Stremik Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hi. I have a question for you all and I would be really greatfull if somebody can help me with this. I'm looking for an "diminutive name" for a "drifting ice". I've looked through a number of dictionaries and couldn't find anything besides what it is called. "Drifting ice". As I understand, this term describes a flat, rather big, piece of ice the size of at least couple of square feet. But I'm looking for a word that would describe a piece, which would be at most, the size of couple of square inches. In Russian, you can make up such word literally for every noun, with help of "hypocoristic suffixes". Such name is an "term of endearment". So, I was wandering if there is something like that in English? Thank you! Vladimir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 ice cube? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 shard fragment flake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 ice block.. maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunch Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 A word which shows up in crossword puzzles is floe. According to www.dictionary.com, this is defined as: A segment that has separated from such an ice mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted June 27, 2004 Author Share Posted June 27, 2004 Thank you for your replies. I'll try to explain what I'm looking for. I need a short phrase to describe someone, (sorry for being romantic) who dances on the "......" (here should be the word I'm looking for). Someone light, delicate, elegant. Particularly, It's about a person who is so good with words that his speech makes you feel as if you would be witnessing him perform a dance on these little pieces of ice floating around in a water. Something like: "Dancing on the ice flakes" I really like "ice flakes" but can you say it like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenong Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Block of ice flakes? Sorry, I couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'n'D Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Hi Stremik, I believe that you refer to " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Try icelandic, they have millions of words for snow, they must have a few for flakes of ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 How about "snow petals" or "snow lillies" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 Thank you very much everybody for your help! D'n'D, you right. I was referring to " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 <sniff> you had me at "Hi" I think Jason has the right idea..."snow petals" sounds pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 This is english right? A language that adds new words faster than any other. Make up your own word or steal a word and surround it with a new meaning. If you make up a word, follow it up with a paragraph describing it and there you go. You never know, it may make it in a dictionary in a few years. I like Ice Flakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibarrick Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Odforce poetry competition..... Houdini branches out into whole new areas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xean Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 i'm on the iceflakes barge. i'd start a poll for you, but peons have to be careful not to build the wrong reputation... and a poetry poll would definitely be a fine how-do-you-do. just a thought - would adjectives help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Ayanami Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 solid water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynbo Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 frost .......mabey? ( It's light and airy sounding ) I think I'm on the Ice Flake boat also but, had to try. after this thread I'm gonna have to play Unreal Tournament for about 6 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stremik Posted July 1, 2004 Author Share Posted July 1, 2004 Wow! Couldn't imagine my post would arise such interest. Moreover, I didn't even think there would be so many variations to a description of a single thing. Guess there's just as many ways as there are artists. Options are good! Wait a minute. Why am I saying this to you?! Who else, if not you guys, could know better the significanse of options?! Hey! POPs actually could be read as "Poetry Operators" Crasy! Well, at the very least, "options" play a very big role in both, poetry and particles. All right. I should stop now. Good night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshsmooth Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 So you have particles with word attributes and they are attracted to other words they rhyme with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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