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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:00 PM Jan 2018

Suppurating, if you know this word without looking it up, I bow to your vocabulary!

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suppurate

Definition of suppurate

suppurated; suppurating

intransitive verb

: to form or discharge pus

reference: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-real-mcmafia-the-rise-of-the-oligarch-and-a-new-world-of-global-crime-rlljbpcw8

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Suppurating, if you know this word without looking it up, I bow to your vocabulary! (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2018 OP

I have a tremendous vocabulary. I know words. I have the best words. procon Jan 2018 #1

I knew what it was. If you had asked me to come up with that word, I brewens Jan 2018 #2

*bows*! nt steve2470 Jan 2018 #3

Let's use this in a sentence. Alwaysna Jan 2018 #4

What suppurates from Trump's mouth is beyond belief. n/t brewens Jan 2018 #7

Not a particularly uncommon word. Voltaire2 Jan 2018 #5

I have a graduate degree, and I've never seen this word steve2470 Jan 2018 #8

thank you shanny Jan 2018 #6

my pleasure, always glad to enrich vocabularies haha! nt steve2470 Jan 2018 #9

I meant for the compliment--I already knew it. shanny Jan 2018 #14

*bows* steve2470 Jan 2018 #16

I knew. But I have a medical degree mainer Jan 2018 #10

that makes perfect sense! thank you nt steve2470 Jan 2018 #11

So, if you squeeze the Electoral College, it suppurates a president. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #12

Knew what it was, would have spelled it wrong. Thirties Child Jan 2018 #13

Having dealt with suppurating wounds on horses, I know what it means csziggy Jan 2018 #15

Yes, I knew that word. TuxedoKat Jan 2018 #17

Arise and go about thy business, then good Sir. bluedigger Jan 2018 #18

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. I have a tremendous vocabulary. I know words. I have the best words.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:09 PM

Jan 2018

Believe me.

Actually, being an old RN, I know the word... nasty business that.

brewens

(13,594 posts)

2. I knew what it was. If you had asked me to come up with that word, I

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:21 PM

Jan 2018

doubt I could have conjured it up. I knew it when I saw it though.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

3. *bows*! nt

Reply to brewens (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:22 PM

Jan 2018

Alwaysna

(574 posts)

4. Let's use this in a sentence.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:35 PM

Jan 2018

Americans should suppurate the office of commander in chief.

brewens

(13,594 posts)

7. What suppurates from Trump's mouth is beyond belief. n/t

Reply to Alwaysna (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:54 PM

Jan 2018

Voltaire2

(13,061 posts)

5. Not a particularly uncommon word.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:45 PM

Jan 2018

The phrase “suppurating wound” helps to remind one of its meaning.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

8. I have a graduate degree, and I've never seen this word

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:55 PM

Jan 2018

I am glad you are better read than I. Toodles.

shanny

(6,709 posts)

6. thank you

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:52 PM

Jan 2018

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

9. my pleasure, always glad to enrich vocabularies haha! nt

Reply to shanny (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 12:56 PM

Jan 2018

shanny

(6,709 posts)

14. I meant for the compliment--I already knew it.

Reply to steve2470 (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 03:32 PM

Jan 2018

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

16. *bows*

Reply to shanny (Reply #14)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 11:28 PM

Jan 2018

mainer

(12,022 posts)

10. I knew. But I have a medical degree

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 01:15 PM

Jan 2018

I think every doctor and probably many nurses know it.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

11. that makes perfect sense! thank you nt

Reply to mainer (Reply #10)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 01:15 PM

Jan 2018

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,350 posts)

12. So, if you squeeze the Electoral College, it suppurates a president. nt

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:22 PM

Jan 2018

Thirties Child

(543 posts)

13. Knew what it was, would have spelled it wrong.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 02:36 PM

Jan 2018

Which means I would have pronounced it wrong.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

15. Having dealt with suppurating wounds on horses, I know what it means

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Jan 13, 2018, 09:40 PM

Jan 2018

And I am very glad I have retired from the business and should never have to deal with one again.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)

17. Yes, I knew that word.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:44 PM

Jan 2018

Read it somewhere.

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

18. Arise and go about thy business, then good Sir.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:59 PM

Jan 2018

I'll be in the AO all day.

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