Do you know people who use words and don’t know the meaning of them?! *lighthearted*

[PoshestPaws]

I have a friend and work colleague who do this all the time and I would love to point it out and correct them or ask if they know what the words mean.
It would feel rude and patronising to mention it, especially when I’m not perfect and make my own mistakes!

I sometimes pretend I don’t understand (and sometimes I genuinely don’t) when it’s just a sentence of random words that don’t make sense.

I wondered if anyone else knows someone who acts in such a billowing way and if you feel pensive towards them when they are being perpendicular? Do you take a collateral response or just decide it’s not worth being kinetic over it?

I did overhear my colleague once saying she reads a lot which has increased her vocabulary, I wonder if I should buy her a dictionary and thesaurus for Christmas? 😂

An example from earlier today that inspired this thread was my friend saying “I feel a bit convoluted about seeing Ben tonight, I’m not sure if I want to go out or not”
I just replied “that’s understandable” it really isn’t though!

Best one yet!

Yes , I agree.

@BillStickersWillBeProsocuted It might be on a 'It'll be Alright on the Night' video. I seem to recall Denis Norden's voice introducing the clip.

Cross-posted.

Glory hole has been used for cupboards, probably since before it was used for dicks. It's like a faggot was a bundle of sticks, and an offal meatball, probably before it was a nasty homophobic term.

From my Chambers dictionary, edition published in 1972:

Glory-hole: n. a glassmaker's supplementary furnace; a hole for viewing the inside of a furnace; a nook or receptacle for miscellaneous odds and ends; a steward's room on a ship; a hiding-place; an excavation.

Nothing wrong with calling the cupboard under the stairs a glory hole, as it is indeed somewhere we keep miscellaneous odds and ends.

😂😂

Moët et Chandon:

I don’t know much French, but they often pronounce a consonant letter at the end of a word, if the next word starts with a vowel.

@Halfquarterbag ,the name Moët isn't French, it's Dutch.

It's the equivalent of saying Janet as Zhan-ay or Elliot as El-yo.

French wine gets a French name.

@Halfquarterbag It's not the name of a wine, it's a brand name. Krug isn't a French name.
The wine is champagne.

You’ve got a lot of stamina.

I have a lot of patience.