The word "sobfest" randomly popped into my head and I am currently trying to figure out 2 things:
i) what the word means;
ii) is it even a proper word in the first place??
The results thrown up by the Google search engine wasn't particularly insightful. Probably only AE (approaching expectations) for A&E and GOI.
Recently, random words have been appearing in my head, asking for definitions. Words like morbid, and... I forgot the rest. Never mind.
Basically words that you are acquainted with but only have a rough idea of what it actually means (which may be entirely irrelevant to the word). The dictionary would be of great help, if only I could overcome my laziness to hack through the jungle of frivolous definitions. If only.
Speaking of dictionaries, Priscilla was saying that Oxford is not as "good" as Harvard and Cambridge. Oxford is only good at printing dictionaries. Ha ha.
Anyway, back to what I was saying, the closest explanation I could get for the word "sobfest" was... a sobbing festival (with my mind involuntarily conjuring an image of party-girls clad in swimwear dancing and weeping to classical music amongst foam-spitting machines in celebration of Sob Fest '09).
A pretty superficial definition but well, that was the furthest my limited vocabulary could get me to. Pardon me while I laugh to myself.
...
Anyway, Blogger's spell check says that "sobfest" should be two seperate words i.e. "sob fest". Which makes my suggestion even more plausible -- reminder to self: check out the meaning of "plausible" (im using it here because it sounds similar to "possible") -- since it appears to be the condensed version of "sobbing festival", which are two seperate words.
I'll make an accusation during my next turn after I consult thy Oxford dictionary. Okay next Player's turn to roll.
p.s. I realised that my patience runs out easily when playing strategical and intellectually-stimulating boardgames like Cluedo. No-brainers like Monopoly are much more straightforward -- roll, transact, or go to jail. Depending on your luck (or rather, the lack of).
i) what the word means;
ii) is it even a proper word in the first place??
The results thrown up by the Google search engine wasn't particularly insightful. Probably only AE (approaching expectations) for A&E and GOI.
Recently, random words have been appearing in my head, asking for definitions. Words like morbid, and... I forgot the rest. Never mind.
Basically words that you are acquainted with but only have a rough idea of what it actually means (which may be entirely irrelevant to the word). The dictionary would be of great help, if only I could overcome my laziness to hack through the jungle of frivolous definitions. If only.
Speaking of dictionaries, Priscilla was saying that Oxford is not as "good" as Harvard and Cambridge. Oxford is only good at printing dictionaries. Ha ha.
Anyway, back to what I was saying, the closest explanation I could get for the word "sobfest" was... a sobbing festival (with my mind involuntarily conjuring an image of party-girls clad in swimwear dancing and weeping to classical music amongst foam-spitting machines in celebration of Sob Fest '09).
A pretty superficial definition but well, that was the furthest my limited vocabulary could get me to. Pardon me while I laugh to myself.
...
Anyway, Blogger's spell check says that "sobfest" should be two seperate words i.e. "sob fest". Which makes my suggestion even more plausible -- reminder to self: check out the meaning of "plausible" (im using it here because it sounds similar to "possible") -- since it appears to be the condensed version of "sobbing festival", which are two seperate words.
I'll make an accusation during my next turn after I consult thy Oxford dictionary. Okay next Player's turn to roll.
p.s. I realised that my patience runs out easily when playing strategical and intellectually-stimulating boardgames like Cluedo. No-brainers like Monopoly are much more straightforward -- roll, transact, or go to jail. Depending on your luck (or rather, the lack of).
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