I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "alien."

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I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with "alien."

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1Jim53
Giu 30, 2012, 6:25 pm

I love self-descriptive terms. I explain to newbies at work that they have to master their TLAs in order to understand what others are talking about. Not that that's a clue or anything. Crambo's word, which is a bit lengthier than our last word, seems somewhat appropriate for our game.

2rolandperkins
Modificato: Giu 30, 2012, 10:25 pm

A screenwriter who doesnʻt shy away from a clicheʻ might
write:
-- "THAT was
__ __ __ __!!"

-- "THIS is NOW!!!"

3Jim53
Giu 30, 2012, 10:31 pm

Not then. I should clarify that Crambo's word rhymes with all of "alien."

Not: then

4rolandperkins
Modificato: Lug 1, 2012, 8:38 am

Well, on this one, the 1st syllable might count only as
assonance, not rhyme:
Proverb:
"A naerr is fun a naerr
a __ __ __ __ __.* / One
fool is an expert on another."

*My Yiddish spelling may be substandard, but my online dictionary
says "__ __ __ __ __" is
an English word,too, since the 1960s, with the meaning
"an informal , or self-appointed expert".

5Tess_W
Giu 30, 2012, 11:23 pm

Formally and officially, I did not describe myself. That was the work of Linnaeus.

6jpyvr
Lug 1, 2012, 7:55 am

You say the word is a bit lengthier than frock, but that makes me wonder if the word is so long, ponderous and polysyllabic that one might say it's a foot and a half long.

7Jim53
Lug 1, 2012, 1:30 pm

Whenever I come up with one of these obscure words, James nails it on his first guess! Crambo's word was indeed sesquipedalian. Ordinarily I would work on answers for Roland's Yiddish and Tess's taxonomic term, but today I'm swamped with work so I'll ask them to supply the answers. Congrats, James, and over to you!

8rolandperkins
Modificato: Lug 2, 2012, 8:52 pm

"Rolandʻs Yiddish. . .term"
(4, 7)
That was "maven" (English spelling). I was thinking of only a disyllable at the time.
No 1st syll. L, so I noted that it might only be assonance.
"Tessʻ taxonomic term"
(5. 7)
I donʻt know, but Iʻm curious.

9jpyvr
Lug 2, 2012, 5:48 am

Let's see if the next round goes as quickly...

New game HERE

10Tess_W
Lug 5, 2012, 9:44 pm

Tess's taxonomic term=mammalian

11rolandperkins
Lug 5, 2012, 9:56 pm

Thanks, Tess.

12Jim53
Lug 6, 2012, 1:47 pm

Good one, Tess. Not sure why that didn't occur to me. I was pretty frazzled over the weekend.

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