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Title: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Devlyn on April 23, 2012, 08:51:41 PM
Post by: Devlyn on April 23, 2012, 08:51:41 PM
All the _og words. It's easy to see what sounds cavepeople liked! Also catgut is a funny one. Hugs, Devlyn
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Felix on April 23, 2012, 09:13:30 PM
Post by: Felix on April 23, 2012, 09:13:30 PM
Opisthotonos is my favorite word to say. Funny, it doesn't come up much.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 01:11:45 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 01:11:45 AM
I like "brouhaha" and "hullabaloo."
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 01:29:51 AM
Post by: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 01:29:51 AM
Since being on Susan's, I've learned I like "Piffle!", said with a snort.
I also like "shindig", as in, "Let's get this shindig on the road!"
I also like "shindig", as in, "Let's get this shindig on the road!"
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 01:46:27 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 01:46:27 AM
Quote from: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 01:29:51 AM
Since being on Susan's, I've learned I like "Piffle!", said with a snort.
I also like "shindig", as in, "Let's get this shindig on the road!"
A disdainful snort!
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 01:49:27 AM
Post by: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 01:49:27 AM
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 01:51:15 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 01:51:15 AM
Quote from: Felix on April 23, 2012, 09:13:30 PM
Opisthotonos is my favorite word to say. Funny, it doesn't come up much.
I had to look that one up.
Sounds painful.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 03:25:59 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 03:25:59 AM
Always wondered about catgut, it was usually made from sheep gut.
And that's not piffle
And that's not piffle
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 03:46:12 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 03:46:12 AM
Quote from: Cindy James on April 24, 2012, 03:25:59 AM
Always wondered about catgut, it was usually made from sheep gut.
And that's not piffle
Folderol and fiddle-de-dee
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 04:18:55 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 04:18:55 AM
Hmm fiddling with yourself again.
Not healthy for marble, it might make you suffer retinohypothalamic deterioration. And a sore wrist
Not healthy for marble, it might make you suffer retinohypothalamic deterioration. And a sore wrist
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 04:23:49 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 04:23:49 AM
The funny thing about marble genitalia is you can keep it up for two thousand years, no problem. But along comes a little earthquake, and it can fall right off!
"You can say 'prick' on television. If it happens to your finger it's alright. You can prick your finger, just don't finger your prick." - George Carlin
"You can say 'prick' on television. If it happens to your finger it's alright. You can prick your finger, just don't finger your prick." - George Carlin
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: justmeinoz on April 24, 2012, 04:48:32 AM
Post by: justmeinoz on April 24, 2012, 04:48:32 AM
Ossicles.
Epitoke.
Graptolite.
Sipunculan.
Biology is full of them.
Epitoke.
Graptolite.
Sipunculan.
Biology is full of them.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 04:54:24 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 04:54:24 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 04:23:49 AM
The funny thing about marble genitalia is you can keep it up for two thousand years, no problem. But along comes a little earthquake, and it can fall right off!
"You can say 'prick' on television. If it happens to your finger it's alright. You can prick your finger, just don't finger your prick." - George Carlin
I've always wondered about playing with marbles
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 05:14:23 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 05:14:23 AM
Quote from: justmeinoz on April 24, 2012, 04:48:32 AM
Ossicles.
Epitoke.
Graptolite.
Sipunculan.
Biology is full of them.
I wrote a term paper about graptolites for my invertebrate paleontology class
~ 30 years ago!
The prof liked my illustrations so much (hand drawn and inked from the lab specimens), he kept copies of them. I don't think he was quite as impressed with the text of the paper...
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 05:16:47 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 24, 2012, 05:16:47 AM
A living fossil?
Sorry Sis ;D
Sorry Sis ;D
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Sephirah on April 24, 2012, 05:46:02 AM
Post by: Sephirah on April 24, 2012, 05:46:02 AM
Verisimilitude.
I like that word.
Also - masticate. I like that purely because of one time I said that enjoying a good meal involves mastication, the person I was speaking to told me, in all seriousness, that it would make me go blind.
I like that word.
Also - masticate. I like that purely because of one time I said that enjoying a good meal involves mastication, the person I was speaking to told me, in all seriousness, that it would make me go blind.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:05:12 PM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:05:12 PM
Quote from: Axélle-Michélle on April 24, 2012, 07:48:01 AM
Penectomy as in Appendectomy... somewhat further down though >:-)
or how about tit-cuffs as in braseriers, not to be mixed up with hand-cuffs...
Axélle
There is no reason that they can not go together.
Auntie Cindy is living proof. ;)
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:06:03 PM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:06:03 PM
Quote from: Sephirah on April 24, 2012, 05:46:02 AM
Verisimilitude.
I like that word.
Also - masticate. I like that purely because of one time I said that enjoying a good meal involves mastication, the person I was speaking to told me, in all seriousness, that it would make me go blind.
I like your post.
It is pithy.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 02:12:48 PM
Post by: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 02:12:48 PM
Quote from: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:06:03 PM
I like your post.
It is pithy.
I get pithy thometimes...
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:16:00 PM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:16:00 PM
Quote from: Cindy James on April 24, 2012, 05:16:47 AM
A living fossil?
Sorry Sis ;D
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftheartfulamoeba.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F04%2Fgraptolite_TetragraptusfruticosusBendigonian_wiki_pd.jpg&hash=95e325e902d33380dbe48d4ab7b5526eceac165e)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frawlings.id.au%2Fthefossilhunter%2FSites%2FBullengarook%2Fimages%2Fgrap2ohi.gif&hash=c206fc2ae0269c99ffa8097f47f8ede02afd2aee)
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uky.edu%2FKGS%2Feducation%2Fimages%2Ford_grapt1.jpg&hash=7403b9400e80816e7b63d0b2a56a198169ef9dc7)
Gone for 440 million years :'(
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:17:38 PM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:17:38 PM
Quote from: Beth Andrea on April 24, 2012, 02:12:48 PM
I get pithy thometimes...
Tell your orthodondist you need to get tight.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Constance on April 24, 2012, 02:41:18 PM
Post by: Constance on April 24, 2012, 02:41:18 PM
I've always liked the word lummox. It even sounds like what it describes.
Antediluvian and apocryphal are great words for describing old leftovers in the fridge.
Antediluvian and apocryphal are great words for describing old leftovers in the fridge.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:53:35 PM
Post by: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:53:35 PM
Quote from: Connie Anne on April 24, 2012, 02:41:18 PM
I've always liked the word lummox. It even sounds like what it describes.
Antediluvian and apocryphal are great words for describing old leftovers in the fridge.
Antediluvian = "before the flood"
That is an old leftover!
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: AbraCadabra on April 26, 2012, 02:57:33 AM
Post by: AbraCadabra on April 26, 2012, 02:57:33 AM
- negligible, (some might argue to spelling it: neglishable...)
- discombobulated, :) by the above?
sibylline, well, you go tell... what it all means, looking into your tea-leaves and no need to get
- asinine, about it either.
Axélle
- discombobulated, :) by the above?
sibylline, well, you go tell... what it all means, looking into your tea-leaves and no need to get
- asinine, about it either.
Axélle
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 03:05:30 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 03:05:30 AM
Fahrvergnügen
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Cindy on April 26, 2012, 03:38:10 AM
Post by: Cindy on April 26, 2012, 03:38:10 AM
Just to show my age
Wireless.
So many different meanings over many years :laugh: :laugh:
Wireless.
So many different meanings over many years :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 03:53:44 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 03:53:44 AM
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radioblvd.com%2Fhampix%2FMagicDials.jpg&hash=6f075fd4522512dd7430e7c010429c396d7527c3)
"I believe they're sending CQD"
"I believe they're sending CQD"
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: AbraCadabra on April 26, 2012, 04:18:52 AM
Post by: AbraCadabra on April 26, 2012, 04:18:52 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 03:05:30 AM
Fahrvergnügen
Well, if you insist... "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän"
Considered as one of those slightly 'longer words'. Google it :)
Axelle
PS: and *I* can even say it! Clever chick, eh?
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 04:45:23 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 04:45:23 AM
Donau dampfschiff fahrtsgesellschafts kapitän
Danube - steam ship - ?? - captain
Fahrvergnügen was used in a popular series of Volkswagen television commercials in America several years ago.
Danube - steam ship - ?? - captain
Fahrvergnügen was used in a popular series of Volkswagen television commercials in America several years ago.
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: AbraCadabra on April 26, 2012, 04:48:14 AM
Post by: AbraCadabra on April 26, 2012, 04:48:14 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 04:45:23 AM
Donau dampfschiff fahrtsgesellschafts kapitän
Danube - steam ship - ?? - captain
Fahrvergnügen was used in a popular series of Volkswagen television commercials in America several years ago.
?? = Compy :) easy, eh?
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Edge on April 26, 2012, 05:34:31 AM
Post by: Edge on April 26, 2012, 05:34:31 AM
Pantaloons
This is a name rather than a word, but it can fit right? Some parents in Sweden tried to name their kid Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116. It is pronounced "Albin."
This is a name rather than a word, but it can fit right? Some parents in Sweden tried to name their kid Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116. It is pronounced "Albin."
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 05:45:35 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 05:45:35 AM
Quote from: Axélle-Michélle on April 26, 2012, 04:48:14 AM
?? = Compy :) easy, eh?
I know the other words because of my experience with ships, but "fahrtsgesellschafts" is unknown to me.
fahren =? to go
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Sephirah on April 26, 2012, 08:42:19 AM
Post by: Sephirah on April 26, 2012, 08:42:19 AM
I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned this but:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Epic word. ;D
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Epic word. ;D
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Constance on April 26, 2012, 09:10:47 AM
Post by: Constance on April 26, 2012, 09:10:47 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on April 24, 2012, 02:53:35 PMYeah, that and, "We've got some leftovers of apocryphal origin."
Antediluvian = "before the flood"
That is an old leftover!
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 10:31:59 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 10:31:59 AM
Quote from: Sephirah on April 26, 2012, 08:42:19 AM
I'm surprised someone hasn't already mentioned this but:
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
Epic word. ;D
Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Sephirah on April 26, 2012, 10:54:46 AM
Post by: Sephirah on April 26, 2012, 10:54:46 AM
Quote from: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 10:31:59 AM
Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniosis
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 11:00:34 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 11:00:34 AM
Quote from: Sephirah on April 26, 2012, 10:54:46 AM
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
It is easier to say "P45"!
Title: Re: Funny/strange words.
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 11:37:09 AM
Post by: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 11:37:09 AM
Two words I remember from high school English class, all those years ago ... Mrs. Snead would be so proud :)
Onomatopoeia - a word that suggests its own origin, such as animal noises (i.e. moo, meow, ruff-ruff)
Portmanteau - a combination of two or more words to form a new word, such as "camcorder" or "gerrymander"
Onomatopoeia - a word that suggests its own origin, such as animal noises (i.e. moo, meow, ruff-ruff)
Portmanteau - a combination of two or more words to form a new word, such as "camcorder" or "gerrymander"