Words: Jay or Nay Friday - Page 6

zelda_pinwheel · 06-02-2008, 12:21 PM

oh, well if you say so...

pshrynk · 06-02-2008, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, well if you say so...

Stop that!

zelda_pinwheel · 06-02-2008, 12:49 PM

if you want me to.

pshrynk · 06-02-2008, 12:50 PM

Aack!

montsnmags · 06-02-2008, 08:15 PM

Kinoath, yeah!: Kinoath - because it sounds valid for everyday conversation, seemingly with a simple etymology - the swearing of an oath to someone considered kin - but it's actually a product of a relaxed diction (eg. Australian/Strine).

Nuh: Mother (as a swear, including its longer version) - because it makes very little sense as an insult, especially in this period of the "yummy mummy" and her associated titles (eg. MILTTTD - Mother I'd Like To Take To Dinner...to use a gentle acronym).

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 06-03-2008, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh, well if you say so...

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Stop that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

if you want me to.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Aack!

Interesting converse across the airwaves...

grimo1re · 06-06-2008, 07:33 AM

Yessss! It's Friday so a completely legit reason to post in this thread rather than prepare an interview.

No: Learnings. As in presentations given by slick consultants in pinstriped suits talking about things they've learned in the course of business and they've put a headline on their PowerPoint presentation (which their secretary made, really) called "Learnings". Eeeeuwwwwww!

Yes: Festooned. I just have very little opportunity to use it, too bad as it is a lovely, lovely word. "Andy had festooned his PowerPoint presentation with flowery pictures..."

zelda_pinwheel · 06-06-2008, 07:42 AM

festooned ! you're right, it's a lovely word. maybe we should all make an effort to festoon things more often, just to create the occasion for using the word.

GeoffC · 06-06-2008, 07:52 AM

peppered is an nice alternative to festooned...

zelda_pinwheel · 06-06-2008, 07:55 AM

well, you pepper, if you prefer ; we'll festoon.

GeoffC · 06-06-2008, 08:15 AM

suit yourself...
condimentically speaking of coarse...

pshrynk · 06-06-2008, 09:02 AM

I'm about to ram a festoon up someone if they don't get the chairs for the wedding delivered.

Taylor514ce · 06-06-2008, 09:08 AM

Did the Song of the Bander-log use "festoon"?

Yes!

Road-Song of the Bandar-Log

Here we go in a flung festoon
Half-way up to the jealous moon!
Don't you envy our pranceful bands?
Don't you wish you had extra hands?
Wouldn't you like it if your tails were --so--
Curved in the shape of a Cupid's bow?

Now you're angry, but --never mind,
Brother, thy tail hangs down behind!

by Rudyard Kipling, of course.

GeoffC · 06-06-2008, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I'm about to ram a festoon up someone if they don't get the chairs for the wedding delivered.

be careful you don't fester in toon...

vivaldirules · 06-06-2008, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I'm about to ram a festoon up someone if they don't get the chairs for the wedding delivered.

The side that's so bright it's almost blinding: it'll go quicker if everyone has to stand.

06-06-2008, 09:08 AM	#88
Taylor514ce Actively passive. Posts: 2,042 Karma: 478376 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: US Device: Sony PRS-505/LC	Did the Song of the Bander-log use "festoon"? Yes! Road-Song of the Bandar-Log Here we go in a flung festoon Half-way up to the jealous moon! Don't you envy our pranceful bands? Don't you wish you had extra hands? Wouldn't you like it if your tails were --so-- Curved in the shape of a Cupid's bow? Now you're angry, but --never mind, Brother, thy tail hangs down behind! by Rudyard Kipling, of course. Last edited by Taylor514ce; 06-06-2008 at 09:18 AM. Reason: I forget to Kipple.

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06-02-2008, 12:21 PM	#76
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, well if you say so...

06-02-2008, 12:49 PM	#78
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	if you want me to.

06-02-2008, 12:50 PM	#79
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!	Aack!

06-02-2008, 08:15 PM	#80
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	Kinoath, yeah!: Kinoath - because it sounds valid for everyday conversation, seemingly with a simple etymology - the swearing of an oath to someone considered kin - but it's actually a product of a relaxed diction (eg. Australian/Strine). Nuh: Mother (as a swear, including its longer version) - because it makes very little sense as an insult, especially in this period of the "yummy mummy" and her associated titles (eg. MILTTTD - Mother I'd Like To Take To Dinner...to use a gentle acronym). Cheers, Marc

06-06-2008, 07:33 AM	#82
grimo1re Geekette Posts: 435 Karma: 3335 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Sony Reader PRS500, PocketBook 360	Yessss! It's Friday so a completely legit reason to post in this thread rather than prepare an interview. No: Learnings. As in presentations given by slick consultants in pinstriped suits talking about things they've learned in the course of business and they've put a headline on their PowerPoint presentation (which their secretary made, really) called "Learnings". Eeeeuwwwwww! Yes: Festooned. I just have very little opportunity to use it, too bad as it is a lovely, lovely word. "Andy had festooned his PowerPoint presentation with flowery pictures..."

06-06-2008, 07:42 AM	#83
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	festooned ! you're right, it's a lovely word. maybe we should all make an effort to festoon things more often, just to create the occasion for using the word.

06-06-2008, 07:52 AM	#84
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	peppered is an nice alternative to festooned...

06-06-2008, 07:55 AM	#85
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	well, you pepper, if you prefer ; we'll festoon.

06-06-2008, 08:15 AM	#86
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	suit yourself... condimentically speaking of coarse...

06-06-2008, 09:02 AM	#87
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'm about to ram a festoon up someone if they don't get the chairs for the wedding delivered.