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#192324 - 08/08/10 10:10 PM Secret vault of words
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	From AWADmail Issue 423: rejected by the OED
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#192330 - 08/09/10 10:59 AM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: Jackie]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5248 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Sad, no? Would there, among all those words you never missed, be the one you've always looked for ?
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#192336 - 08/09/10 01:05 PM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: BranShea]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5272 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	I like the 'polkadodge'. Happened many times - now I have a non-word for the action. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#192339 - 08/09/10 07:21 PM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: LukeJavan8]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13653	I always called it the sidewalk shuffle.
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#192341 - 08/09/10 07:59 PM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: Faldage]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5272 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	Originally Posted By: Faldage I always called it the sidewalk shuffle. It happened once in UK. I was going to the Right, and so was the other person (to their left), presumably because of the ways in which we drive on the street: USA - right side; UK - left. Back and forth we went: four times if I remember correctly. Have never forgotten it: definitely a sidewalk shuffle. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#192346 - 08/09/10 08:26 PM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: LukeJavan8]
beck123 addict Registered: 02/22/10 Posts: 655 Loc: Florida, USA	There was a comedian (on HBO in their early years) who invited people to send in words like this, and he'd read a few every week. I still use some of them, because they're useful. "Furbling" is the act of walking all the way through the temporary cordons even when nobody else is in line in front of you. A "spork" is that plastic utensil shaped like a spoon, but having the anterior edge toothed - what else would one call it? "Carpetpetuation" is the act of running the vacuum over some debris a few times unsuccessfully, picking up the target item, examining it, and throwing it back on the floor to try again. In the linked list, "spatulate" is an actual word given a new meaning. I think it's the only example of that on the list. _________________________ "I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
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#192351 - 08/09/10 10:36 PM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: beck123]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	"spatulate" is an actual word It IS! Good eye!
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#192354 - 08/09/10 11:52 PM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: Jackie]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10463 Loc: this too shall pass	>what else would one call it? well, I called it a sfork before I knew there was already another term. in fact, I still call it a sfork!
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#192355 - 08/10/10 02:15 AM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: tsuwm]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5248 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Never called it anything. Most of the time there is a smile and a smile and move on. We have no word for it. Soit.
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#192361 - 08/10/10 08:49 AM Re: Secret vault of words [Re: BranShea]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	I call them "foons", just to be different. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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