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I really like the following word as it really hits the spot sometimes.
Damn!
I was expecting a serious thread.
NM.
Assassination: A country populated entirely by pairs of donkeys.
And Damn! I thought I could count on you to be serious. I thought the cartoon added a nice touch and I really do like that word.Originally Posted by Dywyddyr
Damn!
I was expecting a serious thread.
NM.
I like your definition, but this is what I found with a search of that word.
www.experienceproject.com/l/es/s/h istorias/Lucidiot/62261 - Translator
I feel a change of username coming on
Clive Barker is the absolute biz! The Damnation Game is the best book ever......
Volumptuous:
Slightly too fat to be curvy.
Pamperrrring:
The art of being excessively nice to your cat.
Then that's a patently ridiculous word.
Ask any cat - there's no such thing as being "excessively nice" to a cat - they deserve all they get.
I did an image search on Volumptuous and found the following woman. She's probably using something to hold her waist in a bit, but she's not bad looking. I tend to favor smaller breasted women as a personal preference, but hey beggars can't afford to be to choosy.
Maybe it should be a word, but I couldn't find it anywhere on the Internet. So if it ever becomes popular I'll remember you coined it first.
Whew, you can remove me from your list!! *L*I did an image search on Volumptuous and found the following woman. She's probably using something to hold her waist in a bit, but she's not bad looking. I tend to favor smaller breasted women as a personal preference, but hey beggars can't afford to be to choosy.
I like brouhaha ...an uproar
Never could figure out why it wasn't just brouha
It's from the French - same word. Possibly derived from the Hebrew barukh habba - which would explain the dual "ha".
Two genuine words.
I'll leave you to discover the meanings.
Bricolage.
And one of my favourites, which, sadly, I rarely get to use: yclept.
It's from the French - same word. Possibly derived from the Hebrew barukh habba - which would explain the dual "ha".
Two genuine words.
I'll leave you to discover the meanings.
bri·co·lage
noun \ˌbrē-kō-ˈläzh, ˌbri-\
Definition of BRICOLAGE
: construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand; also : something constructed in this way
Origin of BRICOLAGE
French, from bricoler to putter about
First Known Use: 1964
Bricolage.
And one of my favourites, which, sadly, I rarely get to use: yclept.
y·clept
/iˈklept/
Adjective
By the name of: "a lady yclept Eleanora".
Synonyms
called - named
I may not be a scientist, but I do know how to use a dictionary! *S*
What else did you look up while you had the dictionary open?
Don't be a dullard!
Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the dictionary, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book
Philip Jose Farmer.
(Yes, apparently the original quote was "encyclopaedia" and not dictionary, but the quoted version is the one I first came across).
I think I need a new down vest for the winter when I am here for 2 weeks......eying Sir Ducky....let's just see how mallardly he might look.......What else did you look up while you had the dictionary open?
Don't be a dullard!
Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the dictionary, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book
Philip Jose Farmer.
(Yes, apparently the original quote was "encyclopaedia" and not dictionary, but the quoted version is the one I first came across).
or would it be mallard like?
You asked me what they meant...so I looked them up....why would that be dullard.
Don't be so *cough* stuffy!
I gave the (a) definition of dullard, and asked what else you looked up.
I.e. if those two words were ALL you looked at then...
On a different note: this video
reminds me intensely of a pop(?) song. I'm sure there's one that starts off with very much that sound and rhythm. Any ideas what it is I'm thinking of?
Edit: turns it's (of all things!) the Ping Pong song (Do You Know?) by Enrique Iglesias...
I have this REALLY REALLY BAD habit of looking up words I haven't seen before. I have a decent vocabulary, but alas....I lack in having memorized the dictionary. Please forgive me.....and I want those green feathers....*pluck, pluck
The song kind of reminds me of My Sharona - The Knack Official Video - YouTube
don't worry....I even know music songs from the 1700's....
As opposed to, er, non-music songs?
There are such things, you know.As opposed to, er, non-music songs?
I have heard sounds that cannot equal music or song or singing.
Quite likely - fingernails scraping on a blackboard for example.
But I'd hazard that it's extremely hard to come with an example of song that doesn't fall into the definition of music.
Even this one...Quite likely - fingernails scraping on a blackboard for example.
But I'd hazard that it's extremely hard to come with an example of song that doesn't fall into the definition of music.
and question...I wanted my line to read Resident Theatre Whore (theatre whore is a word used in theatre to describe people like me, but might be offensive to the moderator or others...any thoughts?
ok here is the "song" *L*
John Denver live - You Done Stomped On My Heart (1969, Trio With Erich Zwertschek & John Marlowe) - YouTube
You put the word "whore" in context.
Unless someone's really dumb they should understand it.
Never been a Denver fan, but... "here is the song"?
What's that given as an example of?
Lol, hey my ducky friend never took you for being a cat loverThen that's a patently ridiculous word.
Ask any cat - there's no such thing as being "excessively nice" to a cat - they deserve all they get., yes cats do indeed only ever expect the best.
How about the unexpected.Lol, hey my ducky friend never took you for being a cat loverThen that's a patently ridiculous word.
Ask any cat - there's no such thing as being "excessively nice" to a cat - they deserve all they get.
That unusual letter combination ('yc') reminds me of another word: Tmesis
Tmesis is a fan-bloody-tastic word (and also one of Stephen Fry's favourites).
Shockatted
When a cat see's something really suprising
Shlunka: A Greek god, known as the destroyer of forums and harbinger of cranks.
I have a new word - which I have just discovered!
I was watching TV and there was a map of Dorset in England.
I noticed a place called Briantspuddle (which, on it's own, made me chuckle).
I then wondered: "Is spuddle a real word?" - and it is!
Spuddle:
Verb
To make a lot of fuss about trivial things, as if they were important.
I never knew they had a name for that.That unusual letter combination ('yc') reminds me of another word: Tmesis
Tmesis is a fan-bloody-tastic word (and also one of Stephen Fry's favourites).
Clownicide
The killing of clowns, lol.
Due to Coulrophobia?Clownicide
The killing of clowns, lol.
P.S. I'm not sure that clownicide is an accepted English word - but if we use it enough, it will become one.
{abe}
Is Coolbrophobia a fear of black clowns?
In other words, a member whose posts end up in the Trash Can most of the time.
Wow, your mind works in strange ways.
My first assumption, borne out on checking 1, was that it's derived from Briant's Puddle.
1 It's near Affpuddle and a couple of other -puddles. In the Piddle Valley, of all things - presumably there's a Piddle/ Puddle cognate somewhere in there.
Hence my assumption of cognates.
Yep that's what it meant in Hull
I first heard that word used when I was a little kid and we got a new puppy that liked to piddle everywhere.Growing up in the north-east of England, the word "piddle" meant to urinate. Co-incidentally this makes a "puddle".
The 3 P's - pizzle to piddle a puddle. I like it.
Pizzle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hmm, that's a puzzle.
The OMSQUIG. New universal unit covering all quantities in the physical world. 5 omsquigs of radiation, 23 omsquigs down the road, debt ceiling of twenty-three trillion omsquigs. jocular
On a search I could only find "Squig" in the Urbandictionary. It has many different meanings, but I really liked #7
Urban Dictionary: squigA fictional, hypothetical or genetically engineered cross between a squid and a pig. The primary source of Squacon (squid bacon).
squiffet:
The art of spraying saliva from the gland beneath the tongue into the unsuspecting face of a person or persons usually whilst in conversation and usually whilst or shortly after drinking a citrus beverage.
Thank you as to your feedback.You put the word "whore" in context.
Unless someone's really dumb they should understand it.
Never been a Denver fan, but... "here is the song"?
What's that given as an example of?
A really bad song!!
You stole my word *shakes fist*.
I love that word, my favourite example using it is "kanga-bloody-roo". Only in Australia
Another favourite word - "shiterature" meaning reading material for the toilet.
I LOVE IT!You stole my word *shakes fist*.
I love that word, my favourite example using it is "kanga-bloody-roo". Only in Australia
Another favourite word - "shiterature" meaning reading material for the toilet.
*laughing* I call it my "trash reading"....then again, right now i have a SCRIPT in the room *L* and that isn't my "trash read".
Nice bathroom.I LOVE IT!You stole my word *shakes fist*.
I love that word, my favourite example using it is "kanga-bloody-roo". Only in Australia
Another favourite word - "shiterature" meaning reading material for the toilet.
*laughing* I call it my "trash reading"....then again, right now i have a SCRIPT in the room *L* and that isn't my "trash read".
Understocked.
I LOVE IT!You stole my word *shakes fist*.
I love that word, my favourite example using it is "kanga-bloody-roo". Only in Australia
Another favourite word - "shiterature" meaning reading material for the toilet.
*laughing* I call it my "trash reading"....then again, right now i have a SCRIPT in the room *L* and that isn't my "trash read".
Nice bathroom.
YOU are DELIGHTFUL!!! *laughing*
Mahalo!
Very funny!
So, Sir Ducky....
what would you add?
MORE!
It looks to be a fair number, but each row is only a single line of magazines.
Hell's bells. In my bathroom there's a four-foot tall stack of magazines AND a two-foot one. Plus 3 four-foot tall stacks (books and magazines) just outside.
Does this photo belong in the "Understanding Men" thread??
Nice bathroom.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for "shiterature".
OH my GOD!! Have you been perusing my SCRIPT!! One of my lines is Hell's Bells and ...................MORE!
It looks to be a fair number, but each row is only a single line of magazines.
Hell's bells. In my bathroom there's a four-foot tall stack of magazines AND a two-foot one. Plus 3 four-foot tall stacks (books and magazines) just outside.
*glare*
You must be full of you know what, if you spend that much time there!
you are missingDoes this photo belong in the "Understanding Men" thread??
Nice bathroom.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for "shiterature".
.....
the porn
Um, the use of the word bathroom implies that there's also a bath in that room.
I read while soaking in the bath as well.
Of all that manly stuff, how did the crocheted LambChop toilet paper holder get in there?
isn't Hot Rod a porn magazine? Sounds porny to me.you are missingDoes this photo belong in the "Understanding Men" thread??
Nice bathroom.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for "shiterature".
.....
the porn
*cough*Um, the use of the word bathroom implies that there's also a bath in that room.
I read while soaking in the bath as well.
SURE!
I believe you!!
So can I have the Aston Martin?
Nope...it's about cars....though *cough*isn't Hot Rod a porn magazine? Sounds porny to me.you are missingDoes this photo belong in the "Understanding Men" thread??
Nice bathroom.
Unfortunately I can't take credit for "shiterature".
.....
the porn
I will behave
I will behave
DO NOT GIVE ME ONE LINERS
that was too damn tempting!
So you never throw old magazines away? How often do you ever reference an old magazine? I'm betting not very often. The best way to cure the pack rat syndrome is to move a few times.MORE!
It looks to be a fair number, but each row is only a single line of magazines.
Hell's bells. In my bathroom there's a four-foot tall stack of magazines AND a two-foot one. Plus 3 four-foot tall stacks (books and magazines) just outside.
Me a pack rack....I throw out my husband's underwear, shirt, socks and anything else that is done.....he is a freaking pack rat..I am Mrs. CleanSo you never throw old magazines away? How often do you ever reference an old magazine? I'm betting not very often. The best way to cure the pack rat syndrome is to move a few times.MORE!
It looks to be a fair number, but each row is only a single line of magazines.
Hell's bells. In my bathroom there's a four-foot tall stack of magazines AND a two-foot one. Plus 3 four-foot tall stacks (books and magazines) just outside.
Fartlek - a training system for runners......
hmmmm wonder what it entails!
Which leads me to:
Cliterature
noun
Erotic novels aimed at female readers.
you Panda Devil you!Which leads me to:
Cliterature
noun
Erotic novels aimed at female readers.
I wouldn't say never, but very rarely.
You're kidding, right?How often do you ever reference an old magazine? I'm betting not very often.
That's WHY that pile is there - something at hand to read.
If I got rid of them I wouldn't have them for future reference. Duh!The best way to cure the pack rat syndrome is to move a few times.
I didn't make it up; it's a real1 word!
1 Well, it's in common use, even if not in the OED.
Ok - now for a work related word:
Skeuomorphism
BBC News - What is skeuomorphism?
Skeuomorph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why, don't tell me you never heard the rumor about men and sheep, now.....I believe it started during WW-I. jocular
Most women have known one or two of them!
We have a saying.......Why, don't tell me you never heard the rumor about men and sheep, now.....I believe it started during WW-I. jocular
"Humboldt County, where the men are men, the women are men and the sheep run for their lives."
Bropocalypse:
A large gathering of bros on a mission to do one thing, to get bombed, tanked, or wasted usually ending in some people doing something stupid.
Fagin: an adult who instructs others in crime.
Think of the musical, "Oliver!"
But not the book?!?
I am a theatre whore...I do musicals and musical comedy...my first thougth would always be where my passion lies.But not the book?!?
How about "experminators", for getting rid of that dodgy hair cut.
I have met them in my line of work a few times.
I think most people can relate to this word.
Hater:
One who either verbally and/or physically inhibits another individual's game or mode of operation primarily due to jealousy, envy, animosity, bitterness, resentment, and contempt. A hater will exibit either one or all of the aformentioned traits. A hater will usually smile in your face and hate behind your back.
Experminators would have worked so much better with a picture of Dr Who hair straighteners.
I don't find it in myself to hate anyone. I may have an extreme dislike, but not hate.I think most people can relate to this word.
Hater:
One who either verbally and/or physically inhibits another individual's game or mode of operation primarily due to jealousy, envy, animosity, bitterness, resentment, and contempt. A hater will exibit either one or all of the aformentioned traits. A hater will usually smile in your face and hate behind your back.
Hate isn't healthy, anyhow. Nor is anger that you keep with you. It eats you.
No time for it. If I get mad, I get mad. Then I'm over it. ....ok ok ok...well husband pissed me off and he has now had 24 hours of silence from me. That is the worse punishment for him. Tomorrow I will warm up. He got the message.
or a hair salon straightening job!
Ljubljana interj.Just recieved by email an advert for Afterliff by John Lloyd and Jon Canter, thought it might fit here
"A liff is a familiar object or experience that English has no word for. Afterliff corrects this disgraceful oversight by recycling the names found on signposts"
Some examples from the ad:
Anglesey n.
Hypothetical object at which a lazy eye is looking.
Badlesmeare n.
One who dishonestly ticks the 'I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions' box.
Caterham n.
An overwhelming desire to use the Pope's hat as an oven glove.
Clavering ptcpl v.
Pretending to text when alone and feeling vulnerable in public.
Eworthy adj.
Of a person: worth emailing but not worth phoning or meeting.
Kanumbra n.
The sense that someone is standing behind you.
Ljubljana interj.
What people say to the dentist on the way out.
Loughborough n.
The false gusto with which children eat vegetables in adverts.
Sorrento n.
The thing that goes round and round as a YouTube video loads.
Uralla n.
A towel used as a bathmat.
What people say to the dentist on the way out.
*cough* I am Slovenian, you know. *laughing*
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