I like words and what better way to start a thread on them than this belter from Susie Dent. @htm_1968 @bmtell
Great word, and instructive of the extent to which attention spans have collapsed - from the whimsical double-barreled âfrobly-moblyâ to the onomatopoeic exhalation that is âmehââŚ
Frobly-mobly
On a related note, Susie Dent is famously nauseated by the word âmoistâ, which as well as asking more questions than it answers, means that she suffers from a mild form of âonomatophobiaâ or fear of specific words.
Questionable psychological phenomena that they are, phobias are a goldmine for lexicologists, formed as they usually are by tortuously convoluting assorted Greek and Latin roots into awkward chimaeras, such as âhexakosioihexekontahexaphobiaâ - which is alleged to represent fear of the number 666âŚ
My daughter is similarly repulsed by âmoistâ. Itâs a banned word around her.
Hmmmm, plans to slip that into a conversation at work
Supposedly itâs the most disliked word in the English-speaking world.
Can I get two days off work with it?
You probably could at my place
Prolly deserve a day off just for mastering its pronunciation!
Iâm lucky enough to have been raised in a community of Greek speakers. Tying together multiple syllables becomes second nature.
Itâs just English I struggle with
Futtock \Fu"ttock, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.)
One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form
the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the
crooked transverse timbers passing across and over the keel.
I like this word, mainly because it rhymes with buttock.
My Mrs hates the word âportionâ. Thereâs always a sharp intake of breath followed by âyou mean helpingâ
I mean reallyâŚwtf?
Portion = large
âTelevisionâ The word is half-Greek, half-Latin. No good can come of it âŚ
Attributed to C P Scott (1846-1932)
He didnât grumble, in public at least, about heterosexual and homosexual though.
VB
Resilience- Hate it!
Iâm with Jimâs missus on this one.
I like the origin of Nottingham.
âWhen it fell under the rule of a Saxon chieftain named Snot it became known as âSnotingahamâ; the homestead of Snotâs people (-inga = the people of; -ham = homestead)â
Snot is funny.