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I've recently discovered a Glorious word. I thought I share and ask for more.

171 replies

GretaGip · 21/07/2023 16:40

Grawlix.

You can f#%£ing thank me by throwing more rare but eminently usable words at me.

OP posts:
upinaballoon · 21/07/2023 22:52

Purveyor - supplier.
A friend described another, both from work, as a purveyor of very good kittens.

ODFOx · 21/07/2023 22:53

LosingTheBelly · 21/07/2023 16:53

I am also a bit of a fan of the more evocative collective nouns.

A murder of crows.

A murder of nuns.

A clouder of cats.

Makes me happy.

A murder of nuns? I can't believe that one.

Hannahsbananas · 21/07/2023 23:12

ODFOx · 21/07/2023 22:53

A murder of nuns? I can't believe that one.

It’s a gaggle of nuns, not a murder.

Hawkins0001 · 21/07/2023 23:13

Cantankerous

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 21/07/2023 23:20

It's actually a reverse of nuns.

Father Ted: NUNS! REVERSE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD-fPb87mVA

Mumsnut · 21/07/2023 23:21

Purdonium

(type of coal scuttle)

Cattenberg · 21/07/2023 23:25

Stillicide is a strange one. I thought it must refer to the killing of some category of relative.

It actually refers to dripping water, and sometimes to the right of one person to have water drop from their roof on to another’s roof or land.

ErrolTheDragon · 21/07/2023 23:30

Dontlistitonfacebook · 21/07/2023 17:27

Gruntled. Content, the opposite of disgruntled.

"My rabbit is particularly gruntled today".

The sounds made by our dear old dog during his morning cuddle were 'gruntling', obviously.

ErrolTheDragon · 21/07/2023 23:47

GretaGip · 21/07/2023 16:41

Is there a rule that you have to make a mistake when contributing to PC?

Hmm

I'm surprised no one has yet told you it's Muphry's Law.

I'm late to the thread so can't think of a word at the moment that's not been mentioned. But enjoyed the contributions so far, although rather taken aback by 'glabrous' - I'd forgotten what that meant, if I ever knew, so used 'look up' on my iPad. It included a photo not just the definition of glabrous genitals. Not what I expect in pedants' corner!Grin

ErrolTheDragon · 21/07/2023 23:48

Just remember one - Uxorious

MacarenaMacarena · 21/07/2023 23:50

MrsMitford3 · 21/07/2023 16:55

bucolic. I love it too!

Bucolic comes from the ancient Greek work for a cow-herd, so bucolic has the feel of proper country work and lifestyle.
Similar root word is boustrophedon, the way an ox ploughs a field going one way then back the other way for the next plough line - hence use of that word to describe some ancient forms of writing which were like that.

Topbird29 · 21/07/2023 23:55

My nan always uses to listen to the birds "chittering". When they sort of chatter amongst themselves. Not sure if just a devon word.
Also "grockles" - tourists. Usually the ones with a massive caravan getting stuck passing another car on a winding road

CottagePieLaLaLa · 22/07/2023 00:24

Loveys · 21/07/2023 16:52

Oh I have one! Maybe you can help me actually remember it 😂

it starts with b and means landscape or countryside? I heard it the other day and declared I would use it at every opportunity. Then I forgot it 😂

Bucolic?

Oleaginus · 22/07/2023 09:38

Lots of great words here -

Bayard- foolish person

Balter-to dance clumsily

Dysania- the inability to get out of bed in the mornings

ErrolTheDragon · 22/07/2023 10:35

I've got a nice noun and it's collective -
A zephyr of bumbarrels

I had one of those in my garden yesterday Grin

whatchagonnado · 22/07/2023 10:36

RubberRuck · 21/07/2023 16:46

Scurryfunge

Meaning to hastily race around your house tidying up for impending visitors.

A wonderful word.

Brilliant 🤣

ErrolTheDragon · 22/07/2023 10:47

Looking for the etymology of 'scurryfunge' (unclear.... english.stackexchange.com/questions/266999/is-scurryfunge-a-new-word ) I found this list:

www.yuqo.com/20-festive-english-words/

KnackeredBack · 22/07/2023 10:52

Beeves - plural for beef cattle.

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 22/07/2023 11:21

Just remember one - Uxorious

Also avuncular.

Do other relatives have their own special words to refer to them, or is it just wives and uncles?!

Lagershandy · 22/07/2023 11:28

Overmorrow, on the day after tomorrow.
I try to use it as often as I can in context, but most people look discombobulated when I do😄

Riapia · 22/07/2023 11:40

@ upinaballoon Aye, duck I do know stitherum.

Gauster or poss. Gorster.

To laugh (laff)😉. Heartily.

😁😁.

upinaballoon · 24/07/2023 09:58

JaneJeffer · 21/07/2023 17:59

Callipygian - having beautifully shaped buttocks

..and now I think about it, it puts me in mind of watching Stuart Broad running up to bowl. Will be I be deleted for sins of levity and impropriety?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/07/2023 12:04

Riapia · 22/07/2023 11:40

@ upinaballoon Aye, duck I do know stitherum.

Gauster or poss. Gorster.

To laugh (laff)😉. Heartily.

😁😁.

I like Slitherium more. The internet says slitherum is a term for somebody dawdling alone (like a snail, perhaps?) or a Greek Doom Metal band, but my version would be used for a decent artificial environment for snakes or other legless creatures.

ErrolTheDragon · 24/07/2023 16:13

Will be I be deleted for sins of levity and impropriety?

I don't think you've quite crossed the boundary to egregious licentiousness or lascivious behaviour.

Tidsleytiddy · 24/07/2023 18:56

Thither “I ran thither and back”. From Jane Eyre. Read it years ago and loved it