NEW WORD TODAY

Love it Tawney ... That one used to do my head in. Philosophy tied itself up in knots with big words ... that's why it is good to have a discipline re number of words and number of letters ... I know I can rave on ... or seem abrupt ... still trying to find the right verbal length and quality ... Dear mods still many forum glitches ,,, 'not authenticated' pages coming up and not allowing me to like. Also it seems a site problem as it usually happens when the "quick reply" and "like" buttons are reversed on the screen .. I know when I see that ... it is going to be frustrating ...

Here's an easy one
CHORTLE 'tʃɔːt(ə)l/Submit, verb
1. Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
"he chortled at his own execrable pun"
synonyms: chuckle, laugh, giggle, titter, tee-hee, snigger; guffaw, cackle, crow
"pleased with his joke, Robert chortled and slapped his thigh"
noun: . Noisy, gleeful laugh.
"Thomas gave a chortle"
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EXECRABLE
ˈɛksɪkrəb(ə) adjective
Extremely bad or unpleasant.
"execrable cheap wine"
synonyms: appalling, awful, dreadful, terrible, frightful, atrocious, very bad, lamentable; disgusting, deplorable, disgraceful, reprehensible, shameful, abominable, abhorrent, loathsome, odious, heinous, hateful, detestable, despicable, foul, vile, scandalous, contemptible, repugnant, repellent, revolting, unspeakable, wretched; informalabysmal, diabolical, shocking, rotten, woeful, lousy, dire, the pits, God-awful, tenth-rate; informalchronic, pants, a load of pants; vulgar slangcrap, shit; rareegregious
"an execrable piece of work"

paradigm
ˈparədʌɪm/
noun
plural noun: paradigms
1.
a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.
"society's paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’"
2.
LINGUISTICS
a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles.
"English determiners form a paradigm: we can say ‘a book’ or ‘his book’ but not ‘a his book’"

NAMASTE
Namaste (/ˈnɑːməsteɪ/, nah-məs-tay).
Is a respectful form of greeting. The gesture is widely used throughout India, Nepal, parts of Asia and beyond where people of South and Southeast Asian origins have migrated.
Namaste or namaskar acknowledges and welcomes a relative, guest or stranger. It is used with good byes as well. In some contexts, namaste is used by one person to express gratitude for assistance offered or given, and to thank the other person for his or her generous kindness.
Namaste is usually spoken with a slight bow and hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointing upwards, thumbs close to the chest. This gesture is called Añjali Mudrā or Pranamasana. In Hinduism it means
"I BOW TO THE DIVINE IN YOU".
The greeting may also be spoken without the gesture or the gesture performed wordlessly, carrying the same meaning.
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SCHMOOZE
v. schmoozed, schmooz•ing,
n. Slang. v.i.
1. to chat idly; gossip.
2. an idle conversation; chat.
schmooz′er
Making ingratiating small talk – talk that is business oriented, designed to both provide and solicit personal information but avoids overt pitching. Most often an artifact of “networking.” It is more art than science but can be learned.

SCOTOMA
A scotoma is an area of partial alteration in the field of vision consisting of a partially diminished or entirely degenerated visual acuity that is surrounded by a field of normal – or relatively well-preserved – vision.
Every normal mammal eye has a scotoma in its field of vision, usually termed its BLIND SPOT - 'THE MINS SEES WHAT IT WANTS TO SEE' - altered / inaccurate visual perception.

TROLLING / INTERNET TROLL
In Internet slang, a troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion, often for their own amusement.

Here's a useful one to look up @Former-Member

DICHOTOMY It's a good one but I find having to look up the meaning of a word myself makes me remember it which is why I'm leaving you to do the work. 😉

DICHOTOMY

noun
1. A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

"a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism"

synonyms:
division, separation, divorce, split, gulf, chasm; difference, contrast, disjunction, polarity, lack of consistency, contradiction, antagonism, conflict; rarecontrariety.

"there is a great dichotomy between social theory and practice"

2. BOTANY
repeated branching into two equal parts.

thanks KURRA, what made you think of this word?