Comments on: A post for all the epeoloatrists

A post for all the epeoloatrists

Kattullus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:45:54 -0800

Do you know what you would see a hypothecary about? Have stared down into a joola? Ever come across a jigget of sheep? Has someone called you a slubberdegullion to your face? Learn these and many more words from blogger Robin Bloor's fun 10 Words You Don't Know series of posts. Perhaps the most entertaining is the one where Bloor provides explanatory limericks with his definitions.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:46:43 -0800

I'd love to learn the etymology of kalling if anyone can provide it.

By: elizardbits

elizardbits — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:58:11 -0800

Bah. No definition/explanation for "ye thrawn, ill-feckit gaberlunzie"? I am bereft.

By: garnetgirl

garnetgirl — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:06:18 -0800

Ha~ Check out the 10 IT Words You Don't Know. Anybody want to go Googlewhacking? We should see if we Mefites can learn them all and use them on Metafiilter. We can become our own subculture! Oh wait . . . already did that. :-)

By: Mblue

Mblue — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:12:54 -0800

Recipriversexclusons.

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:15:36 -0800

The problem with using uncommon (swear) words is that the receiving party doesn't get the full force of your feelings. This is also a problem when swearing in a language not understood by the other party. Sure, you might feel better for it, but they'll be oblivious, confused, or annoyed for not understanding your taunts. But I guess these are great resources for cursing word nerds.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:15:56 -0800

Hmm it seems we've broken the thing.

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:24:17 -0800

Hmm... it's working for me.

By: misha

misha — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:41:50 -0800

Love this! Generally, when I see a "words you probably don't know" post, I can smugly pat myself on the back for recognizing at least a few, but this time I was flummoxed. Yay, new vocabulary words!

By: BitterOldPunk

BitterOldPunk — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:42:00 -0800

Jentacular -- pertaining to breakfast. Awesome.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:46:09 -0800

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By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:05:57 -0800

Still working fine for me. Though I'm thinking about asking the mods to delete the post if other people report problems.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:10:13 -0800

It comes and goes, I say we leave it up. It's quite entertaining!

By: JeffK

JeffK — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:17:05 -0800

This blog should provide me with hours of xenobombulation. Thanks!

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:17:07 -0800

Slightly unrelated but since the page author's name is Bloor and the post is about word meaning and I miss Toronto... My undergraduate adviser had a funny story about how one of his cousins, who grew up on a reserve, asking him what was this thing that white people did called "Blooring". This is because he had heard Farley Mowat being interviewed on CBC radio and the announcer asked Farley something like what would you like to right now and Farley answered "I would like to go to the corner of Young and Bloor".

By: The World Famous

The World Famous — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:08:41 -0800

I'd love to learn the etymology of kalling if anyone can provide it. I have no cite for this, but I'd be willing to wager it has something to do with the fact that Kale is a type of cabbage.

By: madmethods

madmethods — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:10:21 -0800

Lots of great words in there, but the best word I've learned recently is still lalochezia.

By: Lutoslawski

Lutoslawski — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:10:45 -0800

Xenoglossic!! I love this post.

By: 256

256 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:15:12 -0800

srboisvert: I'm also missing Toronto right now, so I'm inclined to be forgiving. But it's "Yonge" god dammit.

By: DecemberBoy

DecemberBoy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:19:49 -0800

The problem with using uncommon (swear) words is that the receiving party doesn't get the full force of your feelings. There's a great story that Charlie Murphy tells on one of the extras on one of the Chappelle's Show DVDs: there was a guy in Eddie's entourage that loved to call people "moron", which is a word that black people apparently don't often use. One night, someone had opened a barbecue pit outside a club they were at, and they were in line to get some BBQ sausages. Behind the two of them in line was a really scary gang banger and his crew, and there were only two sausages left, which the gang banger saw and realized he wouldn't get one, so it turned into a confrontation. So "moron" guy lets loose on the gang banger with "FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKIN' MORON!", and the only reason they didn't get shot over it was neither the gang banger nor any of his crew knew what "moron" meant.

By: Evilspork

Evilspork — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:03:40 -0800

Perfectly cromulent.

By: SneakyArab

SneakyArab — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:07:13 -0800

My new goal in life has just become integrating jentacular into my everyday vocabulary. Thank you for that.

By: Mike D

Mike D — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:09:02 -0800

Well at least that explains why the French for mortgage is "hypotheque". I had always assumed it to be derived from a classically Gallic shrug from a lender, "Oui, monsieur, hypothetically you may own this house one day but the odds are much better that we will. (*sniff*)".

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:35:50 -0800

No, but I bought some Joola lately

By: kldickson

kldickson — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:29:45 -0800

Is this thread honorificabilitudinitatibus or not honorificabilitudinitatibus?

By: Rumple

Rumple — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:51:43 -0800

I looked up "calling" in the OED but it doesn't have it. It did, however, suggest this word: kallipyg: A person with finely developed buttocks. a1913 F. ROLFE Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) xvii. 178 Some bulgy kallipyg with swung skirts and cardboard waist.

By: litleozy

litleozy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:02:24 -0800

some words deserve to die

By: theredpen

theredpen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:52:52 -0800

Slubberdegullions on squeaky feet . . .