Words I Somehow Like

[RobbieGong]

There's something about certain words where I find myself thinking ' I like that word !'. Someone has used one of those words in the 'Welcome' thread today. That word happens to be Salutations, whenever I see or hear that word I'm aware I like the sound of it - so what's one of your words ?

[Stratmangler]

Gruntled.
As in the opposite of disgruntled.
It's not in common parlance, but it is defined in the dictionary.

Eeh! I'm most gruntled wi' meself = Eeh! I'm most pleased with myself :D

[RobbieGong]

Gruntled.
As in the opposite of disgruntled.
It's not in common parlance, but it is defined in the dictionary.

Eeh! I'm most gruntled wi' meself = Eeh! I'm most pleased with myself :D

Lol, interesting - Nice one Chris :)

[Puffin]

Bizzare. You can use it in a lot of different circumstances where the recipient will be unaware of your true intentions e.g You have just told me something that perhaps you shouldn't have I am both shocked and revolted and you come across a complete weirdo.... - "ooh er that's quite bizzare":D

[Stratmangler]

Bizzare. You can use it in a lot of different circumstances where the recipient will be unaware of your true intentions e.g You have just told me something that perhaps you shouldn't have I am both shocked and revolted and you come across a complete weirdo.... - "ooh er that's quite bizzare":D

Your spelling of the word is quite bizarre! :D

[RichB]

Gallivanting and Shenanigans are two of my favourites and, oddly enough, how I've been spending my time lately.

[Ali Tait]

Obstreperous!

[brian2957]

I like procrastination because the wife says I'm an expert :lol:

[Eagle owl]

Impecunious.

[walpurgis]

'Bottocks' It's neither one thing or the other! :D

[Audio Al]

FART

comes in all sizes :D

[walpurgis]

Here's a popular favourite: Payday!

[Marco]

'Bawbag'.

Marco.

[synsei]

'Wazzock' - as in, you complete wazzock. First came across this when visiting a mate in Anstey many years ago. Cracking mild put down... :D

[RobbieGong]

Pillock !!

[Marco]

PISHANTO!

Marco.

[synsei]

Pillock !!

Yup, that's a good'un too... :)

[walpurgis]

'Blatherskite' is a word you don't hear much these days. Good word though!

Applies to most of our MPs. :)

[Puffin]

Your spelling of the word is quite bizarre! :D

Woops! (error intended)

[RobbieGong]

Gormless !

[Marco]

Wankstain!

Marco.

[brian2957]

Blunderbuss .

[Marco]

Arse-gas

Marco.

[Roy S]

Spondoolicks

[brian2957]

Stramash .

[Eagle owl]

Numpty.

[brian2957]

Tumshy .

[Marco]

Shirtlifter

Marco.

[Stratmangler]

Bifurcation.
I have used a bifurcation tool for much of my working life, and continue to do so.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifurcation

This is the kind of thing I'm on about ...

http://www.dcdi.co.uk/userfiles/products_images/original_382.jpg

[Stratmangler]

Reciprocal is another, especially when it's coming back for an earlier good deed :)

[brian2957]

Altruistic .

[walpurgis]

Clodhopping and Clodhoppers

[brian2957]

Bumpkins.

[Ninanina]

Snitcher.........

Just has a ring to it somehow.... !

[synsei]

Lugubrious

[RobbieGong]

Flabbergasted !

[brian2957]

Dumfounded .

[synsei]

Titillate :)

[The Black Adder]

funglegrinderboob

[walpurgis]

'Hobbledehoy' has a nice ring to it.

[The Black Adder]

nope... sorry, flugelbinder

Those things at the end of them things that make your shoes work..

[walpurgis]

nope... sorry, flugelbinder
Those things at the end of them things that make your shoes work..

I believe that may be an 'aglet' in English.

[RichB]

Punctilious and obfuscation

[Andrei]

Supercilious and flagellation

[RichB]

A doofah - used in our house to describe a remote control

[Marco]

Skidmark.

Marco.

[Martyn Miles]

'Ephanic'. Excessive panic about a large penis. From 'E', from excessive. 'pha' from phallus & 'nic' from panic.
Invented by my wife and her friends whilst at College.

[Wudge]

Mellifluous. A nice soft, relaxing word.

[Marco]

‘Jobby'.

Marco.

[RobbieGong]

Shenanigans

[twickers]

Rapscallion

[Marco]

‘Wassack’

Marco.

[synsei]

'Wazzock' - as in, you complete wazzock. First came across this when visiting a mate in Anstey many years ago. Cracking mild put down... :D

Do you mean this Marco or is that some weird foreign variation from north nof the border? ;)

[Gordon Steadman]

Sex

[RichB]

Shenanigans

Tomfoolery

[shane]

Squorrox

[Stratmangler]

Kerfuffle.

[mr sneff]

Gusset

[Gordon Steadman]

Thigmotaxis

[Gordon Steadman]

Grommit

[CageyH]

‘Jobby'.

Marco.

Are you calibrating these to the Bristol scale?

[trio leo]

Every time I see a monkey puzzle tree, I ask my wife what it is, because I love the way she says it. :)

cheers Al

[Firebottle]

Gibbous.

Yes it's a real word.

[Gordon Steadman]

Gibbous.

Yes it's a real word.

'course it is.....as in gibbous moon....everyone knows that:eyebrows:

[RobbieGong]

Rampant

[Marco]

Do you mean this Marco or is that some weird foreign variation from north nof the border?

Nay, I was referring to the town in Germany where Albert Von Ausfahrt was born: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassack

His Scottish cousin, Robert Bo’sack (known to most people as ‘Boabby’), later emigrated there, where he invented the caber.

Marco.

[CageyH]

Ausfahrt must be a big and important place in Germany.
No matter where I go, there is always a sign pointing towards it.

[Marco]

Do you have a good fahrt after reading it?

Marco.

[twickers]

Spondicious

[Puffin]

Spondicious

Ah yes, good ol Lenworth J Henry. Saw him live many years ago, brilliant. I have his one and only album - he can sing.

[Mark Pope]

Phosphorescence

[RichB]

Bellicosity

[Marco]

‘Smegma’

Marco.

[mr sneff]

‘Smegma’

That's a bit cheesy Marco :)

[Wudge]

‘Smegma’

Marco.

You like that word???? Mind you, they make great fridges.

[CageyH]

Fridges to stop your cheese from sweating?

"Ricockulous"

[Canetoad]

Gee you guys are puerile!

[RobbieGong]

luscious

[Marco]

‘Sphincter’.

Marco.

[prestonchipfryer]

vinyl

[archiesdad]

Sorry, no time to read all the pages but my personal favourite is.............. FREE, and also Clusterfuck.

[mr sneff]

‘Sphincter’.

Marco.

It has a certain ring to it......

[RobbieGong]

whippersnapper

[Marco]

It has a certain ring to it......

Hehehe, and after a botty-rotting Vindaloo, a nice sting, too! :eyebrows:

Marco.

[struth]

Hopper, as in away to empty my................:doh:

[walpurgis]

'Precipitation' One of those words quite often written, but seldom used in conversation!

[Puffin]

'Precipitation' One of those words quite often written, but seldom used in conversation!

Spooky mixing of threads - we are back to rain-check:lol:

[Eagle owl]

Here's a new word to me, pulchritudinous, it sounds like something nasty, look it up, you'll be surprised at what it means.

:)

[Andrei]

'Precipitation' One of those words quite often written, but seldom used in conversation!
It is used every 30 seconds by geographers. I hear precipitate come up often enough.

[Barry]

Here's a new word to me, pulchritudinous, it sounds like something nasty, look it up, you'll be surprised at what it means.

:)

Tending to be pretty, attractive - from the Latin pulchra: pretty. Pulchritude is a word I have used in the past here on AoS. A classical education does sometimes have its benefits.

[Andrei]

Tending to be pretty, attractive - from the Latin pulchra: pretty. Pulchritude is a word I have used in the past here on AoS. A classical education does sometimes have its benefits.
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - sung in Latin and old species of German, I believe - uses the word and derivatives thereof. It is the most tonefully colourful music I know. Other qualities being its lecherous lyrics, driving rhythms, and excellent melody. Everybody will recognise the opening: O Fortuna.

[Eagle owl]

Tending to be pretty, attractive - from the Latin pulchra: pretty. Pulchritude is a word I have used in the past here on AoS. A classical education does sometimes have its benefits.


I'm just a poor uneducated pleb who had his last school lesson aged 14. :lol:

[Canetoad]

Recalcitrant is a favourite of mine.

[Gordon Steadman]

Recalcitrant is a favourite of mine.

Hmm...I'd be a bit wary of publicising that fact.

[Barry]

icthyophage, homeostasis, argyrophile, oenophile ......

Sisyphean, sesquipedalian, logorrhoea

exacerbate, masticate, procrastinate, ameliorate, masturbate, articulate ......

[Eagle owl]

Impecunious.

[Canetoad]

Hmm...I'd be a bit wary of publicising that fact.

When Paul Keating was prime minister of Australia he called the Malaysian president a recalcitrant. It caused a hell of a stir at the time. I love it when politicians say what they're thinking. Doesn't happen very often though...

[Marco]

‘Chamfer’ - I’ve always thought that has a certain ring to it.

Marco.

[Marco]

Sisyphean

Sadly that doesn’t mean what I hoped it did! :eyebrows:

Marco.

[The Barbarian]

'Quadrant' & 'Sector' are cool sci-fi wurds

[bob4333]

(Slightly paraphrased intro from the book)

Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided that there are many hundreds of common experiences, objects, feelings and situations which are all known about but for which no words exist.

Also, the world is littered with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places.

Their book, The Meaning of Liff, gets some of those words down off the signposts and into more common usage so that they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society.

Here are just a few:-

AMLWCH (n.) A British Rail sandwich which has been kept soft by being regularly washed and resealed in clingfilm.

DULEEK (n.) Sudden realisation, as you lie in bed waiting for the alarm to go off, that it should have gone off an hour ago.

FROLESWORTH (n.) Measure. The minimum amount of time it is necessary to spend frowning in deep concentration at each picture in an art gallery in order that everyone else doesn’t think you’re a complete moron.

GLENWHILLY (n. Scots) A small tartan pouch worn beneath the kilt during the thistle-harvest.

HOBBS CROSS (n.) The awkward leaping manoeuvre a girl has to go through in bed in order to make him sleep on the wet patch.

HUBY (n.) A half-erection large enough to be a publicly embarrassing bulge in the trousers, not large enough to be of any use to anybody.

KNAPTOFT (n.) The mysterious fluff placed in your pockets by dry-cleaning firms.

TIDPIT (n.) The corner of a toenail from which satisfying little black deposits may be sprung.

It’s worth getting hold of the book to investigate GRIMSBY, HUMBY, SWANAGE and GLOSSOP.

[Andrei]

(Slightly paraphrased intro from the book)
DULEEK (n.) Sudden realisation, as you lie in bed waiting for the alarm to go off, that it should have gone off an hour ago.

A well known experience to me. I'm sure there must be a derivative for:
(n.) Sudden realisation, as you sit dozing, that you should have boarded the aircraft an hour ago.