bill cobbett wrote:As it's my birthday sometime this year and if no one objects I'd like to take the liberty of starting a new game with a word of my own (I think) invention which I am sure will strike a chord with all Cys., which is derived from one of my favourite gr. words.
It's not in the OED yet but I suspect some would agree that it ought to be. A very useful word for members of the forum, certainly my old man found it useful when describing me in my youth and I think he still uses it to describe my mother! Typical older generation village Cy.
Here's the adjective sence.
Xerocephalic
bill cobbett wrote:As it's my birthday sometime this year and if no one objects I'd like to take the liberty of starting a new game with a word of my own (I think) invention which I am sure will strike a chord with all Cys., which is derived from one of my favourite gr. words.
It's not in the OED yet but I suspect some would agree that it ought to be. A very useful word for members of the forum, certainly my old man found it useful when describing me in my youth and I think he still uses it to describe my mother! Typical older generation village Cy.
Here's the adjective sence.
Xerocephalic
Oracle wrote:bill cobbett wrote:As it's my birthday sometime this year and if no one objects I'd like to take the liberty of starting a new game with a word of my own (I think) invention which I am sure will strike a chord with all Cys., which is derived from one of my favourite gr. words.
It's not in the OED yet but I suspect some would agree that it ought to be. A very useful word for members of the forum, certainly my old man found it useful when describing me in my youth and I think he still uses it to describe my mother! Typical older generation village Cy.
Here's the adjective sence.
Xerocephalic
I love that word ... especially all the hand gesturing that accompanies it ...
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denizaksulu wrote:Oracle wrote:bill cobbett wrote:As it's my birthday sometime this year and if no one objects I'd like to take the liberty of starting a new game with a word of my own (I think) invention which I am sure will strike a chord with all Cys., which is derived from one of my favourite gr. words.
It's not in the OED yet but I suspect some would agree that it ought to be. A very useful word for members of the forum, certainly my old man found it useful when describing me in my youth and I think he still uses it to describe my mother! Typical older generation village Cy.
Here's the adjective sence.
Xerocephalic
I love that word ... especially all the hand gesturing that accompanies it ...
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onyerbike
denizaksulu wrote:bill cobbett wrote:As it's my birthday sometime this year and if no one objects I'd like to take the liberty of starting a new game with a word of my own (I think) invention which I am sure will strike a chord with all Cys., which is derived from one of my favourite gr. words.
It's not in the OED yet but I suspect some would agree that it ought to be. A very useful word for members of the forum, certainly my old man found it useful when describing me in my youth and I think he still uses it to describe my mother! Typical older generation village Cy.
Here's the adjective sence.
Xerocephalic
nOT BEING A gc, CAN i ASK IF THE 'x' AND 'z' WOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE?. tHEY BOTH WOULD SOUND LIKE 'Z', BUT ITS BEST TO GET IT RIGHT. (sorry about the CAPS, pesky cats)
If it means what I think it does, it is a great word.
bill cobbett wrote:denizaksulu wrote:bill cobbett wrote:As it's my birthday sometime this year and if no one objects I'd like to take the liberty of starting a new game with a word of my own (I think) invention which I am sure will strike a chord with all Cys., which is derived from one of my favourite gr. words.
It's not in the OED yet but I suspect some would agree that it ought to be. A very useful word for members of the forum, certainly my old man found it useful when describing me in my youth and I think he still uses it to describe my mother! Typical older generation village Cy.
Here's the adjective sence.
Xerocephalic
nOT BEING A gc, CAN i ASK IF THE 'x' AND 'z' WOULD BE INTERCHANGEABLE?. tHEY BOTH WOULD SOUND LIKE 'Z', BUT ITS BEST TO GET IT RIGHT. (sorry about the CAPS, pesky cats)
If it means what I think it does, it is a great word.
Here it's more of a definite, hard "X" sound.
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