Zig and Zag for forward and backward slash. (daughter of BBC presenter).
Oh and plonker, emporium, ointment.
Now that is my next business venture :)
Oh and plonker, emporium, ointment.
So where is this emporium selling plonker ointment?
kitchen
trousers
Best thing about the word 'trousers' is listening to a Dutch person attempting to pronounce it...kitchen
trousers
Do you have trousers specific to other rooms of your home as well?
Clitorides
Clitorides
Plural goodness!
When would you use this, except in a totally detached discussion?
As an alternative to 'pages'?
Clitorides
Plural goodness!
When would you use this, except in a totally detached discussion?
I suspect that my use of the word "clitorides" has been largely confined to the pages of this wondrous forum.
Pelican.
I just like it.
Gruntled.In Shedspeak you could have mantled, molished and whelmed.
Gruntled.In Shedspeak you could have mantled, molished and whelmed.
Pelican.
I just like it.
A wonderful bird is the Pelican,
It's beak can hold more than it's belly can.
Voussoirs , Gauged of course . e Extrados .
Crepuscular
Cunt.
No, really.
I used to hate the word. All the connotations to sexual politics and such.
But now I think I like it. (Not so much as an expletive, but as a word that describes what it is).
It's so short, pithy and neat. Sounds good too.
YMMV. :o
Supernumerary.
Tump and the related mump.
PantechniconSlight aside: I can't bear this word, simply because it is used by theatre luvvies to describe what we rock & roll stage crew know is a waggon.
Tump is even better when prefexed with "Hetty Peggler's".I nearly killed myself descending Frocester Hill when I was young and foolish and lived in Wanswell... I misjudged the sharp left-hander and ended up going around the right hand side of an oncoming vehicle... <shamefaced>
And what, pray, of Wormelow Tump?In fact, it might have been when I was one year older than a Wormelow Tump.
Surprised that nobody has mentioned cellar door yet.
(oblig wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellar_door))
Useless, spawny-eyed, parrot-faced!
Words and phrases I have used and enjoyed today:
quotidian (you made me)
arse-burp
effectively shits bogosity
Captain Birdseye
PantechniconSlight aside: I can't bear this word, simply because it is used by theatre luvvies to describe what we rock & roll stage crew know is a waggon.
The only difference seeming to be that theatre waggons don't tend to have sensible things like ramps.
Cunt.
No, really.
I used to hate the word. All the connotations to sexual politics and such.
But now I think I like it. (Not so much as an expletive, but as a word that describes what it is).
It's so short, pithy and neat. Sounds good too.
YMMV. :o
I think 'cut splice' is more descriptive to be honest.
I don't see everything longer than it is wide as being 'penis shaped' either.
Speaking of which, 'courgette' is rather a nice word. I'm not so keen on zucchini though.
I'm fed up with the word 'eclectic' though. Not the word's fault, not its sound nor looks, more to do with its usage.
I'm fed up with the word 'eclectic' though. Not the word's fault, not its sound nor looks, more to do with its usage.
I think it was best summed up by Gary Numan's first hit single, way back when he was still Tubeway Army:
Are 'Trends' Eclectic?
(http://legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/coat_48.png)
I'm fed up with the word 'eclectic' though. Not the word's fault, not its sound nor looks, more to do with its usage.
I think it was best summed up by Gary Numan's first hit single, way back when he was still Tubeway Army:
Are 'Trends' Eclectic?
(http://legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/coat_48.png)
http://hmpg.net
Apeshit, as in "going apeshit", rather obviously derived from the fact that angry monkeys enjoy flinging their own excrement as passers-by. Or "medieval" used to describe something very nasty and violent, such as "Charlotte went medieval on the taxi driver's sorry arse".
Apeshit, as in "going apeshit", rather obviously derived from the fact that angry monkeys enjoy flinging their own excrement as passers-by. Or "medieval" used to describe something very nasty and violent, such as "Charlotte went medieval on the taxi driver's sorry arse".
I think I'd pay to see that . . .
tatterdemallion - a ragamuffin, as in the phrase 'scrofulous tatterdememallion', which is where I encountered it.
Also tatterdemallionism and tatterdemallionry.
Examples from the OED:
(1879) Mrs. Bramble.. said, she had never seen such a filthy tatterdemalion.
(1642) Great numbers of poore French tatterdimallians, being as it were the Scumme of the Countrey.
(1879) It is rare to see a tatterdemallion in Paris.
Picaresque.
tatterdemallion - a ragamuffin, as in the phrase 'scrofulous tatterdememallion', which is where I encountered it.
Also tatterdemallionism and tatterdemallionry.
Examples from the OED:
(1879) Mrs. Bramble.. said, she had never seen such a filthy tatterdemalion.
(1642) Great numbers of poore French tatterdimallians, being as it were the Scumme of the Countrey.
(1879) It is rare to see a tatterdemallion in Paris.
This being a cycling forum, we should mention 'ischial tuberosities', which has a certain ring to it (them).
This being a cycling forum, we should mention 'ischial tuberosities', which has a certain ring to it (them).
Arsing out of that, I give you ischial callosities. It's a monkey's bum, m'lud.
Discombobulated is a personal favourite.
Trollop.
Trollop.
that reminds me of an ex colleague of mine
At a restaurant for an office Christmas curry, as a more mature lady walked past, done up to the nines, he remarked "look at that, mutton dressed as mutton"
tatterdemallion - a ragamuffin, as in the phrase 'scrofulous tatterdememallion', which is where I encountered it.
Also tatterdemallionism and tatterdemallionry.
Examples from the OED:
(1879) Mrs. Bramble.. said, she had never seen such a filthy tatterdemalion.
(1642) Great numbers of poore French tatterdimallians, being as it were the Scumme of the Countrey.
(1879) It is rare to see a tatterdemallion in Paris.
Ooh, I like that. I'll use it alongside "feckless itinerant" (© Brian Aldridge) and "longwhip and ne'er do well" (© Joe Grundy)
Trollop.
that reminds me of an ex colleague of mine
At a restaurant for an office Christmas curry, as a more mature lady walked past, done up to the nines, he remarked "look at that, mutton dressed as mutton"
That'd be me, then. ;D
I came here because of today's Graun quick crossword. INHERE. Exist permanently as part of as in "Where do you keep your biscuits?" "Inhere!"
I thought microdon was a dinosaur with very small teeth.Nah, a diminutive Mafia boss.
:thumbsup: :DI thought microdon was a dinosaur with very small teeth.Nah, a diminutive Mafia boss.
Hate to be a spoil sport, but nobody actually says 'Popty Ping. In jest perhaps, but I've never heard it. People round here refer to Y Micro Short for Popty Microdon.
- Mahlneid is sposed to be 'meal envy'
(you look over to the next table and think 'I wish I'd ordered that !')
A word posted earlierPalimpsest.
This ^^^^. Especially Moto GP colemantators using it to describe Valentino Rossi. Have these clods never heard of Mike Hailwood?
Could we have a ban on 'leverage' as a verb ?
(YACFers of course wouldn't noun when they should be verbing!)
e.g.
In the coming years, initiatives will leverage a solid manufacturing base
My old school emails to suggest I 'leverage my professional network to get to introduced to people you should know' !
Could we have a ban on 'leverage' as a verb ?
(YACFers of course wouldn't noun when they should be verbing!)
e.g.
In the coming years, initiatives will leverage a solid manufacturing base
My old school emails to suggest I 'leverage my professional network to get to introduced to people you should know' !
It's a legitimate term for a particular form of financial shenanigans. So if you're planning to expand your manufacturing base via a steaming pile of debt, then go ahead.
Otherwise, it can be filed under silly management speak.
I wonder why so many languages, including English, have such euphonious 3-or-4 syllable words for 'butterfly' eg schmetterling, papillon, sommerfugl, pili-pala. Welsh has at least 2 more which make up in curious etymology what they lack in euphony, namely 'glöyn byw' - 'live coal' and 'iâr fach yr haf' - 'little summer chicken'.