Topic: Word of the day: morass

Sheila LaBoof started this discussion 6 years ago #94,657

Definition of morass -Merriam-Webster

1 : marsh, swamp
2a : a situation that traps, confuses, or impedes a legal morass
b : an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture a morass of traffic jams

First Known Use of morass
1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for morass
Dutch moeras, modification of Old French maresc, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English mersc marsh — more at marsh

Peter joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 17 hours later[^] [v] #1,070,334

Is it pronounced more ass

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 15 seconds later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,335

Mora

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,376

"Who can use 'morass' in a sentence? Yes, Little Johnny?"
"I like Penthouse better than Playboy because it has mortits and morass."

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,444

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)

What's penthouse?

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,446

Another good one is "moras", it's the plural form of mora. It's very interesting in that it's of Latin origin, but uses the English plural of s.

An example sentence would be: Matt and Syntax are moras.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,448

@previous (E)
*morae

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,490

@1,070,444 (D)

> What's penthouse?

The typical alternative to Playboy on the shelves, it enjoys a level of respectability that Hustler lacks. It had a reputation for being more explicit in its photography, though the penises and fucking are no longer in the present form of the magazine.

Perhaps you are more familiar with Mayfair.

(Edited 2 minutes later.)

Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 3 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,545

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)

I'm not familiar with any of them because I get my pornography on the Internet like a normal person...

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,616

@previous (D)

> I'm not familiar with any of them because I get my pornography on the Internet like a normal person...

surely you've been in the world once or twice

perhaps in a large airport, waiting for a flight you've noticed the pornography in a shop

Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,619

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)

I have not seen such a thing before.

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,622

well I don't know about you, but I can spot porns at a hundred paces

Anonymous D replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,624

@previous (Sheila LaBoof)

I isn't go to the seedy type of shop that you frequent.

Sheila LaBoof (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 24 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,070,641

dang you negative

Minichan