phonetics, what about 'bologna' and 'colonel'?
And yeah, hippos kill more people in Africa every year than any other creature except mosquitoes.0 -
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The internet is one of the few refuges I have left to express the full breadth of my vocabulary.
I was cooking with my daughter and granddaughter the other day and I asked if I could use their "colander". My daughter asked if I could use the other word for it so they could know what I was talking about. Oh yeah, a sieve. Sheesh. So many great words, so few places to use them.
Sieve is not the first word that would come to mind for that.
Colander or strainer. It is a sieve but still... lol
I am distracted by the blinding light emanating from your groinal region. I think I need to report this for the way it makes me feel. Also, is that heaven?
I heart you.0 -
Every time I don't know what something is I google. Wish I hadn't.__drmerc__ wrote: »The enzymatic pathway for converting dietary carbohydrate (CHO) into fat, or de novo lipogenesis (DNL), is present in humans, whereas the capacity to convert fats into CHO does not exist. Here, the quantitative importance of DNL in humans is reviewed, focusing on the response to increased intake of dietary CHO. Eucaloric replacement of dietary fat by CHO does not induce hepatic DNL to any substantial degree. Similarly, addition of CHO to a mixed diet does not increase hepatic DNL to quantitatively important levels, as long as CHO energy intake remains less than total energy expenditure (TEE). Instead, dietary CHO replaces fat in the whole-body fuel mixture, even in the post-absorptive state. Body fat is thereby accrued, but the pathway of DNL is not traversed; instead, a coordinated set of metabolic adaptations, including resistance of hepatic glucose production to suppression by insulin, occurs that allows CHO oxidation to increase and match CHO intake. Only when CHO energy intake exceeds TEE does DNL in liver or adipose tissue contribute significantly to the whole-body energy economy. It is concluded that DNL is not the pathway of first resort for added dietary CHO, in humans. Under most dietary conditions, the two major macronutrient energy sources (CHO and fat) are therefore not interconvertible currencies; CHO and fat have independent, though interacting, economies and independent regulation. The metabolic mechanisms and physiologic implications of the functional block between CHO and fat in humans are discussed, but require further investigation.
Oh Geez... I found myself doing the same thing! Isn't that why we have Google, to search for the unknown? LOL!
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salembambi wrote: »
most of the people are African though, not the people you want removed...0 -
Every time I don't know what something is I google. Wish I hadn't.__drmerc__ wrote: »The enzymatic pathway for converting dietary carbohydrate (CHO) into fat, or de novo lipogenesis (DNL), is present in humans, whereas the capacity to convert fats into CHO does not exist. Here, the quantitative importance of DNL in humans is reviewed, focusing on the response to increased intake of dietary CHO. Eucaloric replacement of dietary fat by CHO does not induce hepatic DNL to any substantial degree. Similarly, addition of CHO to a mixed diet does not increase hepatic DNL to quantitatively important levels, as long as CHO energy intake remains less than total energy expenditure (TEE). Instead, dietary CHO replaces fat in the whole-body fuel mixture, even in the post-absorptive state. Body fat is thereby accrued, but the pathway of DNL is not traversed; instead, a coordinated set of metabolic adaptations, including resistance of hepatic glucose production to suppression by insulin, occurs that allows CHO oxidation to increase and match CHO intake. Only when CHO energy intake exceeds TEE does DNL in liver or adipose tissue contribute significantly to the whole-body energy economy. It is concluded that DNL is not the pathway of first resort for added dietary CHO, in humans. Under most dietary conditions, the two major macronutrient energy sources (CHO and fat) are therefore not interconvertible currencies; CHO and fat have independent, though interacting, economies and independent regulation. The metabolic mechanisms and physiologic implications of the functional block between CHO and fat in humans are discussed, but require further investigation.
Oh Geez... I found myself doing the same thing! Isn't that why we have Google, to search for the unknown? LOL!
Yes, but I'm hoping what I find is interesting.
Who the hell is this kid? He looks so familiar.cwolfman13 wrote: »Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious....
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I believe it's a young Josh Hutcherson (Hunger Games)
Who the hell is this kid? He looks so familiar.cwolfman13 wrote: »Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious....
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MyChocolateDiet wrote: »Torontonius wrote: »There are two kinds of people: those who are intimidated by big words and insecure about it; and those who embrace what they don't know and view "big words" as an opportunity to expand their vocabulary.
Personally I love it when someone uses a word I don't recognize, I'll look it up and "voila!", I've learned something new.
Your muscles aren't the only body part that needs exercise, after all...
There is a third kind of people....the kind who buy big trucks and use big words to make up for their lack of size in the (what's the biggest word for pe---???) erectile protrusions department.
I'm not sure big trucks and an impressive vocabulary correlate, other than (possibly) inversely? Most (not all) of the guys I know with big trucks are rather dim-witted unless they own a construction company, in which case they tend to employ dim-witted people with big trucks.
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