YLTO!! Glossing the Glossary

[Janice, Moderator]

Sounds like a perfect word to me, Lanelle.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I may use that one in my work day. Thanks Lanelle!

[Mariab]

Not very glossy, but funny: speak/write like a scurvy pirate:

http://postlikeapirate.com/

[Sandra, Moderator]

Hardyharhar!

[Almeta]

Mariab wrote: "Not very glossy, but funny: speak/write like a scurvy pirate:

http://postlikeapirate.com/"

Shiver me timbers!

[Mariab]

:-))))

[Janice, Moderator]

Where's the rum?

[Tejas Janet]

Stop bleeding the monkey. Batten down the hatches. There's a storm comin', mates!

[jaxnsmom]

Another thing I learned from my books this week:

8 Ways to say "Yay!" like a Scotsman

•Yaldy!
•Belter!
•Get in! (Translation: A goal was scored and I am happy.)
•Ya beauty!
•Wahey!
•Gaun yersel! (Translation: You achieved something exemplary and should be proud.)
•Ya dancer!
•YAAAAAAAASSSSSSSS!

Also,
Taps-Aff or Taps-Oan?

Taps-Aff (Scots Vernacular) Literally "tops off." The removing of one's shirt in the event of warm weather, a phenomenon rarely seen in Glasgow, or keeping them on

[Almeta]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Another thing I learned from my books this week:

8 Ways to say "Yay!" like a Scotsman

Excellent addition! .

[Tejas Janet]

Loving these : )

[Almeta]

Reading After the Armistice Ball set in 1923, which contain many cultural references that are not part of today's lexicon. This one caught my attention.

While two women smoke cigarettes and walk through the gardens, the surly gardener called out "I'll pick up your dog-ends then!"

The "dog-ends" are the cigarette butts that they stamped out on they ground as the moved along.

[Cherie]

I do not think I have ever heard them called "dog-ends" before.

[Almeta]

Cherie wrote: "I do not think I have ever heard them called "dog-ends" before."

Me either, but I like the idea of reviving the phrase. Let's see if I remember the next time I'm at a party. ("I'll empty the ashtray of dog-ends, shall I?")☻

[Sandra, Moderator]

That is a good one, Almeta. :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Precursor to butts?

[Margo]

I think the garderer might have got a smack if he'd called out "I'll pick up your butts then!' lol lol

[Tejas Janet]

Thanks, Almeta. New one for me.

[Almeta]

Margo wrote: "I think the garderer might have got a smack if he'd called out "I'll pick up your butts then!' lol lol"

lol!

[Sarah]

Dog ends is term that I have heard quite often here in England.

[Almeta]

Sarah wrote: "Dog ends is term that I have heard quite often here in England."

Oh?

[Sarah]

Almeta wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Dog ends is term that I have heard quite often here in England."

Oh?"

Yes indeed. Dog ends as a term is reasonably common although cigarette butt is also in use here too. I reckon equally.

[Mariab]

Today I came upon a word I didn't hear before and whose translation didn't ring a bell either:
"Mucilage", which means: "a viscous secretion or bodily fluid" O_0

[Almeta]

Mariab wrote: "Today I came upon a word I didn't hear before and whose translation didn't ring a bell either:
"Mucilage", which means: "a viscous secretion or bodily fluid" O_0"

Yummy!☻

[Sarah]

I've heard it before on tv. It's a sticky substance and more commonly comes from plants. People make a mucilage from say the root of a plant and it's used as food or to form a dough or a glue. I think it was one of the tribe programs I first heard it on. Also in some old medical historical fiction books.

[Lanelle]

I found a new word in the book I'm reading, The Apartment Next Door. It was published almost 100 years ago.

Here's the sentence: She was wondering if the request that had been so unexpectedly made of her would prove to be her way out from her prison of desuetude. Desuetude means disuse, or discontinuance from use or exercise.

[Cherie]

Lanelle wrote: "I found a new word in the book I'm reading, The Apartment Next Door. It was published almost 100 years ago.

Here's the sentence: She was wondering if the request that had been so ..."

I have never seen it before either. Thanks! How is the book?

[Margo]

Lanelle wrote: "I found a new word in the book I'm reading, The Apartment Next Door. It was published almost 100 years ago.

Here's the sentence: She was wondering if the request that had been so ..."

New one on me too!

[Mariab]

Desuetudo. Latin.

[Lanelle]

Cherie wrote: "How is the book?"

The beginning is a bit slow, but I'm enjoying the story.

[Lanelle]

Mariab wrote: "Desuetudo. Latin."

Are you familiar with the word, Mariab?

[Mariab]

Lanelle wrote: "Mariab wrote: "Desuetudo. Latin."

Are you familiar with the word, Mariab?"

Yes, I am.

[Lanelle]

The odd word of the day comes from Georgette Heyer's Black Sheep: "...none of the Bath quidnuncs knew anything about it."

quidnunc - a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip; a gossip or busybody

[Kristie, Moderator]

Lanelle wrote: "The odd word of the day comes from Georgette Heyer's Black Sheep: "...none of the Bath quidnuncs knew anything about it."

quidnunc - a person who is eager to know th..."

That's a new one to me! Interesting word.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

That's a scrabble winner!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yes!!! 😂😂

[Lanelle]

If I had seen the word by itself, I would have sworn it is made up :)

[Margo]

I would have assumed it was a typo! Very interesting Lanelle.

[Cherie]

I am reading a Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series book, and just came across a word I cannot ever recall seeing before. The word is ratiocination. Here is how it is used in the text: "With Russell safely retired to the lake house for another thirty-six hours, Holmes was free to sit amongst his cushions behind closed curtains and drink his morning coffee in solitude, rising as much of a stink as he wished with the black and reeking tobacco he preferred for times of ".

Definition of ratiocination. 1 : the process of exact thinking : reasoning. 2 : a reasoned train of thought.

and another usage:

Take your time and think things through logically. That's what it means to use ratiocination to solve a problem.

I have been reading Sherlock Holmes stories for years and years. I know from Doyle's cannon and other author's stories about him, that he liked gather up all the cushions from the couch and chairs and sit amongst them smoking his pipe while he thought over a problem, or he would sit in his chair, with his knees drawn up smoking his pipe, but I cannot ever recall seeing that word. Anyone else?

I found this when I was searching.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .... "Ratiocination", a term Poe used to describe Dupin's method, is the process by which Dupin detects what others have ...

[Sandra, Moderator]

I came across a word a didn't know today in GONE WITH THE WIND. It might be common for English speakers but I've never heard/read it before: insouciance, meaning indifference, lack of concern.

[Renee]

I know that word. I learned it indirectly from Gone With The Wind.

I took an independent reading class in High School. Every Friday the teacher would have a contest. It was called Stump your classmates.
We would take a word from the book we were reading. Learn its definition. We would take turns answering what we thought words were. It was like a Spelling Bee. I almost won once. The word that beat me was insouciance from Gone With the Wind.

Frankly my dear I did give a dam. LOL

[Sandra, Moderator]

Lol, Renee. Have to bring back good memories. ;)

[Renee]

It did. That class was an amazing class. The teacher was very creative. Her teaching helped enhance my love of books.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Oh, those are the best teachers. We find them less often that it would be desirable, though.