Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Nugatory
Nugatory is basically a negative word. It can be used to describe events or things that are futile, inoperative or not valid. I hope that will be useful for any of our less optimistic word imps interested in the possibility of vocabulary stretching. I thoroughly enjoyed all the invented meanings and highly recommend those of the winning duo, Aviva and Coolskoolmom. Well done, you two. Great work.
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I think it's the factory where they make the chewy, sticky kind of sweets that give your dentist nightmares.
Nugatory is a kind of pre-purgatory. It's like the waiting room at a medical centre or doctor's office that you find out is only a waiting room for the real waiting room.
A nugatory is the part of a fast food place that make the nuggets or chicken strips. The person who makes them is the nugatier.
Nugatory (adj) - very valuable, literally worth as much as a nugget of gold, but actually may be a lot less - e.g. oil is said to be of nugatory value, but is several tens of thousands of times cheaper than gold.
A nugatory is a nice warm room full of comfy chairs where you can snuggle up and forget about the world outside particularly in winter.
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A Nugatory is the inner sanctum reserved for an archbishop for the purpose ofprayer ,meditation, and sacred writing.
Nugatory refers to the assorted 'relatives' one aquires through remarriage.
'According to Dad, We've got to put up with Helen's brother's cousin's kids this year. I'm afraid Christmas is going to be a dismally nugatory experience.'
And yes, I realise I spelled acquire wrong.
a mood one gets in when the house is clean, the kids are behaving and you have nothing to do. similar to boredom.
A nugatory is a kind of nest built out of reeds, usually at the edge of a river or lake, in which a female alligator nurtures her young. It is not advisable to swim near a nugatory.
nugatory - a formal speech given in support for conservative politicians or conservative political agendas. The maker of such a speech is called the nugate. Following most nugatories, it is standard for conservative politicians to proclaim a brief celebration commonly called a hugatory.
Such speeches once common in public gatherings are now limited to congressional or parliamentary meetings. This is due to recent public celebrations called mugatories.
Dreadfully sticky sweets made out of boiled down right wing polititions (UK)
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