Language

[Robusto]

Bone China-ing?
Saucer gargling?

(Sorry).

I quite like concomitant.

[cj121]

Salutary is a word I often thought pompous, but I can see the benefits of using it here and there.

Re Babs Windsor, I thought 'plating' was cunninlingus tbh.

[bnelly]

Egregious is a tricky one for me : used now to mean "outstandingly bad", but comes from a meaning for "distinguished or eminent"

[Drewmidorn]

Salubrious used to bug me.... have it sorted now though! lol

[larrysputnik]

"Befriend"

I thought it meant to become someone's friend and then betray them. But I have never heard it used this way. I guess it either means this and it has been used incorrectly for so long by so many people that it no longer means this anymore, or I am confused (very likely) and it always meant to simply become someone's friend.

My confusion is further demonstrated in my 22 year old old haircut. It expresses the duality of man as thinkers (in this case the scholars who wrote the original definition for "befriend") vs. initiators ( everyday consumers using the word "befriend" to fit their own vocabulary needs). My hair demonstrates this through an attempt to blend conservative and liberal, conformity and rebellion, safety and rock 'n roll, all into one ultimate hairstyle expression. Business in the front gentlemen, party in the back ladies.

[moosekelly]

One of my favourite's is Quixotic. I rarely use it and have a loose understanding of it's meaning but it's a fit for this thread.

[moidoid]

I used to confuse 'ennervated' with 'scintillating'!!!

What a prat. I'm ashamed.

[moidoid]

Pragmatic means that you can be dogmatic about what you believe to be true. Even if it isn't! You see a point and tend to stick to it, often defending yourself if people pull you up on it!

With respect, no it doesn't.

It means finding practical solutions that fit reality rather than sticking to an ideology.

'Ever the pragmatist, Robusto quickly decided that his determination to wear his favourite hat needed to be reconsidered given the high winds buffeting the pier'.

[Robusto]

"BLOVIATE"

I always thought it meant "blow job."

For example - To Bloviate: I would like to get bloviated; how much for a bloviate?

But apparently, it has a different meaning in the Queens Engliz

BJ, BJCoro


I always thought it had something to do with me balls!

I once heard Barbara Windsor on a British chat show use a different term for 'getting a blow-job'.

It was 'getting a plate'.

I have never heard that anywhere else from anyone else.

I have a confused picture in my mind when I think about that expression.

[TJCoro]

I Didn't Do It!

I actually had to look Bloviate up after you accused me of making bloviated posts you sod!

I often use F*ckadoodledoo...can't find it in a dictionary so not sure what it means

WTF! That's what some of the lads said about me, you bloviated bastard!

Are you sure it was me????

Prove it! Link me to the post, Scottie! (chill out mateys. It's a line for Star Trek, you morons.)

BJ, BJCoro

[cohibaIV]

Dogmatic????

[skyhigh]

antidisestablishmentarianism

i mean whats that all about

oh and to hijack the thread abit, lets have some local words ,that are either disappearing or are very localised to certain areas.

eg

willicks - winkles etc( those snot things in shells) could just eat a bag now.

marra - mate

cowies - undercrakers, underpants.

craic - a good talk

Ha'way then marra's lets have a bit a craic about the regional lingos.

[celsis]

Anyone got a term they use or read a lot but don't actually understand?

Mine is PRAGMATIC.

Help me with that, will you?

Pragmatic means that you can be dogmatic about what you believe to be true. Even if it isn't! You see a point and tend to stick to it, often defending yourself if people pull you up on it!

[ChrisMClark]

"BLOVIATE"

I always thought it meant "blow job."

For example - To Bloviate: I would like to get bloviated; how much for a bloviate?

But apparently, it has a different meaning in the Queens Engliz

BJ, BJCoro


I always thought it had something to do with me balls!

I actually had to look Bloviate up after you accused me of making bloviated posts you sod!

I often use F*ckadoodledoo...can't find it in a dictionary so not sure what it means

[TJCoro]

Blow Me!

"BLOVIATE"

I always thought it meant "blow job."

For example - To Bloviate: I would like to get bloviated; how much for a bloviate?

But apparently, it has a different meaning in the Queens Engliz

BJ, BJCoro


I always thought it had something to do with me balls!