The Word Thread

[ThaFlash]

RIGMAROLE


Every now and then you come across a word you have never heard of and makes you feel stupid when you first hear it. (easy for me)

Rigmarole, a word, perfectly named and hard to inject into a conversation.

I don't like that word.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by ThaFlash

RIGMAROLE


Every now and then you come across a word you have never heard of and makes you feel stupid when you first hear it. (easy for me)

Rigmarole, a word, perfectly named and hard to inject into a conversation.

I don't like that word.

Much rigmarole and palava about very little imho

[zdcol71]

Originally Posted by ThaFlash

RIGMAROLE


Every now and then you come across a word you have never heard of and makes you feel stupid when you first hear it. (easy for me)

Rigmarole, a word, perfectly named and hard to inject into a conversation.

I don't like that word.

My turn, "Dictionary"??

[Moby Vic]

The words are actually 'rigamarole' and 'palaver.'

[Iggypoppin']

Five minutes with a dictionary and all becomes clear.

[Loonar]

Notice how those in the media, footy commentators and it would seem just about everyone else uses (abuses) "absolutely" at the mo'.........

[H.G]

DOUCHE..and all its derivatives
I hate the word.. its retarded.. and its taking over the australian language
and actually makes the peson saying the word look like a DOUCHE! thus making me a DOUCHE.. and the person/s Im calling a DOUCHE not so DOUCHY
its returns its implied meaning on the person making the accusation
stupid stupid word.. I may as well just insult myself.

[supershifty]

Originally Posted by Loonar

Notice how those in the media, footy commentators and it would seem just about everyone else uses (abuses) "absolutely" at the mo'.........

Oh yes! - that is my pet hate, more so when they double up on it. Grrrr!

[lilmattie]

"Yer".. instead of yes, or even yeah!..

It's so yobbo and uneducated. Makes whoever is saying/typing it sound like they're a pot addict.

[H.G]

orh yeh ya rekon... :P

[Chopped]

My 10yo son noticed a comment on a youtube vid. It had the word "fapping" in it. He asked me what "fapping" was and I said I don't know (I didn't).
So he googled it and said "don't worry dad, it just means masturbation" .
My ears pricked up and I tried to change the subject and told him to not to talk about "fapping" at school etc.
Then he said "why can't I say it?, what's masturbation?".....
I said it means when you touch yourself. He said "what's wrong with touching yourself"..... I changed the subject but surely it's too early to explain the true meaning to him.
Damn you internet slang.

[kaniSS]

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[Iggypoppin']

Originally Posted by kaniSS

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What?

[SEZ213]

Originally Posted by H.G

DOUCHE..and all its derivatives
I hate the word.. its retarded.. and its taking over the australian language
and actually makes the peson saying the word look like a DOUCHE! thus making me a DOUCHE.. and the person/s Im calling a DOUCHE not so DOUCHY
its returns its implied meaning on the person making the accusation
stupid stupid word.. I may as well just insult myself.

It's a horrible word...and it's actual meaning is even more horrible... :(

[wrongwaynorris]

A whole bunch of words I have never heard of before and I've been in the industyr for decades .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpnEiOOfu1Q

[NorfyXR6]

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS - felt silly the first time i read it, now i use it in every second sentence... lol haha apparently its the longest word in the dictionary. Sorry, someone had to do it.

[Danny]

I hate the word 'righteous'. Hate it.

Self righteous is fine, but righteous as a term of endearment makes my skin crawl, and I'll be buggered if I know why..

[bazza91]

I may be the only person in the country, but i HATE the word "rank".
if we are talking a military rank, its acceptable, but to use it as a word to describe something disgusting, it kind of makes me sick.

[kaniSS]

Originally Posted by Iggypoppin'

What?

Exactly...

[H.G]

how about the good old aussie YEAH NAH..... I was pulled up on it by a mate of mine from iran.. he loved it.. and now whenever it sneaks its way into my conversation I tend to chuckle to myself..

[Ducati888]

Originally Posted by Sezzy

It's a horrible word...and it's actual meaning is even more horrible... :(

Really?

Douche: A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes.

It's also a word meaning 'shower' in German (Dusche).

[H.G]

Douche usually refers to hoo hoo irrigation, the rinsing of the hoo hoo, but it can also refer to the rinsing of any body cavity. A douche bag is a piece of equipment for douching—a bag for holding the fluid used in douching. To avoid transferring intestinal bacteria into the hoo hoo, the same bag must not be used for an enema and a hoo hoo douche.
fixed

[Iggypoppin']

Thanks for that HG but as a family forum that is just too much information, ok?

[Ducati888]

Yeah that's what I said, without saying "vagina" (giggle giggle)

[MAD]

Originally Posted by Loonar

Notice how those in the media, footy commentators and it would seem just about everyone else uses (abuses) "absolutely" at the mo'.........

Something I've noticed about footy commentators is that they tend to purposely use large words, or exaggerated full length names, to make themselves seem more intelligent.


I met a guy recently that finishes just about every sentence with "etc, etc", "And so forth", "and everything else", or "and that sort of thing".

[Moby Vic]

My boss has started using the word "cycles" in place of "time."

"Do you have any cycles available today?"

I've also heard him use "solution" in place of "solve."

"Well, that solutions that."

[hawkgirl]

"moving forward"

i hear them using this at work & honestly I just want to smack them.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by NorfyXR6

PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS - felt silly the first time i read it, now i use it in every second sentence... lol haha apparently its the longest word in the dictionary. Sorry, someone had to do it.

I bid Antidisestablishmentarianism

[pursuit2359]

My pet hate: adding "-wise" to the end of a word. Examples: job-wise and strategy-wise. Tom Harley seems to like strategy-wise a lot - I'm waiting for him to start using it in connection with psychology, as in "psycho-wise".

[MWTB]

A lot of my Facebook friends have taken to saying 'whose' out of context. For example, 'whose free tonight'.

Grammar costs nothing.