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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 31, 2010 17:00:10 GMT
It's all very well to look up an alternate word when you already know one word that will serve. But what about those times when you can describe the thing or idea, but don't know a word for it? Let's help each other!  Me first ~~ what's the word for a product that by its very nature is something that will not last because it will get used up? Thanks! |
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Post by myrt on Oct 31, 2010 18:02:05 GMT
Interesting...um...I can't think of any one word. Built in obsolescence would cover some of that - but is there one word for that? That's not quite what you mean though is it?
Planned obsolescence? I can't do any better than that.
I'll be very interested to find out.....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2010 18:53:59 GMT
"imminently depleted" ?
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Post by onlymark on Oct 31, 2010 19:04:50 GMT
Consumable.
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Post by lagatta on Oct 31, 2010 22:19:53 GMT
You beat me to that one, Mark. My fault for being offline.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 1, 2010 5:59:08 GMT
And I'm a sad git for spending too much time online.
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 2, 2010 7:39:56 GMT
Perishable? That was easy though once I understood what you meant.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 2, 2010 9:59:42 GMT
Doesn't perishable only apply to things like food though? Stuff that goes off?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 2, 2010 17:29:05 GMT
I was thinking "ephemeral", but that's a bit much, even for me. "Transitory"? All of the words are correct, but none of them seem exactly right. Some words work only in context -- a fleeting pleasure.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 18:06:13 GMT
Depletable.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 2, 2010 19:05:42 GMT
Runoutable.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 2, 2010 19:06:12 GMT
Itsallgoneable.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 2, 2010 19:06:32 GMT
Am I helping?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 2, 2010 19:29:59 GMT
More than you can know.
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 3, 2010 3:17:24 GMT
Ha, ha, ha! ^
Isn't some form of 'perish' also an old fashioned swear word in England?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 3, 2010 3:51:10 GMT
Perish the thought!
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Post by onlymark on Nov 3, 2010 4:34:00 GMT
You little perisher.
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Post by onlymark on Nov 3, 2010 6:12:13 GMT
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Post by Don Cuevas on Nov 3, 2010 14:57:43 GMT
"acabable" in Spanish.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2010 18:59:56 GMT
épuisable in French.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Nov 7, 2010 20:34:01 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 7, 2010 21:59:01 GMT
;D Those are brilliant!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2015 10:34:24 GMT
Today I learned the lovely word pareidolia, which covers a quite complicated concept, in my opinion. Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a stimulus (an image or a sound) wherein the mind perceives a familiar pattern where none actually exists.
Common examples are perceived images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations, the "man in the moon", the "moon rabbit", and hidden messages within recorded music played in reverse or at higher- or lower-than-normal speeds.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 20, 2015 4:53:09 GMT
The face of Jesus in a tortilla!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2015 5:24:04 GMT
I read that they are selling toasters in the United States that put the face of the pope on the slice of bread. www.toastthepope.com/That requires a different vocabulary word, though, since the image is really there. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 20, 2015 6:21:57 GMT
Considering the role that bread plays in Roman Catholic belief, that's weird as all get-out.  |
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Post by questa on Sept 20, 2015 14:15:46 GMT
Is the face portrayed in the Renaissance model i.e.light skinned and tidy shoulder length light brown hair or is it the Levantine black hair and a mono-brow model which would be far more accurate?
My word for it would be tortillusional
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Post by questa on Sept 21, 2015 22:53:51 GMT
My word for it would be tortillusional
any takers?
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 10, 2015 14:37:17 GMT
Ha! Missed seeing this. Yes, of course those who thought they saw the image would be tortillusional, and the perceived image itself would be a tortillucination.
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