DETRITUS a $50 word

[joebryant]

Detritus, a new word that I just learned this week, should be the title of this forum, not Everything Else BST. Look it up.

 

[d.k]

* How about "flotsom and jetsom"??

 

[GracefulBantams]

Wikipedia says, "In biology, detritus is non-living particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material). It typically includes the bodies of dead organisms or fragments of organisms or fecal material. Detritus is normally colonized by communities of microorganisms which act to decompose (or remineralize) the material."
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[joebryant]

d.k :

* How about "flotsom and jetsom"??

Flotsam would be good. I really like that!
Jetsam's sort of limited.​

 

[joebryant]

Quote:
Ain't talkin' biology...

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:
detritus


Main Entry:
de·tri·tus Listen to the pronunciation of detritus
Pronunciation:
\\di-ˈtrī-təs\\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural de·tri·tus Listen to the pronunciation of detritus \\-ˈtrī-təs, -ˈtrī-ˌtüs\\
Etymology:
French détritus, from Latin detritus, past participle of deterere
Date:
1802

1: loose material (as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration2 a: a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris b: miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends <sifting through the detritus of his childhood — Michael Tomasky>
— de·tri·tal Listen to the pronunciation of detrital \\-ˈtrī-təl\\ adjective

 

[patandchickens]

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Flotsam would be good. I really like that!
Jetsam's sort of limited.

I dunno -- stuff that the mods move to this category could be considered jetsam, maybe

Detritus can be used in a general sense, as a figure of speech, but its main meaning remains the biological one of 'chunks o' dead organic matter". I am doubting that too many people want to buy, sell or trade THAT

Pat

 

[d.k]

* Compost!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

JoeBryant, stop clicking on the BST thread! Perhaps you could click on the Valium thread instead.

 

[joebryant]

Quote:
Flotsam would be good. I really like that!
Jetsam's sort of limited.

I dunno -- stuff that the mods move to this category could be considered jetsam, maybe

Detritus can be used in a general sense, as a figure of speech, but its main meaning remains the biological one of 'chunks o' dead organic matter". I am doubting that too many people want to buy, sell or trade THAT

Pat

'tain't not!
I think that it's a neat word. I'd never heard it before this weekend.