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here's one (maybe):
frobnicate
[perhaps fr. frobnitz, a thingname] abbrev. as frob
slang to manipulate or adjust; to tweak the controls
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What does a slubberdegullion frobnicate?
(We could build this sentence up as in a game maybe using hogwash words.)
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I have vague recollection of the word slubberdegullion in a childrens story I used to love, Avy.
I have looked for it on internet, but not remembering the title, its been a difficult search.
From memory, the story was about a girl who had gold (maybe) coins, spilling from her mouth when ever she opened it and (maybe her sister) who wasn't so nice...when she opened her mouth, foul word spilled forth....like slubberdegullion etc. I wish I could find it again!
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I am sorry to have mentioned it if is a foul word. It just sounds nice.
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Oh no...its not a foul word.
Sorry I said that.
I think its a great word, rolls so well off the tongue.
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yes, not a foul word at all; but a very useful word, withal.
I'm thinking more along the lines of..
paradiorthosis
obs. rare a false correction
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or abashance
obs. rare abashment, dismay
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here's one that's full of awfulness
abhorfulness
obs. rare abhorrence
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here's one which actually has great potential!
debellish
obs. rare
to rob of beauty, disfigure (as opposed to embellish)
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I am sorry to have mentioned it if is a foul word. It just sounds nice. The slubberdegullion is a frog of a pale non identifiable color. Not foul, but not fair either. paradiorthosis: obs. rare a false correctionThis must be about dental corrections, when something goes terribly wrong.
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>potential
contrary to the above OED info, some olde dictionaries give debellish == embellish.
bummer.
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Was this it by any chance, Candy? Maiden Bright-eye
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It certainly sounds like it, Jackie....though it didn't mention the word! How clever of you to find it, you'er a  And Bran....slubberdegullion being a frog, makes even more sense to the story.
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pactitious
obs. rare
Characterized by being agreed upon or stipulated
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I like debellish; embark, debark; embellish, debellish.
Candy, I googled Maiden Bright-eye and found a couple of fuller versions of the story; neither had the word, though. Perhaps yours was an older version or a different story altogether.
Edit: I believe I have somewhat frobnicated this thread; sorry, tsuwm. I shall (most likely) desist. (Is there emsist? Or just sist?)
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There's cyst, but that is not part of the story here, is it?
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formerly known as etaoin...
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Michael Quinion at worldwidewords.org has an article concerning slubberdegullion, among other other epithets, as occurring in Gargantua and Pantagruel, by François Rabelais, as translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart.
Anyone not familiar with Quinion should browse through his site. It is fascinating and delightful, as well as scholarly.
Peter
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Peter, some folks need to be led by the hand.. slub
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and then there's this:
the worthless word for the day is: slubber
[prob. from obsolete Dutch slubberen]
1) dialect chiefly English : stain, sully
2) to perform in a slipshod fashion, do carelessly
(cf. slubberdegullion)
"Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio.."
- W. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
"You must therefore be content to slubber the
gloss of your new fortunes with this more stubborn
and boisterous expedition."
- W.S., Othello
"..the parking lot had been empty when he
arrived, and except for a chubby, amoebic-looking
family who slubbered in and out of a van.. nobody
but he had stayed for more than two nights."
- Jon Fasman, The Geographer's Library
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Michael Quinion at worldwidewords.org has an article concerning slubberdegullion, among other other epithets, as occurring in Gargantua and Pantagruel, by François Rabelais, as translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart.
Anyone not familiar with Quinion should browse through his site. It is fascinating and delightful, as well as scholarly.
Peter I go there regularly and subscribe to his weekly email. Great place,Peter.
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and then there's this:
the worthless word for the day is: slubber
[prob. from obsolete Dutch slubberen]
1) dialect chiefly English : stain, sully
2) to perform in a slipshod fashion, do carelessly
(cf. slubberdegullion)
"Slubber not business for my sake, Bassanio.."
- W. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
"You must therefore be content to slubber the
gloss of your new fortunes with this more stubborn
and boisterous expedition."
- W.S., Othello
"..the parking lot had been empty when he
arrived, and except for a chubby, amoebic-looking
family who slubbered in and out of a van.. nobody
but he had stayed for more than two nights."
- Jon Fasman, The Geographer's Library
Gee, I guess these are going to become a daily treat - won't have to go to tsuwm's site any more. http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd/ unless, of course, the word there differs from the one posted here. Then we can be treated to two wwftd's.
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slubber, in fact, dates from Oct. 26, 2005 as a wwftd.
(not to be confused with slobber, for which see post icon)
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this, I like..
quagswagging
[fr. quag, to quake + swag, to sway]
n. obs. rare
the action of shaking to and fro
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radicate
v. obs. now rare
to cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly (in something) Chiefly fig.
Progr. Particle & Nucl. Physics "The amazing success of the static quark model.. undoubtedly contributed to radicate in our minds the idea that proton spin is carried by quarks." [2000]
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So how come radicate's opposite isn't aradicate?
Edit: Ooh, ooh! Here's one that's almost totally useless: garf (noun) : a cut on the hand of a fisherman caused by the sharp gill plates of a fish, particularly a walleye
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radicate
v. obs. now rare
to cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly (in something) Not so rare downunder! Someone with a quirky sense of humour has taken the word as name for Footrot Treatment
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>taken the word as name for Footrot Treatment
I'd have thought that the much more common Eradicate would work better for that.
edit: ..and I see that their tag line does just that:
A concetrated footbath solution for the control of spread, treatment and progressive eradication of all strains of footrot in sheep.
bah - although they probly thought they were being clever in avoiding trademark issues, they should have LIU first.
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radicate
v. obs. now rare
to cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly (in something) Not so rare downunder! Someone with a quirky sense of humour has taken the word as name for Footrot Treatment talk about quagswagging, and misspellings.
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