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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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What new word have you learned today? Or have you invented any words for things yourself?
Today I learned the word - anomie - which means “lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group” and “the condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals" - concept popularised by Durkheim.
I also discovered that sadly there is no one word to cohesively and satisfyingly descibe the noises made as affirmative interjections by an engaged listener when listening to someone else speak (oooh, ahhh, uhhuh, mmm) in order to positively facilitate the continued speaking and signal their active participation in receiving the information. Technically, they’re called non-lexical conversational sounds, but I feel disappointed by the English language (on this occasion) to not have a descriptive word that encompasses the beauty of these utterances. There needs to be one invented. Any ideas?
On a completely separate note, do you prefer the spelling of the word meaning ‘exchange’ to be spelled “swap” or “swop”? Both are absolutely acceptable, by the way. I’m just running a poll of who likes which. And which do you think I prefer?
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I cam across a word whilst watching an episode of '8 out of 10 cats does countdown' the other night...
the word is CLERIHEW, (named after its inventor Edmund Bentley Clerihew) and it is a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length, and referring to a famous person...
for example
Sir Christopher Wren
said 'I am going to dine with
some men
if anyone calls say I'm designing St Pauls'
I'd say swap too  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I cam across a word whilst watching an episode of '8 out of 10 cats does countdown' the other night...
the word is CLERIHEW, (named after its inventor Edmund Bentley Clerihew) and it is a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length, and referring to a famous person...
for example
Sir Christopher Wren
said 'I am going to dine with
some men
if anyone calls say I'm designing St Pauls'
I'd say swap too "
Clerihew! Love this, thank you. Ooooh. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I cam across a word whilst watching an episode of '8 out of 10 cats does countdown' the other night...
the word is CLERIHEW, (named after its inventor Edmund Bentley Clerihew) and it is a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length, and referring to a famous person...
for example
Sir Christopher Wren
said 'I am going to dine with
some men
if anyone calls say I'm designing St Pauls'
I'd say swap too
Clerihew! Love this, thank you. Ooooh."
Ha! I knew you would, I'm expecting a thread forthwith |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I cam across a word whilst watching an episode of '8 out of 10 cats does countdown' the other night...
the word is CLERIHEW, (named after its inventor Edmund Bentley Clerihew) and it is a short comic or nonsensical verse, typically in two rhyming couplets with lines of unequal length, and referring to a famous person...
for example
Sir Christopher Wren
said 'I am going to dine with
some men
if anyone calls say I'm designing St Pauls'
I'd say swap too
Clerihew! Love this, thank you. Ooooh.
Ha! I knew you would, I'm expecting a thread forthwith "
I have to confess I’ve noted it in my “mulling pad”....  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sloomy - a word from the 1800s for a hot afternoon
It’s been a right sloomy today!
It's a lovely sounding word "
Agreed. It fits as has that slurred, languid, heat-hazy, hot temperature drawl to it.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Not a new word to me but the Scottish word "dreich" is awesome. Sums up typical British weather (which we are definitely not having right now) "
I reckon I’d like to hear that one said in full accent. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Swap, definatly.
And my word for the day is Oooooft!
It describes many things. When my favourite show takes a twist, when I'm in a plane, hit turbulence and fall 1000 feet in 3 seconds. When a lover smiles at me, or when it rains after weeks of heat. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Swap, definatly.
And my word for the day is Oooooft!
It describes many things. When my favourite show takes a twist, when I'm in a plane, hit turbulence and fall 1000 feet in 3 seconds. When a lover smiles at me, or when it rains after weeks of heat."
Ooooft! |
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By *_and_LCouple
over a year ago
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"Dermatome - an area of skin impacted on by a particular nerve.
Mad Max Beyond Dermatome!
Now that's a film I'd watch!
We need a strapline now..."
Oh! I accidentally deleted it...
I suggested 'Hold on to your nerves.' And plumped for swap - it feels better... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Swap, definatly.
And my word for the day is Oooooft!
It describes many things. When my favourite show takes a twist, when I'm in a plane, hit turbulence and fall 1000 feet in 3 seconds. When a lover smiles at me, or when it rains after weeks of heat."
I have been using that for a while to describe an undeniably fit hottie  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Dermatome - an area of skin impacted on by a particular nerve.
Mad Max Beyond Dermatome!
Now that's a film I'd watch!
We need a strapline now...
Oh! I accidentally deleted it...
I suggested 'Hold on to your nerves.' And plumped for swap - it feels better..."
Hold onto your nerves!!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I enjoy it when Germany got knocked out of the World Cup, if only there was a word for that.
schadenfreude …. it means gloating in German  "
Yes, that was the joke ! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I enjoy it when Germany got knocked out of the World Cup, if only there was a word for that.
schadenfreude …. it means gloating in German
Yes, that was the joke ! "
I had liked your subtlety. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I enjoy it when Germany got knocked out of the World Cup, if only there was a word for that.
schadenfreude …. it means gloating in German
Yes, that was the joke !
I had liked your subtlety."
*Googles subtlety* |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"It's not new, but I was recently reintroduced to the word "disquiet" and I like it so much I'm using it at every appropriate opportunity."
Anyone else feel the thread change temperature slightly...?!
Oooh yes, good call. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"'Swap' I feel.
How about 'conversibubs'?
Conversibubs for ahhhs and uhuhs?
And mmmms ..."
I shall ponder how this feels. Thank you for your suggestion |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I came across the word 'persiflage' a little while back.
It generally means "light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter" which is somewhat appropriate for the Fab Forums! Many are 'persiflagists'!!
...but it also can mean inconsequential chatter before the main event as in there was no time for persiflage, they just got down to it and shagged ...
..PS-it also appears in Orwell's 1984. |
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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
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"What new word have you learned today? Or have you invented any words for things yourself?
Technically, they’re called non-lexical conversational sounds, but I feel disappointed by the English language (on this occasion) to not have a descriptive word that encompasses the beauty of these utterances. There needs to be one invented. Any ideas?
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Yoisho (Japanese)
“A word without meaning, said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work.”
Tsundoku (Japanese)
“Leaving a new book unread after buying it and just letting it pile up with the other unread lonely books in your house.”
Gigil (Filipino)
The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is irresistibly cute.
Cafune (Brazilian Portuguese)
Leave it to the Brazilians to come up with a word for “tenderly running your fingers through your lover’s hair.” |
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By *agluvrMan
over a year ago
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"What new word have you learned today? Or have you invented any words for things yourself?
Today I learned the word - anomie - which means “lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group” and “the condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals" - concept popularised by Durkheim.
I also discovered that sadly there is no one word to cohesively and satisfyingly descibe the noises made as affirmative interjections by an engaged listener when listening to someone else speak (oooh, ahhh, uhhuh, mmm) in order to positively facilitate the continued speaking and signal their active participation in receiving the information. Technically, they’re called non-lexical conversational sounds, but I feel disappointed by the English language (on this occasion) to not have a descriptive word that encompasses the beauty of these utterances. There needs to be one invented. Any ideas?
On a completely separate note, do you prefer the spelling of the word meaning ‘exchange’ to be spelled “swap” or “swop”? Both are absolutely acceptable, by the way. I’m just running a poll of who likes which. And which do you think I prefer?
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I prefer “swap”. I always assumed “swop” was an alliterative device used by Noel Edmonds in the 70s. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"A seemingly appropriate word for fab
Inveigle- persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery"
I’ve been known to inveigle in my time. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I came across the word 'persiflage' a little while back.
It generally means "light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter" which is somewhat appropriate for the Fab Forums! Many are 'persiflagists'!!
...but it also can mean inconsequential chatter before the main event as in there was no time for persiflage, they just got down to it and shagged ...
..PS-it also appears in Orwell's 1984."
From persiflage to pierce my vag?
Big up to George. It was one of Orwell’s books that influenced my choice of work. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"English really is the hardest language to learn - I still can't get over cough, bough and dough "
Oh I don’t know, it’s a language that can be open to change and flex. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I actually don't know which I use; swap or swop. I have a feeling I might use them both!
I can't remember the new last word I learnt."
Ambidextrous usage! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What new word have you learned today? Or have you invented any words for things yourself?
Technically, they’re called non-lexical conversational sounds, but I feel disappointed by the English language (on this occasion) to not have a descriptive word that encompasses the beauty of these utterances. There needs to be one invented. Any ideas?
Yoisho (Japanese)
“A word without meaning, said when flopping into a chair after a hard day at work.”
Tsundoku (Japanese)
“Leaving a new book unread after buying it and just letting it pile up with the other unread lonely books in your house.”
Gigil (Filipino)
The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is irresistibly cute.
Cafune (Brazilian Portuguese)
Leave it to the Brazilians to come up with a word for “tenderly running your fingers through your lover’s hair.”"
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"What new word have you learned today? Or have you invented any words for things yourself?
Today I learned the word - anomie - which means “lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group” and “the condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals" - concept popularised by Durkheim.
I also discovered that sadly there is no one word to cohesively and satisfyingly descibe the noises made as affirmative interjections by an engaged listener when listening to someone else speak (oooh, ahhh, uhhuh, mmm) in order to positively facilitate the continued speaking and signal their active participation in receiving the information. Technically, they’re called non-lexical conversational sounds, but I feel disappointed by the English language (on this occasion) to not have a descriptive word that encompasses the beauty of these utterances. There needs to be one invented. Any ideas?
On a completely separate note, do you prefer the spelling of the word meaning ‘exchange’ to be spelled “swap” or “swop”? Both are absolutely acceptable, by the way. I’m just running a poll of who likes which. And which do you think I prefer?
I prefer “swap”. I always assumed “swop” was an alliterative device used by Noel Edmonds in the 70s. "
Except his swap shop was with an “a”. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"A seemingly appropriate word for fab
Inveigle- persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery
I’ve been known to inveigle in my time.
i guess I could say the same"
You deceiver! |
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"English really is the hardest language to learn - I still can't get over cough, bough and dough
Oh I don’t know, it’s a language that can be open to change and flex."
Do you think Shakespeare could understand what Chaucer wrote? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think I use ‘swap’ just because it sounds better in my head, and yes I know that sounds crazy...
I think the word for those sounds should affirmatones... Thank me later |
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"Swap definitely.
And pissibolities is the last one I can remember inventing.
, what does it mean? "
Endless possibilities when inebriated!
I like Cockneyroach too - an affectionate insult to a Londoner! |
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"English really is the hardest language to learn - I still can't get over cough, bough and dough
Oh I don’t know, it’s a language that can be open to change and flex.
Do you think Shakespeare could understand what Chaucer wrote? "
Forsooth! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Swap definitely.
And pissibolities is the last one I can remember inventing.
, what does it mean?
Endless possibilities when inebriated!
I like Cockneyroach too - an affectionate insult to a Londoner! "
Pissibolities is brilliant!! |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"I think the word for those sounds should affirmatones...
Did you go “mmmm” and nod on reading that? "
No, I went hmmmm because it didn't read well (missing 'be') and then I sounded it out and thought I actually quite liked it so would give it a thumb. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I think the word for those sounds should affirmatones...
Did you go “mmmm” and nod on reading that?
No, I went hmmmm because it didn't read well (missing 'be') and then I sounded it out and thought I actually quite liked it so would give it a thumb. "
Nods. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"..PS-it also appears in Orwell's 1984.
From persiflage to pierce my vag?
Big up to George. It was one of Orwell’s books that influenced my choice of work. "
Yes. It's a less widely known fact that George was a frustrated Fabber... |
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Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin.....
Stanley Unwin ... brilliant "
All because his mother “falolloped (had fallen) over" and "grazed her kneeclabbers” on the way home! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"..PS-it also appears in Orwell's 1984.
From persiflage to pierce my vag?
Big up to George. It was one of Orwell’s books that influenced my choice of work.
Yes. It's a less widely known fact that George was a frustrated Fabber... "
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By (user no longer on site)
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Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin.....
Stanley Unwin ... brilliant
All because his mother “falolloped (had fallen) over" and "grazed her kneeclabbers” on the way home!"
I didn't know that ... Happiness Stan never fails to cheer me up |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin.....
Stanley Unwin ... brilliant
All because his mother “falolloped (had fallen) over" and "grazed her kneeclabbers” on the way home!I didn't know that ... Happiness Stan never fails to cheer me up "
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Souplesse
Meaning?"
It’s a French word, the basic translation is flexibility, but in cycling, it’s used to describe a pro rider who is flying, with a fluid motion that makes it look effortless. You can feel it when you’re riding sometimes, but not very often, it’s like traveling without moving. It’s the perfect storm between grace and power.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Souplesse
Meaning?
It’s a French word, the basic translation is flexibility, but in cycling, it’s used to describe a pro rider who is flying, with a fluid motion that makes it look effortless. You can feel it when you’re riding sometimes, but not very often, it’s like traveling without moving. It’s the perfect storm between grace and power.
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Ahhhh, I fuck like that |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I just learned spinster's root was a poor, dirty, unmarriageable female textile mill worker in the U.S. 
I can’t help but ask how that came up?
TV - Rich Hall on the American dream."
Aha! That makes more sense. My mind was racing. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Moger - a Scots word that means a mess, or to have made a mess of something."
Uh uh uh uh *vigourous hand to skin sounds* uh uh uhhhhhhh ... I made a moger!
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"Moger - a Scots word that means a mess, or to have made a mess of something.
Uh uh uh uh *vigourous hand to skin sounds* uh uh uhhhhhhh ... I made a moger!
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LOL Not quite. I can see how you got there, though. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Moger - a Scots word that means a mess, or to have made a mess of something.
Uh uh uh uh *vigourous hand to skin sounds* uh uh uhhhhhhh ... I made a moger!
LOL Not quite. I can see how you got there, though. "
As in premature ejaculation?! |
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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
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Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
You know that feeling of anticipation when you’re waiting for someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet? This is the word for it.
Very appropriate for fab and all those no shows... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Skitters, an Irish word. Probably used more often in this context, "I've got the skitters." The person I was talking with used it in this context, "little skitters.". Skitters, shits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
You know that feeling of anticipation when you’re waiting for someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet? This is the word for it.
Very appropriate for fab and all those no shows..."
Innit. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A word I discovered in A Level Latin years ago.
Synecdoche.
Meaning when a part is used to refer to the whole.
E.g.
“Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them.”
Hand obviously meaning the sculptor of Ozymandias.
Not new but always liked that word.
Swap |
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