Unusual or unfamilar word or phrase? - Page 4

Taylor514ce · 05-09-2008, 10:28 AM

Keeping up... oh yes, I was discussing an adjuvant with my neurologist just the other day.

DixieGal · 05-09-2008, 10:43 AM

"The" defenestration was probably the funniest thing my class learned in high school history. I've never forgotten that story - even though I've forgotten most of my classmates and the teacher's name.

My personal favorite words are common: Eleven and Twelve (not 11 & 12)

Nothing else in the language, IMHO, expresses so few words and math expressions at the same time.

NatCh · 05-09-2008, 11:34 AM

I've been reading the Horatio Hornblower series off and on (have to read them on paper so ...).

I've learned a large number of terms that we use commonly in English have strong nautical roots. Just as one example: I had no idea what a scuttlebutt actually was -- imagine my surprise when I found out it was actually a CENSORED!

pshrynk · 05-09-2008, 01:57 PM

I guess the modern place to get the scuttlebutt is at the modern version of the scuttlebutt, leading one to assume that is how the phrase got coined. Except that the modern office no longer has a modern version of the scuttlebutt all that often. Except in commercials.

It's amazing how far afield I am willing to go to not get censored by the robot.

RWood · 05-09-2008, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

It got a little dodgy for the squirrels, one would assume.

They have their own blog Gray and Red, A squirrel Journal.

mores · 05-09-2008, 03:15 PM

Anyone here suffer from Koro?

Taylor514ce · 05-09-2008, 03:17 PM

Have you seen my avatar?? I mean, there's a reason Marvin is sooo depressed.

badgoodDeb · 05-09-2008, 03:26 PM

Poooooor Marvin. Huggggs anyway. Make sure you only defenestrate those dictionaries, and not thy-self.

Taylor514ce · 05-09-2008, 03:37 PM

Part of the problem is that nothing depends on Marvin. [What, too subtle? Nah, they'll get it.]

badgoodDeb · 05-09-2008, 03:59 PM

Yeah, but don't you remember the Dear Abby finding that women are just as pleased to "just cuddle" ? But perhaps Marvin himself isn't pleased.

NatCh · 05-09-2008, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Part of the problem is that nothing depends on Marvin. [What, too subtle? Nah, they'll get it.]

Depends on Marvin? What, he's incontinent? No wonder he's such a wet blanket.

mores · 05-09-2008, 05:26 PM

blanket ... wet ... towel ... sucking on a corner of the towel ... nutrients ... blergh!

Taylor514ce · 05-09-2008, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Depends on Marvin? What, he's incontinent? No wonder he's such a wet blanket.

You didn't scroll back far enough...

HarryT was all Latin on us, and I was like knowing Latin can confuse sometimes, like knowing "depends" means "to hang down from", and then referred to how that made "Depends" such an awful name for adult diapers, then mores was "Koro?" and that brought it full circle. Sheesh, MR needs to hire you an assistant who can give you daily summaries of all the [U.S.] threads.

Cthulhu · 05-09-2008, 06:27 PM

Have all ways like the word defenestrate, being of Czech descent (ha ha), and learning that my people dealt with those who ate their egg from the wrong side.

In keeping with the thread, I finally learned what "plasma" means beyond the medical profession, and that one day I could have plasma windows.

@ Taylor: Are you implying that my Austrian friend and I are too free & easy with the results of our erudition?

badgoodDeb · 05-09-2008, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cthulhu

Are you implying that my Austrian friend and I are too free & easy with the results of our erudition?

By no means, to my mind anyway. I have a button that says "Intelligence is the ultimate aphrodisiac". Course I also have one that says "2 + 2 = 5 for sufficiently large values of 2".

05-09-2008, 10:28 AM	#46
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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,574 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yeah, but don't you remember the Dear Abby finding that women are just as pleased to "just cuddle" ? But perhaps Marvin himself isn't pleased. Last edited by badgoodDeb; 05-09-2008 at 05:31 PM. Reason: typo

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05-09-2008, 10:43 AM	#47
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	"The" defenestration was probably the funniest thing my class learned in high school history. I've never forgotten that story - even though I've forgotten most of my classmates and the teacher's name. My personal favorite words are common: Eleven and Twelve (not 11 & 12) Nothing else in the language, IMHO, expresses so few words and math expressions at the same time.

05-09-2008, 11:34 AM	#48
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I've been reading the Horatio Hornblower series off and on (have to read them on paper so ...). I've learned a large number of terms that we use commonly in English have strong nautical roots. Just as one example: I had no idea what a scuttlebutt actually was -- imagine my surprise when I found out it was actually a CENSORED!

05-09-2008, 01:57 PM	#49
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I guess the modern place to get the scuttlebutt is at the modern version of the scuttlebutt, leading one to assume that is how the phrase got coined. Except that the modern office no longer has a modern version of the scuttlebutt all that often. Except in commercials. It's amazing how far afield I am willing to go to not get censored by the robot.

05-09-2008, 03:15 PM	#51
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	Anyone here suffer from Koro?

05-09-2008, 03:17 PM	#52
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Have you seen my avatar?? I mean, there's a reason Marvin is sooo depressed.

05-09-2008, 03:26 PM	#53
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,574 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Poooooor Marvin. Huggggs anyway. Make sure you only defenestrate those dictionaries, and not thy-self.

05-09-2008, 03:37 PM	#54
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Part of the problem is that nothing depends on Marvin. [What, too subtle? Nah, they'll get it.]

05-09-2008, 05:26 PM	#57
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	blanket ... wet ... towel ... sucking on a corner of the towel ... nutrients ... blergh!

05-09-2008, 06:27 PM	#59
Cthulhu Technologist Posts: 488 Karma: 585237 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I'm between Cities Device: SONY Reader PRS-500	Have all ways like the word defenestrate, being of Czech descent (ha ha), and learning that my people dealt with those who ate their egg from the wrong side. In keeping with the thread, I finally learned what "plasma" means beyond the medical profession, and that one day I could have plasma windows. @ Taylor: Are you implying that my Austrian friend and I are too free & easy with the results of our erudition?