Sheilaz Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Kate posted a brilliant word today. About a year ago we had a thread on favourite words, and it was fun, so here we go; Technonumpty (one who knows little about technology) and technonumptified. I love that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Bulbous and gusset have always made me chuckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I love words Sheila. One of my favourites has always been flip flop for some reason. I'd have to include mellifluous, pulchritudinous, melancholy, cataclysmic, pyroclastic and extrude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Trousers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 What a feast! We can have fun dropping those into conversations. Rumbunctious....off to check spelling.....is top of family useage at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Shouldn't that be Omlet Boxers, grd . Great word, Sheila!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Possibly.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 obstreperous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 "flange" is a good all-purpose comedy word... I taught my kids the word "persiflage" last year... My 9 yr. old often exclaims... "Enough of this idle persiflage!" phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Trousers. I quite like the word "trouser" used as a verb - as in.. "he trousered the wodge of cash" (it's the kind of thing only a man would do - women don't "trouser" things) (wodge is a good word - as is "firk" - "having a good firk in my drawers") Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 (wodge is a good word - as is "firk" - "having a good firk in my drawers") Phil[/color] Beg your pardon?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I beg as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 "firk" - means a good rummage about if I was looking for a washer in the cabinet in my shed, I might have a good firk in my drawers... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Phew! Thought I was going have to moderate you there, Phil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I think "firk" is a scottish word "hirple" is - which is a fantastic word - which means "hobble along" - and one of the very few words you can find which rhymes with "purple" - tuck it away for the poetry moment! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 'hirple' is a great word - we use it all the time - we go for a hirple instead of a walk. 'Lurgy' is also a great word, meaning illness - it covers a multitude of symptoms. We never get a cold, or tummy bug or the flu - we just get 'The Lurgy' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Fantastic words !! Love them!! We go for a bimble round the shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Thank goodness this thread has moved away from very long words that make me feel inadequate Bimble and lurgy to this back into my realm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I love Oleagenous (oily greasy) as in "You oleagenous man" An old colleague and I used to have a "word of the day" and would challenge eachother to use it correctly in the presence of eachother to an unsuspecting soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Windowsill Graham where are those boxers then; will you have to firk around in your drawers to find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Oh, and Roomnesia - that's me all over - forget what I went into the room for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Mazagine (my daughters version of magazine which is now a daily favourite) Burble scungy chocolate (for obvious reasons) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I love Oleagenous (oily greasy) as in "You oleagenous man" Another of my favourites. First heard that applied to Obidiah Slope in Barchester Towers and yes, how apt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Fantods! - a regular on Countdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard and Jo Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Humungous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
