Posted on 02/16/2006 4:32:28 AM PST by secret garden
Word For The Day, Thursday, February 16, 2006 - pixilated
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
pixilated • \PIK-suh-lay-tud\• adjective
1 : somewhat unbalanced mentally; also : bemused
2 : whimsical
Example sentence:
In 1998, Julie Taymor won a Tony Award for her original, pixilated costume and puppet designs that gave life to Disney's The Lion King on the stage.
Etymology: "Pixilated" is an American coinage that dates back to about the mid-19th century. A pixilated person behaves as if under the spell of pixies or enchanted by them. The word has been used to describe people who are confused (as though they have seen a pixie) or intoxicated (to the point that they are seeing pixies); it can also be used for people who are like playfully mischievous pixies themselves. Today, "pixilated" usually means "somewhat unbalanced mentally," "bemused," or "whimsical." Additionally, it has fairly recently begun popping up in the digital realm as a word describing an image (as on a computer or television screen) that is made up of a large number of pixels. This recent usage, which we are monitoring for entry in our dictionary, is also commonly spelled "pixelated."
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Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Teddy was extremely fortunate that Neil Armstrong was concurrently walking around on the lunar surface....kept Ted's escapades out of the big, bold headlines.
You are a brave (or shameless) soul to make such a public admission. :-)
WHY?
"Out you two pixilators go-
tru' da door, or out da window!"
I loved McClellan's response - "Save it for later, the cameras aren't even rolling." LOL!
I never get pixilated to be first in the classroom!
As he walked down the hallway I heard him say, "Whohoo - no diamonds this year!"
Somehow I have to make this your fault Truthy!
I saw Will on Idol last night - so happy he made it through!
The marine is HOME? lucky you.
Yes...... thank you
Pixel-shifts are pretty bad.
I'll make it up to you. Is Cubic Zirconium okay?
Truthy, how many women have you used that line on? And how often has it worked? ;^)
He was a great barkeep, wasn't he? A+ for you!
Not true! I ping everyone at the same time! BTW, A for the homework. I can't believe you actually did it!
2-0, Russia over Sweden right now. Woo-hoo!
Yes & no. Nick was a cool tude, no nonsense, keep-your-glass-filled-whilst-keeping-the-bar-pixie-free barkeep, who ran a hopping joint, BUT....that was the Nick in the no-George Bailey reality. Plus & minuses in everything; the 'standard version' of Nick was kinda vanilla.
Metaphysical question of the day: after kicking out George and Clarence, when Nick was opening and closing the cash register to ring the bell and saying "dig me - I'm giving out wings!" - were angels actually being created even though that reality ceased to exist upon George's saving?
Well I didn't really do homework now did I?
a) 17
b) 0
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