mighty_tiger_79 wrote:This thread reminds me of a caller to the overnight talk show probably over 10yrs ago, Graham from Yankalilla and he would ring up with words like these. Always good to try and broaden your vocabulary, but my problem is remembering them all....
My problem is remembering the name of the bloke I met yesterday for work..... a bloke I met 25 years ago is not a problem.... feck getting older!
1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015.... And don't you forget it!
Craquelure - noun - a network of fine cracks or crackles on the surface of a painting, caused chiefly by shrinkage of paint film.
"..She made more coffee and ate sitting on the sofa, looking closely at the craquelure that the ageing process, exposure to light and movement of the wooden support had inevitably inflicted on the painted surface..."
Booney wrote:Craquelure - noun - a network of fine cracks or crackles on the surface of a painting, caused chiefly by shrinkage of paint film.
"..She made more coffee and ate sitting on the sofa, looking closely at the craquelure that the ageing process, exposure to light and movement of the wooden support had inevitably inflicted on the painted surface..."
Booney wrote:Craquelure - noun - a network of fine cracks or crackles on the surface of a painting, caused chiefly by shrinkage of paint film.
"..She made more coffee and ate sitting on the sofa, looking closely at the craquelure that the ageing process, exposure to light and movement of the wooden support had inevitably inflicted on the painted surface..."
Bumbershoot - noun - an umbrella ( Bumber, English facetious name for umbrella and "shoot" short for parachute, so a large umbrella )
buhm-ber-shoot
( For HH3 )
"...Considering that he presented nearly two linebackers' worth of surface area to the rain, he would have needed a bumbershoot the size of a beach umbrella to shelter himself completely...."
Portmanteau - noun - a word made by putting parts of two words together. ie - Brunch ( breakfast / lunch ) porht-man-toh
"Portmanteaus, or “blends”, according to Ian Roberts, linguistics professor at the University of Cambridge, have been around for more than a century. They exist "mainly as a journalistic fad"—to describe a phenomenon to a mass audience. For example, the word “smog” was first coined in 1905 by one Dr H.A des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society to describe the smoky fog, or “smog”, prevalent in British cities."
Booney wrote:Portmanteau - noun - a word made by putting parts of two words together. ie - Brunch ( breakfast / lunch ) porht-man-toh
"Portmanteaus, or “blends”, according to Ian Roberts, linguistics professor at the University of Cambridge, have been around for more than a century. They exist "mainly as a journalistic fad"—to describe a phenomenon to a mass audience. For example, the word “smog” was first coined in 1905 by one Dr H.A des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society to describe the smoky fog, or “smog”, prevalent in British cities."
And for all this time I thought it was something to do with blokes wearing thongs at Alberton Oval.
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
Booney wrote:Portmanteau - noun - a word made by putting parts of two words together. ie - Brunch ( breakfast / lunch ) porht-man-toh
"Portmanteaus, or “blends”, according to Ian Roberts, linguistics professor at the University of Cambridge, have been around for more than a century. They exist "mainly as a journalistic fad"—to describe a phenomenon to a mass audience. For example, the word “smog” was first coined in 1905 by one Dr H.A des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society to describe the smoky fog, or “smog”, prevalent in British cities."
And for all this time I thought it was something to do with blokes wearing a thong at Alberton Oval.
Booney wrote:Portmanteau - noun - a word made by putting parts of two words together. ie - Brunch ( breakfast / lunch ) porht-man-toh
"Portmanteaus, or “blends”, according to Ian Roberts, linguistics professor at the University of Cambridge, have been around for more than a century. They exist "mainly as a journalistic fad"—to describe a phenomenon to a mass audience. For example, the word “smog” was first coined in 1905 by one Dr H.A des Voeux of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society to describe the smoky fog, or “smog”, prevalent in British cities."
And for all this time I thought it was something to do with blokes wearing a thong at Alberton Oval.
If that's a reference to saucy knickers, then the term should be a 'Portman-No!'
"Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there...and finding it." - Oscar Wilde
