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Post by stepper on Nov 22, 2015 14:36:54 GMT -6
"The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle.)"
It's an unusual word.
clearance
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Post by Phalon on Nov 24, 2015 6:54:14 GMT -6
Onomatopoeia or pfft? Onomatopoeia is fun, basically because you can make up words - like pfft.
cedar
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Post by stepper on Nov 24, 2015 18:35:44 GMT -6
darker
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Post by Phalon on Nov 25, 2015 5:28:02 GMT -6
kerplunk - another onomatopoeia!
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Post by stepper on Nov 25, 2015 20:15:40 GMT -6
Kerpluie - that's the only place I've heard kerplunk - followed by kerpluie in the 1974 Mouse Christmas cartoon Twas the Night Before Christmas.
unkissed
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Post by Phalon on Nov 29, 2015 8:37:51 GMT -6
You've only heard "kerplunk" in that annoying cartoon (one of my least favorite Christmas shows)? What about when you're skipping stones across water, or frogs jumping into a pond? They go "kerplunk".
sedum
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Post by stepper on Nov 29, 2015 19:13:20 GMT -6
Afraid so Phalon – I wouldn’t describe the sound of a stone skipping in water as ‘kerplunk’.
If that’s your least favorite show, you’ve been blessed to miss out on several others.
Dumbledore
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Post by Phalon on Nov 30, 2015 5:55:26 GMT -6
Skip, skip, skip, kerplunk.
oregano
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Post by stepper on Nov 30, 2015 19:46:01 GMT -6
Mine only go skip, skip, skip, skip - but by then they're so far off no one can hear them as they sink so I can't confirm the kerplunk.
another
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Post by Phalon on Dec 1, 2015 6:14:35 GMT -6
thermos
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Post by stepper on Dec 1, 2015 21:18:41 GMT -6
mosquito
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 2, 2015 1:48:40 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Dec 2, 2015 5:20:48 GMT -6
Too funny, Joxie!
sisal
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Post by stepper on Dec 2, 2015 17:55:16 GMT -6
salutation
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Post by Phalon on Dec 3, 2015 5:53:22 GMT -6
onionskin
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Post by stepper on Dec 3, 2015 19:16:36 GMT -6
kinship
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Post by Phalon on Dec 4, 2015 5:56:51 GMT -6
shipshape
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Post by stepper on Dec 4, 2015 18:36:07 GMT -6
shapeless
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Post by Phalon on Dec 6, 2015 6:08:27 GMT -6
lessor
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Post by stepper on Dec 6, 2015 14:07:32 GMT -6
sorghum
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Post by Phalon on Dec 7, 2015 6:20:08 GMT -6
human
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Post by stepper on Dec 7, 2015 20:01:45 GMT -6
mantrap - That's another security term.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 8, 2015 7:00:38 GMT -6
trapdoor
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Post by stepper on Dec 9, 2015 21:03:27 GMT -6
doormat
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Post by Phalon on Dec 10, 2015 5:49:03 GMT -6
Math. Ew.
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Post by stepper on Dec 10, 2015 17:32:04 GMT -6
athlete
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Post by Phalon on Dec 11, 2015 6:09:19 GMT -6
eternal
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Post by stepper on Dec 11, 2015 15:25:31 GMT -6
aluminum- one of those British/American things. We say A-lou-mi-num and they say al-lou-mini-um.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 12, 2015 8:27:53 GMT -6
Or if you're tongue-tied 'a-lou-ni-mi-ni..er...ni-uh..i..num...in...num...uhm'
number
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Post by stepper on Dec 12, 2015 14:41:05 GMT -6
Berlin (because we've been talking about German food - and they have that there you know, lots of it.)
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