Test time!

[Souplex]

So out of insomnia driven boredom I am going to give a little challenge to you; the Escapist.
Without asking a friend looking it up or checking the other posts, answer this question:

What is the opposite of nocturnal?

I have no way of preventing you from cheating but if you do cheat you will have to live with the fact that you are a filthy cheater who cheated at something with no risk and no reward, you insecure jerk.

 

[zacaron]

turnal?

edit: well I was wrong but im not going to give away the answer.

 

[Gamer137]

Being normal?

I'm just as bored as you. The family has control of the TV right now. I mean look at me! Im going back and editing posts that don't need editing!

 

[Glerken]

uh, dayturnal. Ya dayturnal.

 

[Gitsnik]

Spoiler

diurnal.

Remembered because of something to do with astronomy class.

 

[Zildjin81]

From my VERY poor knowledge of Latin:

Dieturnal

Diem = Day

Noctem = Night

 

[PTSpyder]

From my VERY poor knowledge of Latin:

Dieturnal

Diem = Day

Noctem = Night

Im pretty sure its spelled Dieurnal

 

[Souplex]

Please hide serious answers with the spoiler feature (I can never get it to work myself) so as not to ruin this for others who are answering seriously who might accidentally see your post, affecting their answers.

 

[Fenring]

un-nocturnal.

 

[Plauged1]

Do you want the opposite word or definition?

Don't know the opposite word, but the opposite definition is something that does its natural cycle of life during the day instead of the night.

I think you want the word though. I'm going to guess and say...preturnal? (Is this even a word? Oh, well.=P)

 

[GRoXERs]

Spoiler

Diurnal.

And, for an even more obscure/trivial term, animals that are active mainly in the early morning or evening twilight hours (i.e. mosquitos) are called crepuscular.

 

[Zildjin81]

From my VERY poor knowledge of Latin:

Dieturnal

Diem = Day

Noctem = Night

Im pretty sure its spelled Dieurnal

Yeah, I am just guessing, I have no idea whether or whether not that's right.

 

[PTSpyder]

From my VERY poor knowledge of Latin:

Dieturnal

Diem = Day

Noctem = Night

Im pretty sure its spelled Dieurnal

I'm pretty sure it's not.

I just double checked, we both spelled it wrong! LoL

 

[Avatar Roku]

Spoiler

Diurnal.

And, for an even more obscure/trivial term, animals that are active mainly in the early morning or evening twilight hours (i.e. mosquitos) are called crepuscular.

Why the hell do we have names for this stuff?!

 

[Souplex]

Spoiler

Diurnal.

And, for an even more obscure/trivial term, animals that are active mainly in the early morning or evening twilight hours (i.e. mosquitos) are called crepuscular.

Why the hell do we have names for this stuff?!

So science jerks can feel good about themselves.

 

[GRoXERs]

Spoiler

Diurnal.

And, for an even more obscure/trivial term, animals that are active mainly in the early morning or evening twilight hours (i.e. mosquitos) are called crepuscular.

Why the hell do we have names for this stuff?!

Uh... Because saying "crepuscular" is easier than saying "active mainly in the early morning or evening twilight hours?" Scientific journals like to save paper by forcing scientists to keep their articles short.
EDIT:

So science jerks can feel good about themselves.

I take umbrage!

 

[Avatar Roku]

Why the hell do we have names for this stuff?!

Because scientists refuse to work on real problems until all trivialities are first covered. They're lazy. That's why they research shit like "Does water put out fires" or "does pornography cause erections" instead of researching cold fusion or the cure to, well, anything. Have they actually cured anything in the last ten years? Treatments, expensive treatments they get kickbacks for, and cost patients their life savings... But I can't think of any disease that's been cured since, well, since pharmaceutical companies were allowed to sell stock on the exchange.

Ah, that sounds a good deal like a Chris Rock rant I'm fond of. I think he said they haven't cured anything since Polio.

 

[Avatar Roku]

Ah, that sounds a good deal like a Chris Rock rant I'm fond of. I think he said they haven't cured anything since Polio.

I assure you good sir, that my words are my own, and that I would not in a hundred years watch anything with Chris Rock in it, unless it started with the word "Madagascar" and ended as either " ", "2", or "3".

I wasn't implying that you stole your rant from him, I was just pointing out a similarity. And by the way, you should check out his standup, he's pretty good.

 

[sky14kemea]

i had no freaking idea, so i gave up and looked XD
i never would've guessed anyway
luckily im nocturnal so i dont have to learn the other word

 

[ae86gamer]

opposite of nocturnal is lanrutcon