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Catrope: /* RDM's Word of the Week */ reply

2007-03-16T14:45:46Z

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	::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
	:::I don't think "stalwart" is that difficult. It's not exactly rare or exotic. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 08:47, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		:::I don't think "stalwart" is that difficult. It's not exactly rare or exotic. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 08:47, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
			::::It's not too difficult to spell either, but I think a lot of people (even native Americans) don't know what it means. Same with harridan, and a range of other words RDM uses. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:45, 16 March 2007 (CDT)

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	:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
	::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
			:::I don't think "stalwart" is that difficult. It's not exactly rare or exotic. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 08:47, 16 March 2007 (CDT)

Catrope: /* RDM's Word of the Week */ reply

2007-03-16T13:38:40Z

RDM's Word of the Week: reply

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	:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
			::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)

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2007-03-16T12:49:34Z

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	:[Possibly from French haridelle, gaunt woman, old horse, nag.]		:[Possibly from French haridelle, gaunt woman, old horse, nag.]

	:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).		:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)

Steelviper: /* RDM's Word of the Week */

2007-03-16T12:49:16Z

RDM's Word of the Week

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	This one far outstrips any RDM Words of the Week I've encountered so far :) (It should be noted though that it was Terry who actually said it) --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:39, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		This one far outstrips any RDM Words of the Week I've encountered so far :) (It should be noted though that it was Terry who actually said it) --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:39, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
			:From the podcast for "A Day in the Life":
			:[http://www.answers.com/harridan&r=67 har·ri·dan] (hăr'ĭ-dn) pronunciation
			:n. A woman regarded as scolding and vicious.
			:[Possibly from French haridelle, gaunt woman, old horse, nag.]

			:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).

Catrope: RDM's Word of the Week

2007-03-16T12:39:37Z

RDM's Word of the Week

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== RDM's Word of the Week ==
stal·wart /ˈstɔlwərt/ [stawl-wert] 
–adjective 
1. strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust. 
2. strong and brave; valiant: a stalwart knight. 
3. firm, steadfast, or uncompromising: a stalwart supporter of the U.N. 
–noun 
4. a physically stalwart person. 
5. a steadfast or uncompromising partisan: They counted on the party stalwarts for support in the off-year campaigns. 
[Origin: 1325–75; ME (Scots), var. of stalward, earlier stalwurthe; see stalworth] 
 
—Related forms 
stal·wart·ly, adverb 
stal·wart·ness, noun 

This one far outstrips any RDM Words of the Week I've encountered so far :) (It should be noted though that it was Terry who actually said it) --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]]) 07:39, 16 March 2007 (CDT)

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	::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
	:::I don't think "stalwart" is that difficult. It's not exactly rare or exotic. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 08:47, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		:::I don't think "stalwart" is that difficult. It's not exactly rare or exotic. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 08:47, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
			::::It's not too difficult to spell either, but I think a lot of people (even native Americans) don't know what it means. Same with harridan, and a range of other words RDM uses. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:45, 16 March 2007 (CDT)

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	:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		:RDM uses some pretty obscure diction at times, but this was one of the few words that I've had to straight up look up to figure out what it meant (and how to spell it).--[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 07:49, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
	::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)		::Well "stalwart" wasn't the only word I had to look up, but thank the Gods is easy to spell. "Qualms" was also a new word for me, but at least you can make up its meaning from the context. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 08:38, 16 March 2007 (CDT)
			:::I don't think "stalwart" is that difficult. It's not exactly rare or exotic. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 08:47, 16 March 2007 (CDT)