Poppy Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 'Catchfart' An C18th insult for anyone who fawns and sucks up to you/the boss/your mother. The idea is they follow behind far too closely. Boy, did I know some of those ovr the years when I was still working Feel free to add to the list. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Sesquipedalophobia ... The fear of long words 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 for months now i have been posting a word of the day to the whattsapp group we have for the office at work, I purchased some magnetic letters from lidls, and write the word using those on the door of the refrigerator, which I then photograph to post on whats app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Here are some from earlier this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 That leads me to ask, Can something be "fridgerated"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/refrigerated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webntweb Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, MauriceMynah said: That leads me to ask, Can something be "fridgerated"? Frigerate is an obsolete verb meaning "to make cool". Originally the short version of Refrigerator was 'Frig' (pronounced fridge). The Guardian Frigerator Company of the USA was founded in 1916 and in 1919 was renamed 'Frigidaire' which is when it is believed the shortened version of Refrigerator became 'Fridge". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 'kalsarikännit', Finnish. "To get drunk at home in your underwear, with no intention of doing anything else" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracie Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, Poppy said: 'kalsarikännit', Finnish. "To get drunk at home in your underwear, with no intention of doing anything else" That's a normal Friday night for me x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I thought of this a couple of days ago NUDIUSTERTIAN the day before yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Mauricemynaherification State of unrelenting idiocy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 38 minutes ago, Gracie said: That's a normal Friday night for me x Waiting for the old man to come home then? I have a Chinese fried who frequently, and with great feeling, comes out with what sounds like 'Fee-key-yow', of course that's phonetic and I haven't a clue what it means but seemingly it often refers to annoying customers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveO Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, MauriceMynah said: That leads me to ask, Can something be "fridgerated"? Only if it has never been fridgerated before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulo Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Despite my post of 20 minutes ago, here's a word I actually learnt from MauriceMynah - Transesterification (I think). Good word, haven't a clue what it means!! Something to do with making Diesel out of chip oil. Or is it vice versa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springsong Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Ionly learnt this word a couple of years ago discombobulated it means discombobulated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Springsong said: Ionly learnt this word a couple of years ago discombobulated it means discombobulated. Very confusing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTED Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 As Ken Dodd would say "It’s very discomknockerating” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 40 minutes ago, SANTED said: As Ken Dodd would say "It’s very discomknockerating” Was that about his tax affairs ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoryv Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 My word of the day, "aloud" My wife recently saw a sign in a fish and chip shop, "No Dogs Aloud" Which raises two questions, Could you take a quite dog into the fishing chip shop? And what was she doing in the fish and chip shop we these are currently on the banned list! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Victoryv said: And what was she doing in the fish and chip shop we these are currently on the banned list! Standing in a queue at a take-away is permissible, even in the rain, at least it is South of The Wash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTED Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Poppy said: Was that about his tax affairs ? Ken Dodd on income tax In the 1800s, one of the MPs in London decided to introduce tax. In those days it was 2p in the pound. I thought it still was." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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