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Hi!
Thew water in the Red Sea is buoyant, I think, also the speed of your word suggestions. Only the improving of my English skills isn?t as buoyant as I would like they were! 
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Jun 03, 2006 23:29 pm How buoyant are you? |
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| Torsten wrote: |
Hi, I know you can make buoyant steps and China's economy seems to be quite buoyant too but what else can be buoyant? I mean, is buoyant part of your active vocabulary?
Buoyant moments,
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'Buoyant economy' is almost a fixed expression, it seems. The word is also used to mean full of beans or full of vigour (bubbly, perhaps?). I wouldn't say I use it much in daily speech, though.
The Thesaurus gives some interesting synonyms:
Main Entry: buoyant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: happy
Synonyms: animated, blithe, bouncy, breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, debonair, effervescent, elastic, expansive, happy, jaunty, jovial, joyful, laidback, light-hearted, lively, peppy, resilient, sunny, supple, vivacious
Antonyms: depressed, down, heavy-hearted, somber |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Jun 03, 2006 23:34 pm How buoyant are you? |
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| Fan of Arabian horses wrote: |
| Thew water in the Red Sea is buoyant, I think... |
The water isn't buoyant. Things are buoyant in the water. In the Dead Sea in Israel, EVERYBODY is buoyant. It's so salty that it's impossible for people to sink. |
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Jun 03, 2006 23:38 pm How buoyant are you? |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| The word is also used to mean full of beans |
I always thought full of beans meant full of nonsense. It's a way for people to avoid saying someone is full of the material that beans produce in the intestines. When I was little and concocted a preposterous story just as a joke, adults would tell me I was full of prunes. They didn't really mean prunes, but the other stuff that you get when you eat a lot of prunes. Many people think I'm still full of that. |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 03, 2006 23:41 pm How buoyant are you? |
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| In the 1970s, a huge freighter sank in a storm in Lake Superior, and all the men on it died. Later the US government spent $50,000 on a study to find out why the ship sank. The study's conclusion was that "a loss of buoyancy" caused it to sink. |
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| #7 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 0:01 am How buoyant are you? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Conchita wrote: |
| The word is also used to mean full of beans |
I always thought full of beans meant full of nonsense. It's a way for people to avoid saying someone is full of the material that beans produce in the intestines. When I was little and concocted a preposterous story just as a joke, adults would tell me I was full of prunes. They didn't really mean prunes, but the other stuff that you get when you eat a lot of prunes. Many people think I'm still full of that. |
It took me some time to find the word I think you meant -- flatulence! It has both meanings (figurative and literal). Unless the 'hidden' expression is 'full of wind'? |
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| #8 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:02 am How buoyant are you? |
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| Conchita wrote: |
| Unless the 'hidden' expression is 'full of wind'? |
Full of soft brown stuff. |
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| #10 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:53 am Beans |
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Hi Amy,
My, my and on a Sunday morning, too. To my innocent mind full of beans means full of good health and enthusiasm. And now you've gone and spoilt it all . Clearly it's time for breakfast.
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| #12 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:17 am How buoyant are you? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Fan of Arabian horses wrote: |
| Thew water in the Red Sea is buoyant, I think... |
The water isn't buoyant. Things are buoyant in the water. In the Dead Sea in Israel, EVERYBODY is buoyant. It's so salty that it's impossible for people to sink. |
Hi Jamie!
Of course, water itselfs always has the same specific weight everywhere in the world and what the water makes buoyant are the ingredients which are added to the water. So it was a common saying when I wrote the water in the Red Sea is buoyant!
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