Nanohedron wrote:"Propinquity". It's the silliest word in the English language after "snood".
I disagree and submit "defenestrate" for your consideration.
I should have qualified that to say I went by the sound of it. "Pro-PINK-qui-tee." "Pro-PINK-qui-tee." Silly, no? "Defenestrate" just doesn't make me laugh.
Snewd.
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Balochi musician
Nanohedron wrote:"Propinquity". It's the silliest word in the English language after "snood".
I disagree and submit "defenestrate" for your consideration.
I should have qualified that to say I went by the sound of it. "Pro-PINK-qui-tee." "Pro-PINK-qui-tee." Silly, no? "Defenestrate" just doesn't make me laugh.
Snewd.
Ah, I see. This is a sound discussion. I've always thought defenestrate was probably the most unlikely word in the English language.
I think gazebo is pretty funny-sounding. And spatula. Bulbous bouffant?
One of our commonest and yet, I think, strangest-sounding words is "black". Repeat it over and over until it's shed of meaning and all you hear is the sound.
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Balochi musician
gonzo914 wrote:They deleted mine, so I'm not playing any more.
It's supposed to be ONE word. So instead of "student nurse" why not try "probie"? Ruth Owen of the Class of 1945,
displays her "probie" uniform.
After six months of probation,
the nurses would receive their
gray-blue checked gingham
dresses and Harper caps.
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Here's a word for you cowtime... three, actually... (or is that 4?) ... "Check your PM's!"
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Location: Bedworth - Coal Pit Fields, exact location not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1950's / early 1960's
Further Comments: A young girl witnessed a man of short stature and dressed in Cavalier clothing carrying a sword. The phantom was surrounded by a green glow and beckoned the child to approach. Her reaction to this is undocumented.
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium. ~ Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.----Seneca
Location: Bedworth - Coal Pit Fields, exact location not known
Type: Haunting Manifestation
Date / Time: Late 1950's / early 1960's
Further Comments: A young girl witnessed a man of short stature and dressed in Cavalier clothing carrying a sword. The phantom was surrounded by a green glow and beckoned the child to approach. Her reaction to this is undocumented.
(Emphasis added.)
It was probably jbarter decked out in his Morris kit and wielding a big stick. The green glow was probably a green beer (for St Patrick's Day) experiment gone horribly wrong.
Giles: "We few, we happy few."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
(that's my kennel name)
