Meta-thread: Word association thread

[ShiroKuro]

Another fun thing about the thread is when a word pops up that you know/recognize but never use or rarely see.

"Vainglorious" is one of those words.

the thread sort of reminds you "oh yeah, that word." There are lots of fun words in English!

[DougG]

unfortunately, the technical banking expression “glad you owe us” is more than one word, or I would’ve used it as a response to gladiolus…

[Daniel]

@shirokuro The word I was looking for was "Nelson"!

Foiled again!

[Daniel]

And there's a rule about not using proper nouns? That's not fun. A word is a word.

[AndyD]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttertubs_Pass

[ShiroKuro]

I meant "night" not "dark"...

[Bernard]

@shirokuro Great minds! We must have posted at the same time.

[ShiroKuro]

@bernard I would have missed it if you hadn't pointed that out!

[ShiroKuro]

@jon-nyc

[wtg]

[jon-nyc]

Good one, @andyd

[jon-nyc]

Very Chicago answer, @rontuner

[wtg]

@jon-nyc - too funny that you posted de Blasio.

I meant to post this a long time ago. The guy on the right is obviously de Blasio. The guy on the left is someone I met in Rome when we were traveling to Italy with our respective moms.

https://nypost.com/2017/09/26/de-blasio-reminisces-about-napping-in-college/

Here is Peter, age 16, in the Vatican Gardens in 1977:

Peter is a pulmonologist working in NYC. I always meant to ask @jon-nyc if he has ever met him.

[jon-nyc]

I haven’t met him but I’m sure we know some of the same people. I’ve recently gotten to know the chief of medicine at his institution since she’s the current head of the American Thoracic Society and I’m on their finance committee.

[jon-nyc]

@rontuner I know who’s been watching Finding Nemo with his grandson….

[Bernard]

Um... are we allowing multiple-word responses?

[jon-nyc]

hauteur-> haughty Same root word

[Bernard]

Rain ... the 1932 film with Joan Crawford.