Monday, July 09, 2007
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Have fun with a new word each day. I'll choose a word. You make up a meaning.
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1. I choose an obscure dictionary word.
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!
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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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- I am a children's author who has had a handful of books published by trade publishers. They're in book shops and libraries. I've also had a sackful of books published by educational publishers. These are mainly found in schools. I love words and that's why I invented this blog site.
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22 comments:
Mutograph (n): This is the miu-sized camera created by Aussie Institute of Sport research professor Dr Wotsit Tuyah. With it he captured hitherto unseen images (i.e. proof of existence) of the miu-togs worn by the fastest Shark er, _____atoza.
This led directly to the development and introduction of the famous 'sharktooth' bodysuit togs worn by Aussie swimmers in the last years of the 20th Century (in Australia this camera was known as the Mucozzigraph).
"Mutograph" is the name of the autobiography of Khaled Hosseini, acclaimed author of "The Kymograph Runner" and the new bestseller "A Thousand Splenius Suns."
Ooh. Do I get extra points for using previous words of the day in my definition?
Mutography is the art of producing pictures by hooking up electrodes to one's skull. The tiny electric impulses from "brainwaves" are amplified electronically to move a set of pens over a chart. The product is called a mutograph.
Mutograph (n) - A schematic diagram of a nose. [Gk: Muti = nose, beak + graph]
Mutographs date back to Victorian times, as part of their attempts to classify people's criminal tendencies by measuring various facial features. They were generally made using photographic techniques.
Henry VIII could have done with a Mutograph of Anne of Cleves, whom he agreed to marry after seeing a face-on portrait of her...
Nowadays they can be used in forensics to catch criminals stupid enough to press their noses to windows whilst "casing the joint".
Muto graph. Graph as in geography.
It's a map that shows all the major mutations of the common house sparrow. There is a spotless sparrow in Southern Spain. This is shown as a red spot on the mutograph. The blacl headed beakless sparrow found mainly in South Georgia is shown with an orange spot etc. etc.
The mutograph measures silent change.
It's an electronic device that can be used to translate muttering into clear written English.
Originally invented in the 1970s, the mutograph took off slowly because of its cumbersome size, but these days they fit unobtrusively inside your palm. This makes conversation with serial mutterers much easier.
More recently, following Microsoft's purchase of all rights to the mutograph, a new audio version has now been released that users wear as an earpiece. There's even a tiny button that resets the device whenever it crashes, in the few seconds it takes to say, "Sorry, can you repeat that, please?"
A Mutograph is a fancy type of phonograph that can play LP records that have been recorded by mutes. Mutes have the most lovely of voices, we average humans just aren't able to hear them. Playing a Mutographical LP on an ordinary phonograph produces just a hissing silence. But plat it on a Mutograph and it brings about the most beautiful of songs that very few people have had the pleasure to hear.
Mutographs are only found in mystical, magical places and can only be operated by one who is pure of heart (hence the reason very few have had the pleasure of enjoying one!).
mutograph: a class of devices and charts used for measuring the rate and range of transition from nerd to comic book super being.
Holy Mutations Batman! The librarian just kicked sand in your face, and stole your date. I told you not to forget the mutograph.
A Mutograph (mutt-o-graph) is a graphical illustration of the quantity of dogs in any given area.
The mutograph of Springfield Park showed the daily amount of doggy doos in the bin was directly proportional to the amount of doggy walkies undertaken divided by the number of cans of dog food sold by Apu.
Mutograph-n. a black and white photograph; i.e. a photo with the colors muted out
A mutograph is a device used to freeze and silence any single human being.
Mutograph (n) a paragraph extemporaneously omitted by a news anchor when reading the teleprompter.
The three mutographs detailed what Paris Hilton wore three days after she was released from prison.
alex beech:
That sounds like a truly useful device. Where can I obtain one?
A mutograph is a mugshot of a dog at the pound.
A mutograph is a dog's paw print.
Mutograph (n)- a device to play silence. Excellent for not hearing things. Whenever you don't want to listen, simply turn up the silence, smile, and nod, rather like an extreme form of those noise-canceling headphones.
A mutograph is a person whose handwriting has mutated due to the extensive practice of forgery.
My sister is a mutograph. She imitated mother's handwriting on excuse notes to get out of school so often that her normal handwriting is now virtually indistinguishable from mother's.
A mutograph is any graph in which the middle and higher values are suppressed in favor of the lower values, making whatever is shown to appear to be less than it is. An example of this would be using only the lower cost projections in figuring future expenses for a project, thus making the project appear less costly.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
A mutograph is Scooby Doo's PAW print in Hollywood.
Hi Duckman,
It's not a device. It's a paragraph on the teleprompter that an anchor refuses to read out loud.
Mutograph is a kind of writing that represents manual sign language used within the deaf community. It can be used as a kind of secret code by fluent readers, or can be used as a sort of "invented spelling" by children who aren't yet reading and writing in their native language but can draw or recognize the glyphs representing familiar signs. The symbols look a little like stick figures, but represent the thumb and fingers, and there's a kind of joined up or cursive version, too.
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