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Post by Phalon on Oct 26, 2008 22:35:32 GMT -6
The More-the-Merriam - Cob Webster's Dictionary; First Edition American/Aussie/English Dictionary. Phalonese not included; it's too confusing.
Updated - whenever. Alphabetical - rarely. Clear and precise - pfft.
The first entries are taken from this past week's posts.
Autumn: season occurring approximately September through November, (not calendarly speaking), in America, which translates to Spring in Australia, both of which translates to Damp in England.
Fighting Irons: English colloquial term for cutlery; not supplied at roast beef dinners which leads to the acronym BYOFI on invitations, (Bring your own fighting irons).
Vegemite: Some type of black, sticky stuff bottled in 1922, to be spread on toast in Australia and England. More suited as a substitute for road tar and caulk.
Potato chip: American chips of potato known as "potato crisps" across the pond. Lays are good in or fresh out of the sack, but that may be a different topic.
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Post by Hippy Amazon on Oct 28, 2008 20:30:10 GMT -6
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Post by Phalon on Nov 14, 2008 23:53:28 GMT -6
Piddle: synonym of putz, which means to dawdle around, doing this or that, and is often the cause of tardiness. Piddle in the American Bulldog/Australian Shepard/English Wolfhound dictionary means to cause owners to clean carpet repeatedly.
Wonga: English term for cash paid in return for pestering.
Mullagatawney: antagonizing soup for dragons and Clangers.
Iknownotwhatyouspeakof: see Mullagatawney
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Post by Siren on Nov 15, 2008 18:43:02 GMT -6
"Piddle in the American Bulldog/Australian Shepard/English Wolfhound dictionary means to cause owners to clean carpet repeatedly." LOL!!
fixin' to - among American "country folks" in the Southwest, means getting ready to or being on the way to doing something, as in:
Mom: "Have you carried out the trash yet?"
Kid: "I was fixin' to."
about to: see "fixin' to"
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Post by moonglum on Nov 16, 2008 6:03:40 GMT -6
" fixin' to - among American "country folks" in the Southwest, means getting ready to or being on the way to doing something, as in: Mom: "Have you carried out the trash yet?" Kid: "I was fixin' to." about to: see "fixin' to" See also: Hang on, I'm getting there. |
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Post by Phalon on Nov 16, 2008 7:27:52 GMT -6
Add "the South", and one tiny part of Michigan to the list, Siren. If there is one Southern colloquialism that I've picked up from Hubs when we first met, and have still hung onto, it's "fixin' to", much to the amusement of my co-workers. Often "fixin to" is reduced to the one-word derivative "Fixinta".
See also: I'll do it in a minute.
Minute: an increment of time which, to a teenager, can last up to half-a-day, but ends abruptly as soon as she's fixin' to get grounded.
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Post by Siren on Nov 17, 2008 23:55:19 GMT -6
"Minute: an increment of time which, to a teenager, can last up to half-a-day, but ends abruptly as soon as she's fixin' to get grounded."
Lol!
pop: any carbonated soft drink
also see: "a Coke", as in "Let's go get a Coke." Any brand of soda pop falls under the category of "a Coke".
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Post by Phalon on Aug 30, 2009 5:57:30 GMT -6
The Whoosh Word of the Week is....
Vwaalaa: when something is too vervaceously vervalicious for the use of a simple "ta-da" (or voila).
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Post by quettalee on Aug 30, 2009 11:15:06 GMT -6
 Nice entry, but I think they're were at least three separate entries in your post! |
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Post by Phalon on Aug 30, 2009 21:16:27 GMT -6
Yeah, you're right....but it was one of those mornings when just getting out of bed was a "vwaala moment. Anything else would have been more than I could muster..
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Post by Phalon on Dec 3, 2010 21:56:46 GMT -6
Had a few words mentioned here lately, that might deserve a spot in the Whoosh dictionary.
Naff: British expression reserved for phone solicitors and the like, usually followed by the word "off", and accompanied by finger gestures.
Dog and Bone: subject that receives above mentioned finger gestures because the offending solicitor on the other end of the line, whom they're directed at, can't see them.
Vegemite sangers and cheese: a classic snack
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