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Should this really be classified as common, or even accepted at all? According to the definition:
Or maybe I'm just butthurt at missing out on a rosette...
Or maybe I'm just butthurt at missing out on a rosette...
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Words / Word suggestion: rompers
« on: March 09, 2024, 05:46:13 PM »
...as in the garment. By rights it should belong to the same category as "shorts", "slacks", etc, which are accepted.
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Words / Word suggestion: unfunniness
« on: May 06, 2023, 02:33:13 PM »
I think we've all heard of jokes, comedians etc. who miss their mark described as "unfunny", so I think it's fair to say that they have the quality of "unfunniess"! (Or 
in emoji, if you prefer...)
in emoji, if you prefer...)
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Words / Word suggestion: narrows
« on: September 19, 2022, 06:46:06 PM »
This was rejected in Saturday's 7-by-many game. At first glance it looks like a plural but it isn't really. from Wikipedia:
"A narrows or narrow (used interchangeably but usually in the plural form), is a restricted land or water passage. Most commonly a narrows is a strait,[1] though it can also be a water gap."
Yes and it could be the third person singular of "to narrow" but "pants" is allowed in spite of being the third person singular of "to pant" so I think narrows should be allowed too.
"A narrows or narrow (used interchangeably but usually in the plural form), is a restricted land or water passage. Most commonly a narrows is a strait,[1] though it can also be a water gap."
Yes and it could be the third person singular of "to narrow" but "pants" is allowed in spite of being the third person singular of "to pant" so I think narrows should be allowed too.
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Words / stepmom / stepmum
« on: December 22, 2021, 04:00:19 PM »
I think this are both reasonably common abbreviations of "stepmother" and should be accepted as words.
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Words / Word suggestion: nostro
« on: October 27, 2021, 07:58:17 PM »
As in "nostro account". It's a fairly well known banking term, (along with "vostro" and "loro").
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Words / Word suggestion: eaves
« on: October 24, 2021, 01:41:52 AM »
Yes, grammatically it is a plural, but so are "odds" and "pants" and many others which are accepted by Chi. I don't think I've ever comes across "eave" in the singular, so I suggest "eaves" should be accepted, probably even as common.
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Words / pieties v impieties
« on: October 16, 2021, 03:19:13 PM »
The first was classified as "rare", and the second as "common". Looking at the scores though, far more people found "pieties" than "impieties".
One for review, perhaps?
One for review, perhaps?
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Words / Word suggestion: natto
« on: October 11, 2021, 01:19:05 AM »
It's a Japanese speciality, made from fermented soya beans. I tried it once, didn't like it much, but it's a word nonetheless!
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Words / Word suggestion: moonstomp
« on: August 19, 2021, 07:31:34 PM »
It was a dance craze, back in the day...
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Words / Plurals (again)
« on: April 18, 2021, 10:53:48 PM »
I couldn't help but notice that in last week's "yummiest" 7-by-many game, "titties" was marked as "rare" whereas in the "scarcity / sacristy" game, "titty" was marked as "common". Surely this must be one of those cases where the plural is more common than the singular, rather than the other way round 
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Words / Metric units
« on: October 31, 2020, 06:25:55 PM »
In yesterday's 7-by-many, "gramme" was marked as rare and yet "milligramme" was common. I think "gram" and "gramme" are both acceptable spellings, with the former being more common. But I would have thought that if "milligramme" was considered common then "gramme" would have been too.
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Words / Archaic adverbs?
« on: October 06, 2020, 08:35:55 PM »
Yesterday’s 7-by-many contained the triplet “hereat / whereat / thereat” and whereas (is that archaic? ) “thereat” was deemed common, the other two were considered “rare”. Now, we could have a discussion as to whether they are all rare, or all common (each word got 81, 100, and 84 “hits” respectively, and I personally feel an educated person would be aware of them, even if he or she never uses them), but I would have thought if one were common, then all three were common, or vice versa…
) “thereat” was deemed common, the other two were considered “rare”. Now, we could have a discussion as to whether they are all rare, or all common (each word got 81, 100, and 84 “hits” respectively, and I personally feel an educated person would be aware of them, even if he or she never uses them), but I would have thought if one were common, then all three were common, or vice versa…
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Words / Word suggestion: summons
« on: August 08, 2020, 03:28:51 AM »
This was not accepted in the MOMENTOUS 7 by many, whereas its plural "summonses" was! I guess this is because it's also the second person singular of the verb "to summon", but it is nonetheless a fairly common singular noun in its own right and should be allowed, I think.
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