Paid Members Gus Mears Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 I'm not one for patriotism, but an area where I can safely say we have the Bosch, Frogs and Ruski's tanked is with language. English is an absurd amalgamation of old, new, foreign, domestic, local; combined into one barking potpourri that you could not possibly design with reasoning. In short, it's wonderful.  So a thread about words. Your favourites, whether they be obscure or not. Also, any local slang much appreciated.  Defenestration, the act of throwing someone out of a window, is probably my favourite word in the English language. Derived from Latin, yes, but the mere fact that there is a word for throwing a bloke out of a window is a fantastic triumph of mankind. Gratuitous and brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 Laggard. If you think it means rat-arsed, you're wrong. It's one of the many words for someone who is slow. Sluggard is another beauty. Â Flange is the funniest word. Sounds like something you'd use to wash your lady garden but isn't rude at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 Its not a word, but I love that (apparently) the English language is the only one where it makes sense to cut a tree down then cut the tree up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I love any old-fashioned - kerfuffle in particular, mullarkey, anything along those lines. Â My absolute favourite word though is tmesis. It's the only word in the whole English language that starts with the letters TM, and is the splitting of a word into compounds and then inserting another word in between - saying 'abso-bloody-lutely' for example, is tmesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted March 24, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 Cheers for that Grecian, was unaware of the joys of tmesis as a word.  I will always maintain that wazzock is the best insult going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 It may be a place name, but Thrapston is immensely pleasurable to say. Â Especially in a Mary Poppins accent with a rolled R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Teedy Kay Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 I bloody love the word cagoule to say, it's obviously of French origin, but hearing and saying it in a Black Country accent makes it a thing of beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maestro Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 My family live in Lancashire and it's great to hear my gran use the word "boiled" for being drunk. Never fails to make me chuckle. Also I don't get to use the word ramekin enough in day to day conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted March 24, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 My family live in Lancashire and it's great to hear my gran use the word "boiled" for being drunk.   Oh, I like that.  Words surrounding drinking are often fantastic.  Steaming, carousing, inebriation, ribaldry, sozzled, cockeyed. All good words, Brent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members stumobir Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 There's loads of Scots' words that I love. They just seem a lot more descriptive than their English translation.Dreich - used to describe a cold, grey day with light rain. Not sure there even is an English translation for this type of weather?Loads of different words used for describing something unclean or dirty. Mawkit, boggin, clatty. There's a good few more.Crabbit - someone who's a bit grumpy and snarly.  Footer - if someone's "footering aboot" they're being fidgety (love that word too)  Blether - talking, basically. So many but I've probably bored you enough.There's been words that I've always assumed to be standard English only to be told they're not like outwith or chap(when talking about knocking on a door) and there's others I've always thought were Scots but turned out not to be like dilly-dally - another word I love.Words are good, I like words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 My Great Nan used to say bally instead of bloody. As in "Oh I can't be doing with the bally TV" I've never heard anyone else use this word, and was always stumped by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 I love any old-fashioned - kerfuffle in particular, mullarkey, anything along those lines. Â Shenanigans would fall into this category. Makes me smile any time I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Dillydally really is an amazing little word, especially when spouted from the mouth of D Double E as it feels so wrong but works perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladiesman345 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Shoogle is a great word. I also like the sound of Strathbungo, an area of Glasgow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members stumobir Posted March 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted March 24, 2017 Favourite place name's have to be Ecclefechan or Auchtermuchty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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