tian447 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Quite enjoy one that I only found out about a couple of weeks ago: Syzygy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygy_(astronomy) Doesn't look like it has any business being an English word. Apparently it's the shortest word that contains 3 Y's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 8 hours ago, Stuart Lyon said: Conniption - having a fit of rage or hysterics I've heard Mrs LS use that one. Not clear if she was describing rage or hysterics though 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 19 hours ago, the posh bit said: You're shite. It takes one to know one, Vince. I hope you don't mind me using just one of your usernames instead of them all? Keep up the shite denial though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatonjambo Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 At work last week a planner used the term exurbia non plussed I googled to find it ment the area beyond the suburbs i thought what a twat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 28 minutes ago, heatonjambo said: At work last week a planner used the term exurbia non plussed I googled to find it ment the area beyond the suburbs i thought what a twat I think that this is a good post. 🤷🏿♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 20 hours ago, Maple Leaf said: Why do flammable and inflammable mean the same? both come from latin words inflammare which means to in flame, i.e. to catch fire and flammare meaning to catch fire. both came into english at different times, thus they mean the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 3 minutes ago, milky_26 said: both come from latin words inflammare which means to in flame, i.e. to catch fire and flammare meaning to catch fire. both came into english at different times, thus they mean the same thing Google. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmaceutical01 Posted November 13, 2023 Share Posted November 13, 2023 Thixotropic.....means liquids that get harder and thicker the more you mix them.....like double cream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 14:37, Maple Leaf said: Specifically French infantry, I believe. French equivalent to the British “Tommy”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 15:46, tian447 said: Quite enjoy one that I only found out about a couple of weeks ago: Syzygy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syzygy_(astronomy) Doesn't look like it has any business being an English word. Apparently it's the shortest word that contains 3 Y's. The only time I’ve come across it was reading about the “Caledonian Anti-Syzygy”. As you say, it doesn’t look like an English language word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 23 hours ago, heatonjambo said: At work last week a planner used the term exurbia non plussed I googled to find it ment the area beyond the suburbs i thought what a twat Sub-urbia v Ex-urbia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 26 minutes ago, PortyBeach said: French equivalent to the British “Tommy”. Yes, and the American 'doughboy'. And the Canadian 'Canuck'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 14, 2023 Author Share Posted November 14, 2023 1 hour ago, PortyBeach said: French equivalent to the British “Tommy”. 1 hour ago, Maple Leaf said: Yes, and the American 'doughboy'. And the Canadian 'Canuck'. Thanks, both. 👍 I didn’t know about any of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Burgundy Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 On 12/11/2023 at 15:00, Ulysses said: I invented a brand new word today... ...plagiarism. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Rangersnopenalty.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, henrysmithsgloves said: Rangersnopenalty.. Isn’t that an oxymoron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 1 hour ago, PortyBeach said: Isn’t that an oxymoron? Onomatopoeia🧐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jazz Emu Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Kipper. We called them kippers when I was only small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 Apparently, the collective noun for pugs is a "grumble". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 15, 2023 Share Posted November 15, 2023 7 hours ago, henrysmithsgloves said: Onomatopoeia🧐 BOOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 7 hours ago, Tazio said: BOOM! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 10 hours ago, Ulysses said: Apparently, the collective noun for pugs is a "grumble". Ahhhh a fellow Brain of Britain listener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 55 minutes ago, been here before said: Ahhhh a fellow Brain of Britain listener. A grumble of Meldrews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 Today, I learned a new French word. Pissenlit. It means Dandelion and also directly translates to ‘wet the bed’. Feck knows why. 🤷🏿♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Morgan said: Today, I learned a new French word. Pissenlit. It means Dandelion and also directly translates to ‘wet the bed’. Feck knows why. 🤷🏿♂️ The leaves of the Dandelion can be used as a diuretic. The roots can also be roasted or fried but they're really not that very nice, I tried it during lockdown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 6 minutes ago, been here before said: The leaves of the Dandelion can be used as a diuretic. The roots can also be roasted or fried but they're really not that very nice, I tried it during lockdown. Thanks. The worst bit about all of this is that I read your answer out to my wife. She replied 'what's a diuretic'? Seriously though, these Dandelion leaves were 16.80 Euros a kilo! They just looked like mushy stems and were covered with earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, Morgan said: Thanks. The worst bit about all of this is that I read your answer out to my wife. She replied 'what's a diuretic'? Seriously though, these Dandelion leaves were 16.80 Euros a kilo! They just looked like mushy stems and were covered with earth. They can also be used in a salad, and there's even a dandelion wine. All taste rotten and all are diuretic. In Scotland we called them "Pee the beds". To people who care about the appearance of their lawn, they're a monumental pain in the ass weed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 11 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: They can also be used in a salad, and there's even a dandelion wine. All taste rotten and all are diuretic. In Scotland we called them "Pee the beds". To people who care about the appearance of their lawn, they're a monumental pain in the ass weed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Morgan said: Today, I learned a new French word. Pissenlit. It means Dandelion and also directly translates to ‘wet the bed’. Feck knows why. 🤷🏿♂️ Well, “lit” I think means “bed” in French, so from that I think we can deduce what “piss” “en” “lit” means what you’ve said… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 On 15/11/2023 at 16:16, henrysmithsgloves said: Onomatopoeia🧐 Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 1 minute ago, PortyBeach said: Well, “lit” I think means “bed” in French, so from that I think we can deduce what “piss” “en” “lit” means what you’ve said… Yes. I got that bit! It's why a dandelion was called that I didn't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyBeach Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 26 minutes ago, Morgan said: Yes. I got that bit! It's why a dandelion was called that I didn't understand. 🤣 I didn’t see the dandelion reference! Apologies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted November 16, 2023 Author Share Posted November 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, PortyBeach said: 🤣 I didn’t see the dandelion reference! Apologies! No bother! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 While googling fire blankets today, the word "intumescent" kept appearing. Never heard of it before. Apparently it refers to any material which increases in volume and decreases in density when exposed to heat, and is used in passive fire protection things like firedoors. Wiki gives the example of a marshmallow which has been charred over a campfire as being intumescent !!! Who knew, eh ? 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: While googling fire blankets today, the word "intumescent" kept appearing. Never heard of it before. Apparently it refers to any material which increases in volume and decreases in density when exposed to heat, and is used in passive fire protection things like firedoors. Wiki gives the example of a marshmallow which has been charred over a campfire as being intumescent !!! Who knew, eh ? 😀 I did. I replaced all the intumescent strips in the fire doors in my work just after lockdown when lots of people were working from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 46 minutes ago, Tazio said: I did. I replaced all the intumescent strips in the fire doors in my work just after lockdown when lots of people were working from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 16/11/2023 at 16:42, Morgan said: Thanks. The worst bit about all of this is that I read your answer out to my wife. She replied 'what's a diuretic'? Seriously though, these Dandelion leaves were 16.80 Euros a kilo! They just looked like mushy stems and were covered with earth. The word dandelion is one of these lazy English language corruptions of a slang French name for the plant. Dents-de-Lion Literally, lion's teeth ........ presumably because of the shape of the leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 02:20, Ulysses said: Woohoo! I just met the words "augend" and "addend". See the sum 2+3? The first number in a sum (in this case 2) is an "augend". The second number (in this case 3) is the "addend". You'll be happy to know that subtraction also has names for each part. The three parts of any subtraction problem are the minuend, the part you start with; the subtrahend, the part being taken away; and the difference, the part left over. Ditto division and multiplication. There are three main parts to a division problem: the dividend, the divisor, and the quotient. The dividend is the number that will be divided. The divisor is the number of “people” that the number is being divided among. The quotient is the answer. The parts of a multiplication sentence are the multiplicand, multiplier, and product. The multiplicand is the first number, the multiplier is the second number, and the product is the answer. Apologies for the patronising tone but I just C&P-ed them and haven't unchilded the explanations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Costermonger is a word I only learned today. It's not commonly used now, and means a street seller of fruit and vegetables. An older version of the word is costardmonger, and it comes from the word costard, which means (or meant) cooking apple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Read an article today about the writer Hanif Kureishi (My Beautiful Laundrette), who suffered some brain damage & paralysis resulting from a freak fall. Fascinating article about how this has influenced his life. He needs round the clock care to help with physical disabilities, but his brain is clearly still very active & alert. One of the words he used to describe his dearest wish to be able to walk into his house once again was interregnum - meaning a gap or period of discontinuity. Its from 2 Latin words, literally meaning "between the reign of kings" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 minute ago, Boof said: You'll be happy to know that subtraction also has names for each part. The three parts of any subtraction problem are the minuend, the part you start with; the subtrahend, the part being taken away; and the difference, the part left over. Ditto division and multiplication. There are three main parts to a division problem: the dividend, the divisor, and the quotient. The dividend is the number that will be divided. The divisor is the number of “people” that the number is being divided among. The quotient is the answer. The parts of a multiplication sentence are the multiplicand, multiplier, and product. The multiplicand is the first number, the multiplier is the second number, and the product is the answer. Apologies for the patronising tone but I just C&P-ed them and haven't unchilded the explanations More new words. I'll add those subtractions to my files. I knew the components for multiplication and division already. I think a lot of people know those, whereas the addition and subtraction components aren't well-known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 I'm reading this at the moment - one of my Christmas pressies from a not-so-Secret Santa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 32 minutes ago, Boof said: You'll be happy to know that subtraction also has names for each part. The three parts of any subtraction problem are the minuend, the part you start with; the subtrahend, the part being taken away; and the difference, the part left over. Ditto division and multiplication. There are three main parts to a division problem: the dividend, the divisor, and the quotient. The dividend is the number that will be divided. The divisor is the number of “people” that the number is being divided among. The quotient is the answer. The parts of a multiplication sentence are the multiplicand, multiplier, and product. The multiplicand is the first number, the multiplier is the second number, and the product is the answer. Apologies for the patronising tone but I just C&P-ed them and haven't unchilded the explanations Interesting find there, Boof. 2 of your examples (subtraction & division) seem a bit more deserving of differently named elements than addition & multiplication do, since it doesn't matter in what order you perform these last 2 operations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 37 minutes ago, Ulysses said: Is "national treasure" also mentioned in your book ? 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 Boofing. As In ‘Boofing alcohol’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 41 minutes ago, Morgan said: Boofing. As In ‘Boofing alcohol’. What's it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 Just now, Boof said: What's it mean? Imbibing alcohol by means of the rectum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknownuser Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 00:45, muldoon74 said: This thread is full of the most interludicrous contrafibularities... Sausage?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 49 minutes ago, Morgan said: Imbibing alcohol by means of the rectum. I imagine you’d spill quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Morgan said: Imbibing alcohol by means of the rectum. Without doubt the best way to consume Tennent's Lager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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