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"Word of the Day" - The WINNER



ldthemagicman
United Kingdom

"Word of the Day" - The WINNER
 

Hello, Everyone.

It is now Midnight in Spain, (because I can just hear the bells of Madrid Cathedral striking twelve!)

 

Here are the submissions for Sgiomlaireached

Juliag gave us: �The special cry an eagle gives on reaching it �s lair at the top of a very, very high mountain�.

Adriennesmiles: � The gnome I reached�.

David Lisgo said: The word is not at all complicated and simply means. "I�m home!"

Redbull said: �A smelly scruffy person laying in his/her pit reaching out for emotion�.

Ide Bere: �Maybe Sergio Martinez and Ed are in a rally and Ed is winning so Sergio Martinez has to lie to reach Ed�.
Mariethe House: �Sergio had a molar that ached� (�Sergio had terrible toothache�).

Elderberrywine: �It �s the death rattle , the last sound before dying, of an ESL member who just found out that another one of his worksheets was stolen and uploaded by somebody else�.

Joserik: �It is used when someone has so many aches that he/she can �t even pronounce the name of the illness well...�

Moravc: The right sentence would be: "Sgiomla is reached!"
An exclamation with the meaning: "I have done it!"

Greek Professor �All i know is a liar reached something....�

 

Sgiomlaireached = �The habit of dropping in at mealtimes�.

And the WINNER IS:

Almaz, and he gets to choose the next �Word of the Day�

 

At last! After all those fancy Greek and Latinate words, we �ve got the real language of Eden: the Gaelic, no less. 

 

Sgiomlaireachd: pronounced scum-leerie, the word entered the English language via those highlanders who, over the centuries, migrated to Glasgow and carried on a mutual love-hate relationship with their lowland hosts. A gaelicised Lallans term, it refers to an attitude of wariness (being �leery �) toward someone who purports to be your friend but in all likelihood would just as soon cut your throat and ransack your sporran (a �scumbag �).

 

So, it�s an adjective meaning �suspicious of people who hang around railway stations �.

 

Thanks to all competitors for your wonderful suggestions!

 

Les

14 Oct 2010