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crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

Jan-12-2007 02:08

Curious if this will work...no big if not. But let's see...

A few years ago there was this thing on public radio in Canada, where listeners would send in their ideas to give a proper name to a thing that, while clearly widespread, had no name as yet.

Eg - the thing you slap down on a grocery check out line to separate your groceries from those of the person in line before/after you?

= condimental divide

the mysterious flabby tissue on the underside of your tricep muscle/upper arm?

= armajello

that guy who puts shorts on three weeks before anyone else in the middle of march?

=Panticipation

Sleuthies, I invite you to post either a perfect term for an un-named phenomena, or a phenomena that needs a name.

I'll throw out a couple of the latter:

What is the term for the feeling of sleuthing with 2 FAs?

What is the term for watching a cell phone conversation between two people who are less than fifty yards away from one another?

What is the term for finding money in an article of clothing you haven't worn in a long time?

What is the term for a case you feel pretty sure you're gonna have to quit the minute you check the crime scene when on an Arch Villain hunt?



Replies

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Jan-13-2007 08:36

A christmas tree decorated with thin potato slices that are baked golden brown and crunchy?


A crispmas tree....

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Jan-13-2007 09:01

A hermaphrodite mollusk......


Does who want to know can always PM me........

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Jan-13-2007 09:07

Those

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Jan-15-2007 20:49

I had a few of these come through my email recently:

TESTICULATING.
Waving your arms around and talking bollocks

ASSMOSIS.
The process by which people seem to absorb success and advancement by sucking up to the boss rather than working hard.

PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE.
The fine art of whacking the hell out of an electronic device to get it to work again.

StrangerDanger
StrangerDanger
Nomad

Jan-16-2007 12:05

I think I got that email SS ;)

If I remember correctly, there was also something in there about an Aussie Kiss. how about that Andrea??? ;)

AndreaX
AndreaX
Thespian

Jan-16-2007 15:30

Hey, I never said I had made it up!

But that was the best pick up line EVER!

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Jan-18-2007 15:11

courtesy of SS:

Having your post deleted because a certain nutty Moderator had Becky fingers when trying to send you a message?

Acci-modded.

nonaddict2
nonaddict2

Jan-18-2007 15:28

having sent many PMs to get nothing in return?

PM-desperate


Jon Smith
Jon Smith
Old Shoe

Jan-18-2007 15:44

Cartate-

Is the deadly Japanese art form of cart pushing the archvillians use
whenever your detective gets to close.

Pseudo
Pseudo
Well-Connected

Jan-20-2007 15:05

What is the term for the feeling of sleuthing with 2 FAs?
Desparetardimaneejit and thankgawdiminanagency.

What is the term for watching a cell phone conversation between two people who are less than fifty yards away from one another?
Redneck? Is that wrong?

What is the term for finding money in an article of clothing you haven't worn in a long time?
Karmavacation!

What is the term for a case you feel pretty sure you're gonna have to quit the minute you check the crime scene when on an Arch Villain hunt?
Shiteluck.




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