Some of the following friends are at a party, here are some things said throughout the night...
Moralistic - puritanical, righteous
You really shoulnt drink. Did you know that drunk driving is one of the leading causes of teen deaths each year?
Obscure - unclear
I dnly drink a shot a day. Except sometimes its 5 shots. Yestersay it was a bottle os whiskey. It was a cup tonite.
Obtuse - dull-witted, undiscerning
How could a drink with water in it cause kidney failure. Peiple drink water every day and dont get kidney failure from it then?
Ordinary - everyday, common
"Ionly drink at parties when everyone else drinks. I dont drink often though."
Pedantic - didactic, scholastic, bookish
I simply detest the suncumption of alcholic beverages. It not only impairs the human nervous systems reaction speed to its surrounding enviroment, but maintains a steady gain in being a contributer to the mortality rate inclineation each year.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Idiomatic-literal Script
The following indivuals are at a rubix cube club meeting at their high school and have the following comments about "cubing".....
Idiomatic - peculiar, vernacular.
"How do i figure this dang thing out? So you done said im supposed to put these her colors twogether ? Thats down right crazyness!!"
Insipid - uninstersting, tame, dull
"It was okay. I liked it. I like pie."
Jargon - vocabulary for a profession
"As a professional cuber, i can really appreaciate how this type b 3by3 cube with non skid transparent sticker sets is able to cut corners for the best possible time."
Learned - educated, experienced
"After being to hundreds of rubix competitions, i know a good crowd when i see one. This is a great crowd."
Literal - apparent, word for word
Rubix cubing is like learning to ride a bike, once you learn the different combinations of rotations, youll never forget them. Like Rd, Bl, Ru, Br six times is the pattern for the last sune."
Idiomatic - peculiar, vernacular.
"How do i figure this dang thing out? So you done said im supposed to put these her colors twogether ? Thats down right crazyness!!"
Insipid - uninstersting, tame, dull
"It was okay. I liked it. I like pie."
Jargon - vocabulary for a profession
"As a professional cuber, i can really appreaciate how this type b 3by3 cube with non skid transparent sticker sets is able to cut corners for the best possible time."
Learned - educated, experienced
"After being to hundreds of rubix competitions, i know a good crowd when i see one. This is a great crowd."
Literal - apparent, word for word
Rubix cubing is like learning to ride a bike, once you learn the different combinations of rotations, youll never forget them. Like Rd, Bl, Ru, Br six times is the pattern for the last sune."
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Exact: Verbatism, precise.
The 97.6 yard run made in the 4th quarter started at 4:36 and ended at 3:40 on the clock was a very secsesfull score for the team.
Figurative: Serving an illustration.
That game was like the missing peice of the puzzle for our school this year. It was shaped like vistory and fit in the missing boo yah slot!
Formal: academic, conventional.
Sir, that game should be nothing short of a slendor to watch again on the Television tonight! It would be unwise for you to miss such an spectacular event!
Grotesque: hideous, deformed.
The tackle made by the other teams offensive lineman that broke Jeff's leg was gruesome. The cracking of the bone and his screaming peirced through even the loudest of crowds, directly to the ears of everyone.
Homespun: folksy, homey, native, rustic.
That foseball game was somthin else! It was more fun den a hog tiein in a mud pit.
The 97.6 yard run made in the 4th quarter started at 4:36 and ended at 3:40 on the clock was a very secsesfull score for the team.
Figurative: Serving an illustration.
That game was like the missing peice of the puzzle for our school this year. It was shaped like vistory and fit in the missing boo yah slot!
Formal: academic, conventional.
Sir, that game should be nothing short of a slendor to watch again on the Television tonight! It would be unwise for you to miss such an spectacular event!
Grotesque: hideous, deformed.
The tackle made by the other teams offensive lineman that broke Jeff's leg was gruesome. The cracking of the bone and his screaming peirced through even the loudest of crowds, directly to the ears of everyone.
Homespun: folksy, homey, native, rustic.
That foseball game was somthin else! It was more fun den a hog tiein in a mud pit.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Cultured-Euphemistic
One day in an high school ochestra class, a student asked his/her teacher, "Mr _____... what is the best type of music to play".
Cultured: Cultivated, refined, finished.
"Well i really enjoy listening to the hypnotic rhythyms and melodies of classical music. The simple melodies of Beethoven's fifth provide a symphony of music rich in European cultural styles."
Detached: cut-off, removed, seperated.
"Music is merely an extension of the intrument. There are no differances to my own ears to the sound emitted."
Emotional: expressive of emotions
"Christmas music is simply the most delightful music of all!!! Its cheerful melodies bring back memories oh helping the poor starving children of my hometown, feeding and singing to them on the dark nights of christmas eve.
Esoteric: understood by a chosen few.
"The jazz style provides an foundation for all bass players, such as yorself. The use of the thumb position bowing or slap pittz helps to bring out the underlying beats of the music, and provide essential use of the bridge side 8th position as double harmonic notes."
Euphemistic: insincere, affected.
"Creative, your own creative style. If no one style of music affects your imagination, then your possibilities are limitless."
Cultured: Cultivated, refined, finished.
"Well i really enjoy listening to the hypnotic rhythyms and melodies of classical music. The simple melodies of Beethoven's fifth provide a symphony of music rich in European cultural styles."
Detached: cut-off, removed, seperated.
"Music is merely an extension of the intrument. There are no differances to my own ears to the sound emitted."
Emotional: expressive of emotions
"Christmas music is simply the most delightful music of all!!! Its cheerful melodies bring back memories oh helping the poor starving children of my hometown, feeding and singing to them on the dark nights of christmas eve.
Esoteric: understood by a chosen few.
"The jazz style provides an foundation for all bass players, such as yorself. The use of the thumb position bowing or slap pittz helps to bring out the underlying beats of the music, and provide essential use of the bridge side 8th position as double harmonic notes."
Euphemistic: insincere, affected.
"Creative, your own creative style. If no one style of music affects your imagination, then your possibilities are limitless."
Artificial-Connotative
Artificial: False
"This concert sucked. This was a complete waste of my money."
Bombastic: Pompous, ostentatious
"How could you conversate in such a manner? This ochestra was simply magnificent and utterly perfect!"
Colloquial: vernacular
"Man, relax! Its okay, casue every little thing is gonna be alright."
Concrete: Actual, specific, particular
"I believe their playing of Deck The Halls was wonderfully balanced. The use of the violins high f# in the third chorus was spectacularly in tune."
Connotative: Alludes to; suggestive
"Their use of sound was not bad either. The conductor is known for balance though."
"This concert sucked. This was a complete waste of my money."
Bombastic: Pompous, ostentatious
"How could you conversate in such a manner? This ochestra was simply magnificent and utterly perfect!"
Colloquial: vernacular
"Man, relax! Its okay, casue every little thing is gonna be alright."
Concrete: Actual, specific, particular
"I believe their playing of Deck The Halls was wonderfully balanced. The use of the violins high f# in the third chorus was spectacularly in tune."
Connotative: Alludes to; suggestive
"Their use of sound was not bad either. The conductor is known for balance though."
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