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Post by moonglum on Jun 16, 2007 5:52:38 GMT -6
Lol Maeve.
Uk English only
Gazumping (gaz' umping) ~ To carry one's drunken best friend home from the pub. (Usage reserved for Friday and Saturday nights only)
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Post by Siren on Jun 27, 2007 22:28:31 GMT -6
Lol, moonglum!
next word: salacious
BTW, the origins of the word are funny:
"From Latin salāx, salāc-, fond of leaping, lustful, from salīre, to leap"
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Post by mabd on Jul 5, 2007 11:01:36 GMT -6
Lol Maeve. Uk English only Gazumping (gaz' umping) ~ To carry one's drunken best friend home from the pub. (Usage reserved for Friday and Saturday nights only) Hey MG, gazunder and gazumper don't exit in American. You'd think they would cause a tort is a tort is a tort, but our shared common law history went wonky here. In the USA, a signed contract is 'legally perfect' and carries the force of law even before it is enacted. FWIW, it is even worse with the French since they follow the Civil not Common Law. My car's owner's manual, written entirely in English includes an UK to USA/ USA to UK glossary. Wilde was right, eh? Maeve, grinning
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Post by moonglum on Jul 5, 2007 14:03:43 GMT -6
I think he may very well have been!
I've been looking for the glossary in my car manual. I think it's the compartment in the dash where one keeps one's glossie's.
MG
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Post by moonglum on Apr 16, 2008 13:42:51 GMT -6
Osmosis
'noun'. A psychological condition wherein the subject becomes increasingly enamoured of the music of The Osmonds. This invariably leads to total obsession. Caught in the early stages, the patient will usually respond favourably to large scale Electro-Shock Therapy, (asking the subject to polish the lightning conductor during a heavy storm has shown particularly startling results). Those diagnosed to be in total obsession however, are best off being shot, to put them out of their misery.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 17, 2008 4:07:38 GMT -6
So this would explain the Osmocote I use at work and while gardening at home.....it is due to a repressed "I'm a little bit Country; I'm a little bit Rock n' Rock" desire hidden deeply under that thick layer of Metal. The Osmocote is colored white, of course, and I'm waiting for them to take me away.
(Osmocote is a slow-release fertilizer, btw)
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Post by moonglum on Apr 17, 2008 13:49:16 GMT -6
This would seem to be the case.
Tell me, Phalon, have you also been singing the theme from that product's advertisement, 'Slow Release Me, Let Me Grow' by Humplebert Engeldump?
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Post by Phalon on Apr 18, 2008 5:51:09 GMT -6
BOLL, Moonglum. And yes, it's true. I can not fertilies....it was I who chopped down the cherry tree, which seems counter-productive in a way.
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Post by Siren on Apr 18, 2008 20:30:04 GMT -6
This would seem to be the case. Tell me, Phalon, have you also been singing the theme from that product's advertisement, 'Slow Release Me, Let Me Grow' by Humplebert Engeldump? BOLL!!
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Post by Phalon on Jul 24, 2008 5:55:09 GMT -6
I received the following e-mail, and thought it fits well in this thread.
Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor (n): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. And the winners are:
1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n . Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle, n. A humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 30, 2009 21:30:19 GMT -6
What's _YOUR_ Definition?
Okay, I thought up a game last night... One person posts a word or phrase... then another (or others) post a definition of the word/phrase. (A made up definition, not a real one.) Then someone else posts a word/phrase.... and so on and so on...
Okay... here we go:
Convey
Anyone want to get this started again? If so ...
New word is:
Evil
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Post by stepper on Aug 1, 2009 14:05:04 GMT -6
Evil - Noun: a specific type of e-virus that infects your computer when you read e-mail. Causes youse spel checkk ta stopps wrking. Usage "Man, your PC is shot! That's the worse infection of vils I've ever seen. You'd be better off getting a new one."
Here's one for you: incarceration
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Post by Phalon on Aug 2, 2009 5:55:06 GMT -6
incarceration: being held prisoner in one's own vehicle, sentenced to long drives while one child listens to music that would make nails on a chalkboard seem like a sweet whisper, and the other child repeatedly asks, "Are we there yet?" Considered in some locales to be cruel and unusual punishment.
preamble
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Post by moonglum on Aug 4, 2009 14:46:05 GMT -6
preamble: a short walk, usually before a longer stroll.
forecourt
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Post by Phalon on Aug 5, 2009 6:24:22 GMT -6
forecourt: helpful advice given after an infraction of the law, or preceding a divorce settlement, typically as follows "get a good lawyer before your day in court".
syllabus
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Post by moonglum on Aug 9, 2009 7:10:09 GMT -6
syllabus: a bus specifically designed to be silly in.
relaxed
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Post by Phalon on Aug 10, 2009 3:52:43 GMT -6
relaxed: doing something over because it wasn't up to par the first time, but doing it poorly the second time also. Example: She relaxed in the garden, overlooking all the weeds. Antonym: a job well done.
dissolve
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Post by vox on Aug 10, 2009 13:08:00 GMT -6
dissolve: to undo a mystery that's already been solved
tensed
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Post by stepper on Aug 12, 2009 20:05:48 GMT -6
Tensed - teenage code for someone who took too many of mom's sedatives before coming to school that morning. Also used for a person who appears to be walking/working and sleeping at the same time.
morph
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Post by moonglum on Sept 27, 2009 14:04:54 GMT -6
morph - soil which has more alkaline than acidic properties.
regimental
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Post by vox on Sept 28, 2009 11:02:46 GMT -6
People who are mad about the name Reggie (Regi).
Perpendicular
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Post by Phalon on Sept 29, 2009 5:36:05 GMT -6
perpendicular: v. 1. to be perplexed in the pendicular sense. 2. to have peculiar tendencies to want to lay down on the job.
invincible
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Post by moonglum on Sept 29, 2009 13:22:51 GMT -6
invincible: to act wholly unlike anybody called Vince.
Aquaplane
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Post by EllieNeo on Sept 29, 2009 13:30:01 GMT -6
aquaplane: a plane that can transform into a submarine
ameliorate
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Post by moonglum on Sept 30, 2009 13:53:52 GMT -6
ameliorate: to address a gathering in the manner of Amelia.
gainsay
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Post by vox on Oct 2, 2009 10:09:56 GMT -6
gainsay: Gainsborough's interpretations of his own paintings.
flummoxed
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Post by Mini Mia on Jul 21, 2011 16:11:18 GMT -6
flummoxed: When phlegm clogs up the nose, mouth, & throat.
extravasate
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