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The discussion centers around the word "defenestration," defined as the act of throwing someone out of a window, which several participants consider to be a particularly cool word. Various other words are introduced and debated for their uniqueness and appeal, including "paneity" (the quality of being bread), "quonking," and "bogometer." Participants share their favorite words, often with humorous definitions or anecdotes, and explore the origins of some terms, such as "fenestra," the Latin word for window. The conversation also touches on the use of long and complex words, with mentions of "antidisestablishmentarianism," "sesquipedalian," and "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis." The thread is characterized by playful banter, wordplay, and a shared appreciation for the richness of language.
  • #91
Ivan Seeking said:
SYLLABICATION: mer·kin
PRONUNCIATION: mûrkn
NOUN: A pubic wig for women.
You can use mucilage to glue it on! :biggrin:
 
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  • #92
Math Is Hard said:
You can use mucilage to glue it on! :biggrin:

Use it sparingly though. Mucilage hanging from a merkin is a real turn off!
 
  • #93
Ivan Seeking said:
Use it sparingly though. Mucilage hanging from a merkin is a real turn off!
bleeech! yewwcchh! At least it's less brain damaging than airplane glue and not as painful to remove!
 
  • #94
Has anyone absquatulated this thread yet?
 
  • #95
It's been absquatulated several times.
 
  • #96
ab·squat·u·late ( P ) Pronunciation Key (b-skwch-lt)
intr.v. Midwestern & Western U.S. ab·squat·u·lat·ed, ab·squat·u·lat·ing, ab·squat·u·lates

To depart in a hurry; abscond: “Your horse has absquatulated!” (Robert M. Bird).

Until now, if someone told me that my horse has absquatulated, I'd be getting a shovel.
 
  • #97
brobdignagian

Brobdingnagian \Brob`ding*nag"i*an\, a. [From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in "Gulliver's Travels.'']

Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]

(Spelt? Is dictionary.com a British site??)



beseech is a good word, too.
 
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  • #98
jcsd said:
I've actually worked the word 'antidisestablishmentarianism' into a conevrstaion before (the only chance you ever have to do this is when discussing the Anglican church in the UK in the 18th century).

I remember it being used in an episode of the British sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.

Along with this joke, that has very limited applicability...

Advisor: He's been trying to be made a bishop for ages.

PM: Ahh! Long time, no See.


:smile:
 
  • #99
infidel said:
I remember it being used in an episode of the British sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister.

Hey, that was a funny show! I watched him in Yes Minister as well.
 
  • #100
Riboflavin!
 
  • #101
Some drum rudiments have classic names. The pataflafla for example.
 
  • #102
I think its either the long form of DNA or long form of aspirin
 
  • #103
Ivan Seeking said:
merkin

SYLLABICATION: mer·kin
PRONUNCIATION: mûrkn
NOUN: A pubic wig for women.
I can't even imagine why there would be such a thing. :confused:
 
  • #104
Evo said:
I can't even imagine why there would be such a thing. :confused:
In case the Mad Waxer strikes your neigbourhood... :eek:
 
  • #105
This was a "word of the day" at m-w.com recently - abecedarian

\ay-bee-see-DAIR-ee-un\
• adjective
1 *a : of or relating to the alphabet b : alphabetically arranged
2 : rudimentary

I've always liked discombobulate.
 
  • #106
Sounds more like a magician with a speech impediment.
"Watch as I pull a rabbit out of my hat!"
"Abecedarian!"

I like discombobulate too. It sounds like it feels almost like an onamatopia.
 
  • #107
Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers
 
  • #108
Okay, not a single word, but allegedly the hardest tongue twister in the English language

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

Also, I like science and math words like

Tsunamigenic
Tornadic
anti-clockwise [much better than counter]
asymtote
latera recta

The first time a professor started to lecture about canonical equations, I thought he been drinking his lunch! Doesn't he mean conical? :biggrin:

Also, during the first lecture on this, I swear, I kept waiting for the implicit meaning of the Heavyside to become evident. :smile:
 
  • #109
Ivan Seeking said:
Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers Fuddruckers
My Brit friend's father opened a pub based upon this concept about 25 years ago. It was called the Pheasant Plucker, based upon a poem:

I'm not the pheasant plucker;
I'm the pheasant plucker's son.
I'm only plucking pheasants
'Til the pheasant plucker comes.

When you couldn't say it properly at a reasonable speed, you were cut off. :biggrin:
 
  • #110
Your assumption being the same as mine, it turns out that Fuddrucker is a family name.

I'll bet that's really a cool name when you're twelve. :biggrin:
 
  • #111
Ivan Seeking said:
Your assumption being the same as mine, it turns out that Fuddrucker is a family name.

I'll bet that's really a cool name when you're twelve. :biggrin:
Any kid with a speech impediment in that family would never be let out of the house. :eek:
 
  • #112
I'll be damned if I'll let Danger kill one of my own threads
 
  • #113
Danger said:
My Brit friend's father opened a pub based upon this concept about 25 years ago. It was called the Pheasant Plucker, based upon a poem:

I'm not the pheasant plucker;
I'm the pheasant plucker's son.
I'm only plucking pheasants
'Til the pheasant plucker comes.

When you couldn't say it properly at a reasonable speed, you were cut off. :biggrin:

:smile: That reminds me of the "Cork Soaker" skit from SNL. :smile:
 
  • #114
Smurf said:
I'll be damned if I'll let Danger kill one of my own threads
Rats! After 3 days, I thought that I'd gotten away with it.

Moonbear said:
:smile: That reminds me of the "Cork Soaker" skit from SNL. :smile:
Get thee to the clinic, wench. :-p
 
  • #115
Wench, that's a good word. Harlot too.
 
  • #116
Smurf said:
Wench, that's a good word. Harlot too.
True, but I'd be very careful about applying it to someone who at this moment is planning, in another thread, to squish you into a grease spot.
 
  • #117
Smurf said:
Wench, that's a good word. Harlot too.

And strumpet. Strumpet is good.
 
  • #118
matthyaouw said:
And strumpet. Strumpet is good.
Reminds me of my favourite type of fishing: 'Trolling for Trollops'.

(Hey! That'd make a good game show...)
 
  • #119
Smurf said:
I'll be damned if I'll let Danger kill one of my own threads
qf damned e
 
  • #120
Smurf said:
qf damned e
You're a persistent little bugger, aren't you?
 

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