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Words you didn't know until listening to Pearl Jam

not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
edited December 2008 in The Porch
Dissident
Gremmie

Where any other people here ignorant to the meaning of words, or words in general, until hearing them in some form from Pearl Jam?

The first time I listened to Dissident when I got Vs. I pulled out a Dictionary to find what it meant. Gremmie I just sort of assumed it meant some sort of nooby surfer.


So thank you Pearl Jam for expanding my vocabulary! :D


EDIT: I'll ad Id onto that list. Thanks randomhero_204!
Nathan
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  • randomhero_204randomhero_204 Posts: 120
    Id as in I got Id....

    Id- –noun Psychoanalysis. the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
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  • ONCE DEVIDEDONCE DEVIDED Posts: 1,131
    ledbetter
    lukin
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  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Posts: 4,183
    Tincture - Corduroy
    Immutable - Bushleaguer

    Just two off the top of my head!

    Prom many mire. Iremember scouring the lyrics booklets for hints on lyrics and meanings to songs. Especially around the VS, Vitalogy, No Code era. These days the last few albums have lurics that were easily accessible.
    Melbourne #1 '98
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  • PilatesBettermanPilatesBetterman Posts: 306
    Brendan Adcock wrote:
    Tincture - Corduroy
    Immutable - Bushleaguer

    Just two off the top of my head!

    Prom many mire. Iremember scouring the lyrics booklets for hints on lyrics and meanings to songs. Especially around the VS, Vitalogy, No Code era. These days the last few albums have lurics that were easily accessible.
    Too accessible one might argue.
    "So forget the other boys because my love is real.
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  • illegal pantsillegal pants Posts: 13,471
    tincture
    wah
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    i was going to say tincture but too many people have already!
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Sear, at least in that context.

    Tincture definitely.
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  • corduroidcorduroid Posts: 293
    enmity
  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    many, many words. English is not my mother language, as U can see.

    But definitely - I learn really much from Them. I've always learnt more english words from lyrics. Funny, when I try to remind one - I have to sing a song, which included this word to find it:)

    BTW. In school it was soo fantastic, when sometimes I "flashed " my knowledge of some words, when others didn't know them (i.e. immortality, indifference, dissident)
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  • iamicaiamica Posts: 2,628
    Preturnatural. :D
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  • not for me?not for me? Posts: 501
    halszka123 wrote:
    many, many words. English is not my mother language, as U can see.

    But definitely - I learn really much from Them. I've always learnt more english words from lyrics. Funny, when I try to remind one - I have to sing a song, which included this word to find it:)

    BTW. In school it was soo fantastic, when sometimes I "flashed " my knowledge of some words, when others didn't know them (i.e. immortality, indifference, dissident)

    English must be a bitch to learn.

    I can never get into music with singing in a different language. Even if the band itself is really good. :(
    So to those of you who English is not your first language, I salute you!
    Nathan
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    infinitum...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,043
    "uhh....."

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  • Smarter_Than_USmarter_Than_U Posts: 515
    Great thread. I think about this question a lot actually. In the early years, I learned a lot of words from PJ lyrics including:

    Abducted
    Nemesis
    Dissident
    Id
    Decadence (TOTD technically)
    pretext
    kindred
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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    encompassing
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  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    truant
  • sagapo1sagapo1 Posts: 186
    Gmoney wrote:
    infinitum...

    It's actually "ad infinitum"
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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs Posts: 2,412
    BlackCorduroy wrote:
    truant

    good one....
    *Marker in the Sand Fanclub * HNIC

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    Camden 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022, 2023
    Philly Spectrum 2009 x4 - We closed that MFER Down Proper
    Baltimore- 2024
    DC- 2006, 2008
    New York- 2008, 2010
    Boston - Fenway 2016 (night 2) , 2024 (night1)
    East Rutherford, New Jersey- 2006
    Chicago - Lollapalooza 2007
    Seattle- Gorge 2005
    EV Solo- DC x2, Baltimore x2 , Newark NJ x2,  Tower Theater x2 

    - Given To Fly
  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    indicative. i know its not really that difficult a word, but hey, porch came out when i was 3 :D
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  • Red LukinRed Lukin Posts: 2,994
    Great thread...

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  • URthekeyURthekey Posts: 1,763
    Binaural
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    dissident & tincture, as many have said. actually went & broke out the dictionary for these 2!
  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    LukinFan wrote:
    "uhh....."

    - Ed
    hehehehe
    not for me? wrote:
    English must be a bitch to learn.

    I can never get into music with singing in a different language. Even if the band itself is really good. :(
    So to those of you who English is not your first language, I salute you!
    no, I think it's really easy language, actually I'm lazy... For sure polish is more difficult for foreigners than english.
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  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Merkin Ball
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    Possomist ;)
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,098
    "I AM A DONUT!" :eek:

    what does that mean?
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    sagapo1 wrote:
    It's actually "ad infinitum"
    not in the lyrics for parachutes...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    heyfoxymophandlemamathatsme

    Not used too often where I am from...;)
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  • sagapo1sagapo1 Posts: 186
    Gmoney wrote:
    not in the lyrics for parachutes...

    I know.
    My smart ass reply was not for you.
    (Sorry, Eddie. wink)
    "Cynics are simply disappointed idealists" - George Carlin
    Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol

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