New Words

[veggiechicken]

another word for the new word thread that. Bit of a whoopsie if I'd typed that in error

...or said it to the Vicar

[veggiechicken]

Absquatulate - to depart in a hurry
"Excuse me, I must absquatulate......."
By the time you'd worked out how to pronounce it, you'd be late and would anyone know how to reply?

[mothhawk]

I like that one VC.

Quatrayle - so much easier than saying "great great great grandfather"

[Mikey]

'Bunyip'

A large Aboriginal mythological creature not unlike the loch ness monster.

[Sheneval]

I like that one VC.

Quatrayle - so much easier than saying "great great great grandfather"

Not a word I've ever heard - I'll need to mention this at the next meeting of the Family History Society. :-)

Nowadays we just use numbers the above would be my 4x great grandfather or my father's 3x great grandfather - if written they become 3xggfather etc..

[Aberdeenplotter]

parthenocarpic which means some plants can form fruits without being pollinated and without seeds.

Cheers FB

[Glutton4...]

Task for today; I need a new word. I'm soooo cross that I can't think of a bad enough word to describe it. Chuffing ruddy cross doesn't quite get there...

[julesapple]

Splenetic? Apoplectic? Incandescent? Bellicose?

[Tripmeup]

How about 6 ?? Past the point of no return

[veggiechicken]

Splenetic? Apoplectic? Incandescent? Bellicose?

What about Bellisplenapoplectincadescenticose?
(Page 3468, line 43 of Dr Johnson's Dictionary as recorded by Black Adder)

[julesapple]

Er....yeah....what she said.

(To which my mother would have replied 'Who's she? The cat's mother?' I never did get that one)