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I have come to detest the word “golfing.” One does not “go golfing.” One “plays golf.”
"Amazing what a minute can do."
I met an adolescent Golden Lab on my walk this morning and was reminded of a word my dad often used to describe dogs and youngsters.
Rambunctious
synecdoche - a word I have seen many times and never bothered to look-up until today...
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, as in Cleveland won by six runs (meaning “Cleveland's baseball team”).
I remember Dad making an adamant statement ....followed by...” without any EQUAVATION”!!
😂🥃...still makes me smile
Aha, the thread is back! The Ymm, Pies and Ymm, Cakes threads have made me think a lot about one of my favorite words:
Scrumptious
Here's one I heard today that I had not heard in some time.
fop - a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way; a dandy
Personally, I love the word "ophicleide". I don't love the sound of the instrument, and I don't have much occasion to use the word, but it's a good word. And for those reading the other thread, the proper pronounciation is "AW-ful, Clyde!"
If it hasn't been listed already: fatuous. If it has, I still find it quite applicable.
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Toad.
While I'm on it, what's with the words where c's are pronounced like k's? gh's and ph's pronounced like f's? silent k's? c's before k's to make the k sound?
I like a lot of Australian words (shocker).
Wombat
Didgeridoo
Wallaby
Chunder
Bruce and Sheila
Fair dinkum
Vapid.
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I will call someone out for being sesquipedalian if it fits. Given to using overly long words. Such a great word: Latin for "one and a half foot long" and it describes itself. If you use it, you are it. How perfect is that?
On the subject of fops and dandies, may I present one of my favorite Simpsons gags of all time:
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