FLY2 10,108 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Blimey Lizzie, it's a bit early for resurrecting the old grey matter ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Actually, I think there's more, but they're botanical terms derived from Latin I presume. Do they count ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 I also think there are more than two. Two would be a little abstemious! 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,419 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 One could be facetious and facetiously mention Ms Sparrows word 'abstemious' but that would possibly be a little affectious... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,139 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 I bet you looked it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 It's reassuring to see that some of us still speak and understand proper English ! Well done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,419 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 Think about it. We were given two, facetious and abstemious. Simply adding ly to the ends gives two more though I thought of using the second only after I pressed send. The word affectious I use occasionally, usually in the form of an insult... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Brew said: One could be facetious and facetiously mention Ms Sparrows word 'abstemious' but that would possibly be a little affectious... Or even affectatious...dare one say? 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Dark Angel said: (Whilst avoiding the twerp with the camera.) It's a very long time since I have heard the word "twerp". I will now embark on a crusade to re-establish its use. It is a very useful descriptive word Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Oztalgian said: It's a very long time since I have heard the word "twerp" Totally without education, respect or personality. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,150 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 Thank you for my education Oldphil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,296 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 3 hours ago, oldphil said: Totally without education, respect or personality. I've never heard that before either, I just thought it was slang for an idiot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,139 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 I don’t think that’s right. Someone has just invented the phrase to fit the acronym. There is no dictionary evidence to support it. It goes way back in time and no specific origin of the word can be found. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 It's a long time since I heard it , but it was common in the 60's. Can't remember the next level up and down but TWERP wasn't a particularly offensive term. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 Blimey.....Crickey....and Twerp.........don't care where they came from,,but they are lovely old words that remind me of me dear old Dad and Granddads,,,their way of swearing............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,139 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 Blimey comes from ‘God blind me!’ Crikey is a euphemism for ‘Christ!’ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 My parents (and grandparents) would never swear, so I grew up hearing words like that. They were the polite version of bad language. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,139 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 So called 'bad language' is much more prevalent these days. In real terms they are only words that cause offence solely when directed at a person. I'm sure many of us use expletives as a norm when annoyed. I know I do but my wife never does. Perhaps after being on the factory floor for 25 years it just becomes part of normal conversation. My wife was a teacher so was not subjected to hearing regular swearing and had to put an immediate stop to it when she did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted May 15, 2020 Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 I just called one of my cats Buggerlugs for attacking his brother. One of my mum's 'swear words'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 The shortest sentence is "I am" The longest sentence is " I do" 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,467 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 Trivia. Nothing to do with Nottingham, but might be interesting nevertheless. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/12-old-words-that-survived-by-getting-fossilized-in-idioms?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 Very interesting ..............must have a good 'Lurch' now...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 CT Very interesting post. I love how we use language and also how the meaning of words has changed over the years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted March 20, 2023 Report Share Posted March 20, 2023 The English language has always fascinated me and, partially, for a reason I didn't even recognize until I was in my 20s. I have Colour Grapheme Synaesthesia which, very basically, means that I see letters in colour and, also, words in colour. My sister also has it, to an extent, but not to the same degree that I do, apparently. As children, we were often chided for arguing about the colours of the days of the week instead of going to sleep at night. To me, Monday is brown. To my sister, it's a different colour. I thought everyone saw letters and words in colour, so didn't understand when my parents told us to stop being silly and go to sleep. They didn't have Synaesthesia. My sister's children don't have it,either. When I started school at 4 years old, I tore the alphabet chart from the wall because, I claimed, the colours were all wrong. That brought a telling off (not a good start) and a sideways, perplexed look from the teacher. No one really knows what causes Synaesthesia (and there are many different types) but it is something one is born with. It can be useful because, if I can't think of someone's name, I can often bring it to mind by its colour. I don't often discuss it because,quite honestly, many people think I must be potty. I'm not. Potty is green... And Jill is black! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 Never heard of that before Jill, Jimi Hendrix makes more than once, a similar reference, one on video..he's thinking here.. Suggests a thinking mind, are you musical?? Congrats on your self-diagnosis in your twenties, Age 59.. diagnosed with Autism.. My best mates 'got it' also by my secondary observation, iv'e always found myself drawn to these sought of people.. The old man who gave me Grubby apples, he would have been born about 1870 ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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