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Word 169: Effusive

Wikipedia articles about art, artists, and other creative topics (e.g., musicians, actors, books, etc.) have tended toward the effusive.

effusive (adj) 1: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm [syn: burbling, burbly, gushing] 2: extravagantly demonstrative [syn: emotional] – source: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view

Toimii

Älä kysy, missä vika oli. En tiedä. Jostain syystä skriptin korvaaminen uudella samanlaisella vain sai laitteen toimimaan.

Sama se mulle, kunhan toimii.

Word 168: Moue

Goring gives Milland something of a moue, and says: ”Yes?”

moue (n) : a disdainful pouting grimace [syn: pout, wry face] – source: Black for good

Word 167: Treacly

The score sounds unusually phoned-in and treacly for a Tim Burton movie, and as I watched the movie I wondered, ”Where’s Danny Elfman when you need him?” — only to realize that the music was Elfman’s.

treacly (adj) : overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy] – source: Big Fish Review @ Salon

Saldo

Adaptation, Catch Me If You Can, Bowling for Columbine, Kiltti tyttö, Daredevil, Near Dark, Traffic, Dina, Fargo, Ghost In The Shell, Ichi the Killer, Inugami, Metropolis, Miehuuskoe, Mutta… kuka murhasi Harryn?, Spider, Spring and Chaos, Twins Effect, Underground, Aladdin, Dark Blue, Ed Wood, Fast and the Furious, Helmiä ja sikoja, Hours, Kahlekuningas, Pieni merenneito, Pirates of the Caribbean, Solaris, Terminator 3, Barbershop, Blazing Saddles, Haaveiden kehä, Hiekan alla, Identity, Kentucky Fried Movie, Kivenpyörittäjän kylä, L. A. Confidential, Raid, Frankenstein, King Kong, Hero, Kaïro, Versus, 12 Angry Men, Analyze That, Charlie’s Angels 2, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Sirens, Pocahontas, Rashomon, Red Dragon, Roger & Me, Scarface, Untouchables, Below, Jalla! Jalla!, Lenny, Manchurian Candidate, Parasite Eve, Peuple Migrateur, Repo Man, Sexy Beast, Sling Blade, Wild Zero, Buffalo Soldiers, Crime of Father Amaro, Fritz the Cat, My Life as McDull, Cypher, Dogville, Tohtori Zhivago, Intolerable Cruelty, Kill Bill Vol 1, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Blue Velvet, La cité des enfants perdus, The Usual Suspects, True Romance, Matrix Revolutions, Ghost World, Spy Kids 2, House of 1000 Horrors, Levity, Freaks, Princess Bride, Dracula, Hymypoika, Bad Boys 2, Donnie Darko, Ondskan, Apocalypse Now Redux, Nausicaa, Sormuksen ritarit, Kaksi tornia, Mystic River, Underworld, Baisers Volés, Master and Commander, Return of the King, Insider, Days of Heaven, Badlands, Saari, Manaaja, Magdalene Sisters, Porco Rosso, Tonari no Totoro, Bonnie & Clyde, Frida, Syvä uni, 25th Hour, Spartacus, Comedian, Animatrix, The Thin Red Line, Manhattan, Bruce Almighty, City of God, Die Another Day, Hulk, Nightbreed, Storytelling, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Lilja 4-ever, Lolita, 28 Days Later, Cabaret, Final Destination 2, God of Cookery, Happiness of the Katakuris, Hudsucker Proxy, Human Traffic, Spun, Treasure Planet, Undercover Brother, Annie Hall, Barton Fink, Basic, Blood Simple, Dirty Pretty Things, Raging Bull, Kissa kuumalla katolla, Equilibrium, Far From Heaven, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Intacto, The Killer, King of Comedy, Live Forever, Matrix Reloaded, My Fair Lady, Punch-Drunk Love, About Schmidt, Chicago, Phone Booth, The Pianist, Rules of Attraction, Rushmore, Igby Goes Down, Celebrity, Shampoo, East is East, The Making of the Mahatma, Shiri, Suspiria, X-Men, X-Men 2.

Vuonna 2003 katsotut leffat ei missään järjestyksessä. Summaksi tuli 169. Ja oli niitä varmaan pari enemmänkin.

8.1.2004: No olihan niitä enemmän kuin 161.

Word 166: Replete

Well, every day I used to draw caricatures of my immediate boss, Larry Martin, portraying him as a mustachioed, hook-nosed, toothy villain, replete with dirty laugh.

replete (adj) 1: filled to satisfaction with food or drink [syn: full] 2: (followed by with) deeply filled or permeated – source: An Interview with Bob Clampett

Word 165: Rankle

Does it rankle, being separated in this way?

rankle (v) : gnaw into; make resentful or angry [syn: eat into, fret, grate] – source: Gandhi R2 DVD, 2:24:04

Word 164: Writ

Then to prove to the new viceroy that the king’s writ no longer runs in India.

writ (n) : (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer [syn: judicial writ] – source: Gandhi R2 DVD, 1:59:11

Word 163: Sedition

Sedition must become our creed.

sedition (n) : an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government – source: Gandhi R2 DVD, 1:52:08

Word 162: Repudiate

Forgive me, gentlemen, but you must understand that His Majesty’s government and the British people repudiate both the massacre and the philosophy that prompted it.

repudiate (v) 1: cast off or disown [syn: renounce] 2: refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid 3: refuse to recognize or pay 4: reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust – source: Gandhi R2 DVD, 1:30:58