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Wanted Words
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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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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?
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BadAss
Charioteer
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Jan-13-2007 08:36
A christmas tree decorated with thin potato slices that are baked golden brown and crunchy?
A crispmas tree....
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BadAss
Charioteer
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Jan-13-2007 09:01
A hermaphrodite mollusk......
Does who want to know can always PM me........
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BadAss
Charioteer
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Jan-13-2007 09:07
Those
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Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer
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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.
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StrangerDanger
Nomad
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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??? ;)
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AndreaX
Thespian
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Jan-16-2007 15:30
Hey, I never said I had made it up!
But that was the best pick up line EVER!
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Serges
Vigilante
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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.
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nonaddict2
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Jan-18-2007 15:28
having sent many PMs to get nothing in return?
PM-desperate
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Jon Smith
Old Shoe
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Jan-18-2007 15:44
Cartate-
Is the deadly Japanese art form of cart pushing the archvillians use
whenever your detective gets to close.
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Pseudo
Well-Connected
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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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