Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
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17 comments:
Hi Word Imp. Just picked this up off Wikipedia, under the article on Korean names:
"In addition, teknonymy, or referring to parents by their children's names, is a common practice. It is most commonly used in referring to a mother by the name of her eldest son, as in "Cheol-su's mom". However, they can also be extended to either parent and any child, depending upon the context."
It looks as though this technique is used in order to help avoid the use of the person's actual given name, which in Korean society is apparently a taboo.
naiad - a naiad is a fairy who sits on politicians' shoulders whispering persuasive arguments against bills and amendments which offer the promise of positive change. It is thought that the fairy realm provides a naiad for every politician.
A naiad is a negative advertisement directed against a competitor's product or products.
Naiad - is a suburb of Narnia. Naiad is well known for their fine craftsmanship when it comes to making wardrobes. They also have a rather prolific population of lions.
Naiad:
A professional Nay-Sayer that is proven right.
“I have decided to end my last year at University studying to be a Naiad. After all my experience predicting my fellow students pregancys and failures, I should be a shoe in. Unless of course this giant pimple gets infected and I need to have a faceectomy (removal of face), ::sigh::”
Naiad (n) A group of "yes" men [Gk: nai = yes, ad = group].
The new Prime Minister, denied accusations that he had appointed a naiad cabinet said "They're all independent thinkers, aren't you?"
"Yes, Gordon" they chorused.
Naiad is a colloquial expression used in certain rural areas of Great Britain meaning 'I hadn't'.
Example: 'They gave me a fine t'other day on 'train day 'cos naiad got a ticket.'
Naiad-
(n.)-a scaly fairy usually living in Nishia. It is often known to bite; quite a few may be poisonous and toxic. This species lives a nocturnal life and preys on dead animals. Although this species is sometimes poisonous, it lives a calm personality.
A naiad is a monetary unit of Upper Mustang. 100 Naiadi is approximately worth one yak or two wives.
a densip-naiad is half a naiad therefore it takes 200 densip-naiadi to buy a yak or two wives.
Little else but yak and women are bought and sold in Upper Mustang. All else is done by barter.
Some really good ones today, eh?
Naiad - alternative name for eunoch .... (ahem) ..man with no gonads.
Naiad (n)- someone who flips out at anything that might be "cruel" or politically incorrect, like two hamsters in one cage (obviously overcrowding and animal abuse) or slapstick (terribly violent and inappropriate).
A woman who believes everything her internet lover tells her:
Sensitive (he can tell a live one from a mile away)
Owns his own business (funny business)
Loves to travel (knows how to get the heck out of town fast)
Loves to read (favorite book, "Single Sally Seeking Sensitive Sam")
Favorite movie, "Sleepless In Seattle" (after several stiff drinks)
Financially secure (until her money runs out)
Good conversationalist (lies like a rug)
Pursuing law degree in spare time (studying the "Int'l. Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005")
Women who continually seek internet romances are called:
Naiaddled
naiad-(n) one square of toilet paper
"Sheryl Crow claims a naiad will do the trick. I think she is 249 naiads short of a full roll!"
Naiad: Short for enough said/'nuff said.
The woman complaining about her weight said that her husband was a caterer. Naiad ('nuff said).
BTW, I was busy yesterday. I missed it. I like this word "teknonymy". I would have defined it:
Teknonymy: Techno-savvy person who thinks he's anonymous, but really isn't. Something like that anyway. Oh, well. Isn't it how people started surnames besides the occupation? Miller, Blacksmith, Cook...Some surnames started by saying Jack's son (Jackson), John's son (Johnson), etc. (I think I got that right.)Interesting.
A naiad is a person who spends their time inventing products to sell on info-mercials. These people are usually idiot savants and have a somewhat twisted side. These people like to make something out of nothing. For example one naiad came up with a honey mixture to spread on your legs that the consumer would then rip off with tiny pieces of cloth to remove unwanted body hair. Unfortunately, this product created such a frenzie that the naiad had to go bankrupt to prevent the lawsuits that came about from all the consumers whose legs caught on fire from the friction of the honey rubbing together.
What a coincidence that naiad is the word for today. I have been on vacation in Kentucky for the last 3 weeks and have recently become aquainted with the hillbilly dialect. 'Maynaise' in the South is not just a condiment, ex:"Maynaise thats some bigole antlers on dat dare buck!" Naiad pronounced nay ad actually is a hillbilly contraction for the phrase "near that". It is commonly used when giving directions. In small country towns, highway and street names are passed down by word of mouth from one generation to the next so when a local is giving directions, landmarks are used. For example, "Ya'll jus make a riiiight on the first road naiad yellar barn." For all ya'll city slickers that thought a naiad was an ancient mythological water nymph need ta git yerself some time in Kentucky.
A naiad is a Native American Indian Advertisement, which could be an ad about them, or featuring them, or featuring products made by them, or having one or more of them somewhere in the ad, or even just obliquely referring to them. It may seem odd to have both 'Native American' and 'Indian' in the name, but they were trying to please everyone. As it turned out, they didn't please too many, so it's probably a good thing they decided to concentrate on using the acronym and not spend too much time on defining what it meant.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
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