o/t interesting words of the English Language

I've always loved the word "Ubiquitous", even remember where I learned it. High school in Caracas, Venezuela. Same goes with "Myriad". Reminds me of this, and brought more to light with the recent passing of the great Robin Williams...

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One word that should be introduced into the English vocubulary is "gruntled". After all if someone can be disgruntled why not the opposite?

 

And 'ruth' as well ......... people are often called ruthless so why can't you have ruth?

 

This might just be me but does anybody have like a screensaver phrase or song that they revert to pretty much every day when they're just idling at some point?

I was watching a Russell Brand stand up DVD a couple of years ago and he has the same thing, his is "I'd rather have a bowl of coco pops".

I have a line from Green Day's Good Riddance "Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial".

Makes me really buy into the theory that we only use a very small percentage of our brain.

 

I believe your theory is a self fulfilling prophesy that's proven with a very large percentage of your posts

My byword is 'nothing stays the same' .......... once you accept that you can cope with anything that comes your way.

 

FFS I'm put my foot in it more times today than Malky Mackay at an equality convention.

 

Sackless -no idea of it's origins -if any - but love it

 

Sackless, love it

 

a couple words I like:
Borborygmus -The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine would say it belongs in the Onomatopoeic group?

and
Gambrinous -a belly full of beer - quite pleasing to say when I drink one of my favourite Czech beers Gambrinus

would like to put 2 words together sometime in a sentence sometime - if I'm sober enough

 

Typical musician ...... drinking & farting

One of my favourite Latin based words is 'Homunculus' which is a posh word for dwarf ....
... I've only ever said it during arguments in pubs for some reason

 

guttersnipe
gobbledegook
perambulate

 

great word - to me it sounds and reads like a word that would have the complete opposite meaning too

 

'Cad and bounder' is a great phrase/expression. Cavalier, rogue are other good ones.

The more banal ones which I appreciate in everyday use are ****wit (incredibly idioti), bell-end (idiot) and fanny (an idiot who is 'a bit wet round the ears').

Tardy, futile, homogenous, necrophilia, despicable, dumbfounded, moronic, monosyllabic, moustachioed, hirsuit, anus, carcinogenic.

there's loads of great words we just don't get to use.

 

cunnilinctus, now there's a word.

 

Is it a medicine? An unguent perhaps?

 

no it is as it seems..think there are 2 ways of spelling it,

 

Sackless

1. A person who lacks initiative.
2. A person who lacks wherewithal.
3. A person who has no "sack." Lacks braveness, boldness, assertiveness.


1. That Pardew bloke can't seem to make up his mind .
2. That Pardew chap wants to own a Casino, but can't even pay his newspaper bill on time.
3. It's a sackless manager that can't steer his own ship.

 

You cunning linguist.

 

I'd always thought it was just someone who had no common sense
I can broaden my use of it now

And just to join the MR love-in - I'm glad to see you back as well