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Peter Haan

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
Sep 8, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
I think we need to get back to Mister's underlying question. IS "E" A WORD???
MisterE

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2013 - 11:16pm PT
I can't believe no-one noticed the latin inanis

mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 9, 2013 - 04:48pm PT
If the phlebotinum in question is simply a physical substance with unusual/extreme properties you are almost certainly dealing with the element Unobtainium. Either way, both are capable of being replaced by plastic.
--Mr. Robinson

Or it could be a Snickers bar.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Sep 10, 2013 - 11:49am PT
Memories
Fletcher

Trad climber
The great state of advaita
Sep 10, 2013 - 09:43pm PT
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 10, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
No pinot, zin.

Zin. Zin. Zin.

I like saying it as much as slurping it.

Zin, for the man within.

And memories of past zins.
MisterE

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
Given the bump and the month, may I suggest Facelift.

Such a great gathering of the tribe Ken has afforded us. Under the auspices of stewardship and cooperation we celebrate our reunion.

Thank You, Sir.

Erik
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Sep 10, 2013 - 10:55pm PT
There are tons of great words that begin with E. Probably my favorite letter to begin cool words.

ebullient
effervescent
elocution
eleemosynary
execrable
epistle
exogenous
elegy
entreat
ennui
ersatz
erstwhile
engendered
effigy
elan
enervate
elucidate
elision
ecumenical
enclave
ewe
epistasis
effluvium
effluent
egregious

Enough inanity already.

splitter

Trad climber
SoCal Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
Sep 10, 2013 - 11:23pm PT
Suckhole.

as in, "That suckhole!"

a word/term that my father was rather fond of using, when he felt it appropriate. i would most often hear him use the term when referring to some politician (he was a life long blue collar democrat, btw/but he would use it in reference to politicians from either party), and he would use it in regards to anyone he felt was one notch below a "brown-noser", lol! him being a cape breton canuck, he had some even more colorful words/terms that he used, but i won't repeat any because i don't want to get booted off ST, once again. lol
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 11, 2013 - 11:22pm PT
Shouldn't it be September?

The voting is in.

"Nine" and "Eleven" in a dead heat.

Compromise solution:

9/11

Name of the Month: Rescorla.

Slogan of the Month: "When in doubt, add more wine."
treeman

climber
mule city
Sep 11, 2013 - 11:57pm PT
nutagain- you missed 'erection'
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 21, 2013 - 02:14am PT
Nut enough moss.

Red neck term fer ya.

Twerk.

"Imma have a few beers'n git twerk."
zBrown

Ice climber
Brujo de La Playa
Sep 21, 2013 - 11:56am PT
eschew sarin (for some of our readers, eschew is not the same as e shoe)


Foreign ministers of the United States and Russia reached an agreement Saturday on a framework that calls for destruction within nine months of all chemical weapons in Syria. The two agreed that there are about 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons in Syria’s arsenal, most of it sarin. (By way of comparison, the U.S. stockpile reached about 31,500 tonnes and Russia’s, 44,000 tonnes.)

-El Kabong
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Sep 21, 2013 - 01:57pm PT
For the glorious month of September the word is WANNABE!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wannabe&page=2

Poser, follower, a charlatan of sorts. One who copies or imitates all or most of the aspects dealing with their idol. They may wish to have certain clothing, skills, vocabulary, etc., of their idols instead of their own. Most likely a wannabe is lacking in self confidence and is looking for guidance.

So many operational definitions, so little time! LOL
Chief

climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
Sep 21, 2013 - 08:25pm PT
Here's a couple options.

Polemic

A polemic is a contentious argument that is intended to establish the truth of a specific understanding and the falsity of the contrary position. Polemics are mostly seen in arguments about very controversial topics.
The art or practice of such argumentation is called polemics.
A person who often writes polemics, or who speaks polemically, is a polemicist or a polemic.[1] The word is derived from the Greek; (polemikos), meaning "warlike, hostile",[2][3] which comes from (polemos), "war".[4]

Wikipedia

or;

Pedant

A pedant is a person who is excessively concerned with formalism and precision, or who makes an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning.

Wikipedia

Could there be such a thing as a pedantic polemicist?


mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 21, 2013 - 08:56pm PT
Wanna make something of the foregoing, sir?

You polemicists make me sick.

"A decision lackng in precision is bad for boxing."--Don Keying

Give me a really hard-hitting and abrasive phillipic any day.

phi·lip·pic: a bitter attack or denunciation, esp. a verbal one.

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Barbarian

climber
Sep 21, 2013 - 09:01pm PT
Used in a sentence:

The Congressman used an inane argument to justify his self-serving behavior.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Sep 21, 2013 - 11:25pm PT

Donkey

What the heck, it's the best I can come up with for now. . .
Pepe Le Poseur

Social climber
Parts North
Sep 21, 2013 - 11:35pm PT
Coprophagus.

descriptor for 90% of y'all (in any month)
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Sep 21, 2013 - 11:59pm PT
Wannabe + stink = stinkin' poser
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