Word for today. 8/5/2023. Tintinnabulation.

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Tintinnabulation.   

 

Noun

1. A ringing or tinkling sound.

 

 

Latin origin, mid-19th century. 

 

“Tintinnabulation” is a fancy word for “the ringing of bells.” It comes directly from the Latin “tintinnabulum,” which means “tinkling bell. People might be slightly more familiar with a related medical term for a chronic ringing in the ears: “tinnitus.”

[Oldskool 6,644]

38 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

“Tintinnabulation” is a fancy word for “the ringing of bells.” 

Are we talking the George Foreman way or The hunchback of Notre Dame way? 🤔🤣

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7 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Are we talking the George Foreman way or The hunchback of Notre Dame way? 🤔🤣

I'd say both apply! 

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1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

chronic ringing in the ears: “tinnitus.”

Although I've had my bell rung quite a few times, my tinnitus sounds more like frying bacon

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1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

Although I've had my bell rung quite a few times, my tinnitus sounds more like frying bacon

Yum!  Though it must be a let down to know there’s not always bacon!  

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A haiku

 

The word of the day

is Tintinnabulation

Let the bells ring forth

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1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

Although I've had my bell rung quite a few times, my tinnitus sounds more like frying bacon

I wish mine sounded like bacon. Yum bacon.....

Mine sounds like the television used to at midnight when the station went off the air.

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That’s one of my favorite words.  I’ve worked it into conversations at work several times. 
 

My penchant for sesquipedalianism often results in floccinaucinihilipilification of my thoughts. It’s one of my abstruse perseverations. 
 

steve