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Today I learned a new word: flocculent. I still have no idea what it means, but I'm going to work it into conversation anyway

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Hubble Spots Flocculent Spiral Galaxy | Astronomy | Sci-News.com

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a spectacular image of the spiral galaxy NGC 2775.

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Tr0mBoNe

2 days ago

it also works when trying to describe smelly tofu or other aged bean curd products

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cousin-merle

2 days ago

"Flocculation is a desirable and important characteristic that is unique to brewers yeast. When brewers yeast nears the end of fermentation, single cells aggregate into clumps of thousands of cells, and drop to the bottom of the fermentor, leaving clear beer behind. If yeast flocculate too early, the beer will be underattenuated and sweet. If yeast do not flocculate, the beer will be cloudy and have a yeasty taste."

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Thudfark

2 days ago

Dave, have you herd about the flocculent Bill? They've gone grazey.

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Some Junkie Cosmonaut

2 days ago

cousin-merle: "Flocculation is a desirable and important characteristic that is unique to brewers yeast. When brewers yeast nears the end of fermentation, single cells aggregate into clumps of thousands of cells, and drop to the bottom of the fermentor, leaving clear beer behind. If yeast flocculate too early, the beer will be underattenuated and sweet. If yeast do not flocculate, the beer will be cloudy and have a yeasty taste."

Floc me? No, floc you pal. Floc you!

/aggregate and fall, you!
//makes about as much sense as fark you does when you think about it
///three just to have enough to floccuate

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Groupon boob job

2 days ago

Yeah, like WLP002, 1768-PC, and ECY10, right?

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ImpendingCynic

2 days ago

It's a perfectly cromulens photography term.

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pdieten

2 days ago

Or get a swimming pool, and you'll find out what flocculant is.

Oh, and subby? -ant, not -ent.

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KRSESQ

2 days ago

pdieten: Or get a swimming pool, and you'll find out what flocculant is.

Oh, and subby? -ant, not -ent.

Try again. Flocculant is a substance used to promote flocculation.

Flocculent is the physical characteristic of Flocculence.

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HighZoolander

2 days ago

That's quite flocculent of you subby.

/cheers

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dittybopper

2 days ago

KRSESQ: pdieten: Or get a swimming pool, and you'll find out what flocculant is.

Oh, and subby? -ant, not -ent.

Try again. Flocculant is a substance used to promote flocculation.

Flocculent is the physical characteristic of Flocculence.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericumbobulation.

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SirDigbyChickenCaesar

2 days ago

I actually use the term quite often. Part of my company designs water treatment systems and we use flocculants.

I love having the discussion for the first time
So what does a flocculant do?
Causes flocculation
Oh ok...carry on then I suppose

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Bondith

2 days ago

You
Will
Be
Flocculant, you're gonna be floc-youuuu-lent
You'll sink with the chunky bits and suspended grit,
Little flecks of dirt and schmutz, ooh!

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ZMugg

2 days ago

You would think that "flocculance" was the avian equivalent to "herd immunity".

You would think...

_{^{...or a group bird fart}}

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BitwiseShift

2 days ago

You attain flocculence when someone pulls your finger.

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oldfarthenry

2 days ago

Man - I had a flocculent spiral this morning, I tell ya!
It took three flushes to floc that culent.

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FormlessOne

2 days ago

Wait until they discover "floccinaucinihilipilification"...

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zamboni

2 days ago

Don't be flocculent, Jeffrey.

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Kuta

2 days ago

flocci non facio

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bughunter

2 days ago

I gave up mutton for Flocculent.

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New Farkin User Name

2 days ago

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some_beer_drinker

2 days ago

it describes my penis fairly well, i must say.

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zamboni

2 days ago

Flocculent Green is people!!!!

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joker420

2 days ago

So you learned a new word but you didn't learn what it means? Stupid Farker.

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Oneiros

2 days ago

I've known about it since college, when I had to take a course on sewage treatment plants, as it's the mechanism behind type 2 settling. (the particles are attracted to each other, and as they gather into a clump (ie, flock) gravity overcomes the buoyant forces)

These days, I mostly use it to describe snow -- the big huge flakes that will stick to things, as opposed to the 'powder' stuff that skiers love but is absolutely crap for making snowballs.

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Artemus_Hackwell

2 days ago

That is that shiat in the pool when oak trees bloom

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