A Thread of Words

[Bionic Jean]

Laura - that's a fantastic word! It kind of changes culture halfway through!

How about flibbertigibbet?

[Shirley]

Have we had discombobulated? I like that word, I must try and use it more!

[LauraT]

I had to look both in the dictionary!!!

[Amber]

I like inconceivable too. They use that word a lot in "The Princess Bride" movie! :)

[Shirley]

Jean wrote: "Laura - that's a fantastic word! It kind of changes culture halfway through!

How about flibbertigibbet?"

Jean, I'm sure my Grandma called me that when I was little!

[Bionic Jean]

Oooo I like discombobulated :D

[LauraT]

Scombussolata! Also a nice italian word!!!!

[Shirley]

LauraT wrote: "Scombussolata! Also a nice italian word!!!!"

Which means..?

[LauraT]

I think Discombombulated, if I got it right!!! ;)

[Shirley]

LauraT wrote: "I think Discombombulated, if I got it right!!! ;)"

Wow, excellent in both languages, wonder what it is in German?

[Jenny]

Not half as satisfying to pronounce unfortunately: 'verworren' or 'verwirrt'

[LauraT]

Nice anyway!

[Shirley]

Jenny wrote: "Not half as satisfying to pronounce unfortunately: 'verworren' or 'verwirrt'"

Ha ha, knew you would be unable to resist, Jenny!

[Alannah]

Flabbergast has always been a funny word for me.

[Jenny]

Shirley wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Not half as satisfying to pronounce unfortunately: 'verworren' or 'verwirrt'"

Ha ha, knew you would be unable to resist, Jenny!"

Lol, yes I miserably failed to show some reticence didn't I? (plus it revealed that I am truly sitting here with a pen and a paper waiting for you all to just name one brilliant word after the other ;)

[Amber]

The scoundrel has been waiting for us to start listing down words for her! It's inconceivable! LOL.

[LauraT]

"Pfui die Deutchen" sagt Rudolf Otto Wiemer

[Jenny]

LOL!!

[Shirley]

Amber wrote: "The scoundrel has been waiting for us to start listing down words for her! It's inconceivable! LOL."

Lol

[Bionic Jean]

LOL Amber!! You sound very English there!

"Scombussolata" - oh that just sounds to me like a very rich dessert... with dark chocolate and lashings of whipped cream...

[Amber]

^_^ I think I would sound weird with an English accent. When I talk, I sound southern. LOL.

[Shirley]

Amber wrote: "^_^ I think I would sound weird with an English accent. When I talk, I sound southern. LOL."

You did sound English, Amber, that made me laugh! Do you sound like a female Forrest Gump then?

[Amber]

^_^ I dunno. LOL. I'm glad I made you laugh though Shirley.

[Leslie]

Shirley wrote: "Amber wrote: "^_^ I think I would sound weird with an English accent. When I talk, I sound southern. LOL."

You did sound English, Amber, that made me laugh! Do you sound like a female Forrest Gump..."

It's the use of the word 'scoundrel' which strikes us all as being so English, I think! But what made me laugh was the 'It's inconceivable!'

"I do not think that word means what you think it means." :-D

[Amber]

LOL. Yeah, I just got that word from the Princess Bride Leslie. ^_^

[Agata]

Gallivanting is a great word, I've just come across it in a book I'm reading :-)

[Holly]

I can't remember this word for the life of me, and I really want to use it in a creative writing piece I'm doing. Is there a world for like keeping an item because it has many memories? I swear the word begins with C...

I want to put it in this context:
A little red, hippo toy sits on desk, looking happily out into space, black eyes showing no focus. His slightly tattered red fabric enlaced with memories, kept out of [insert word here]

It's really bugging me!

[Bionic Jean]

Now that's a word which, like Shirley, I remember being used VERY disapprovingly, as an accusation. "She's been out gallivanting!" (or "gallivanting about") Never used of me though, naturally :D

[Bionic Jean]

Holly - can't think of one beginning with "c". How about "sentiment" or "nostalgia"?

[Holly]

Sentiment is the word! I kind of begins with C.... ;)

Thank you so much Jean!

[Bionic Jean]

LOL Holly!

[LauraT]

BIg problems for english spelling! For us if it beginns with C it begins with C!!!!

[Leslie]

Just came across a good word - nugatory (like most of my conversation!)

[Amber]

I saw one while reading little women tonight called disapprobation. It means strong disapproval on moral grounds. :-) found it very interesting.

[LauraT]

Leslie wrote: "Just came across a good word - nugatory (like most of my conversation!)"

No chit chat is ever "nugatory" Leslie!!!!!

[Bionic Jean]

Amber - you won't find any disapprobation here! We all behave ourselves impeccably!

How about "fuddy-duddy"? That's a nice-sounding one - I found myself writing it in a review yesterday. And now, every time an unusual word pops into my head I think of this thread. Thanks, Jenny. (I think...)

[LauraT]

About composed words in english I love "topsy turvy"

[Jenny]

What is that Laura?

[Amber]

Cool jean. :-)

[Charbel]

Suprachiasmatic nucleus! Sorry couldn't help myself, it's just one of my favourite words (even though it's actually two words)! I also like "acetylcholine".

[Leslie]

LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Just came across a good word - nugatory (like most of my conversation!)"

No chit chat is ever "nugatory" Leslie!!!!!"

:) thanks!

Jenny - topsy-turvy means all mixed up, in utter confusion (first used in 1528!)

[Jenny]

LOL, to me it sounds like a word that wears pink lipgloss. I would have imagined it to mean something different somehow!

[Leslie]

terve was old English for bottom or heel, so tops-terve (which eventually turned into topsy-turvy) meant head over heels. Etiomology lesson for today is concluded :P

[Bionic Jean]

Charbel - I think you may have given us a great big hint as to what you're studying! Some day I might meet you when I visit my neurosurgeon...

How about flip-flop? Another onomatopoeic word.

[Charbel]

Jean wrote: "Charbel - I think you may have given us a great big hint as to what you're studying! Some day I might meet you when I visit my neurosurgeon...

How about flip-flop? Another onomatopoeic word."

Fingers crossed, Jean! I'm still pre-med, and I still have a long way to go.

[Bionic Jean]

Fingers firmly crossed! It's a tough road you've chosen Charbel, but a worthwhile one too. I admire all those who pursue a medical career :)

[Charbel]

:)

[LauraT]

Jenny wrote: "What is that Laura?"

Upsidedown!

[Chatterjak]

I love this thread! My favourite medical term when I was studying was tensor fasciae latae - which is a muscle in the leg, but I couldn't hear it without it making me think of some sort of fancy coffee! I still think of it as the coffee muscle! Ilio tibial band also rolls off the tongue in a pleasing way - can you tell I was a bit of a nerd for anatomy?! Last one I promise (I loved this!) - I was delighted to discover that 'heart strings' are an anatomical fact rather than just a figure of speech - their anatomical name is Chordae tendineae
- I just thought that was really cute. I do realise I'm probably quite odd like that!!
Loving all these words and terms! Keep them coming!

[LauraT]

Chatterjak wrote: "I love this thread! My favourite medical term when I was studying was tensor fasciae latae - which is a muscle in the leg, but I couldn't hear it without it making me think of some sort of fancy co..."

And what about Iliopsoas?