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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Not a chickie-poo #58011 02/25/02 03:46 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Definition of chick flick... Well, that settles it--now I know I'm a man! I couldn't stand Sleepless in Seattle. Give me Arnie (Schwartzenegger) or 007 any day! My best girlfriends think it's awful that I hated "Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood", but my gosh--I spent the entire book waiting for something--ANYthing!--to happen, and nothing ever did! Geez! Give me some action, in books or movies. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: gobdaw #58012 02/25/02 03:47 PM Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York R Rubrick addict Rubrick addict R Joined: May 2000 Posts: 679 Somewhere outside New York A related word, according to my Irish slang source (http://www.loughman.dna.ie/general/4mymofo.html) is "gobdaw", which is reportedly used to mean "a fool, or an idiot". the example they use is "That fella's a right gobdaw". Perhaps Rubrick can verify this for us ~ and while you're at it, whence "daw"? Gobdaw is mostly rural slang (not Dublinese wot I speak). Gob = mouth. Daw (duh) = idiot. More common is the less PC gobshite which can actually sound pretty funny coming out of the gob of a gobdaw. Fr. Jack Hackett, a fictional character from the very popular Irish comedy programme Fr. Ted had a vocabulary of five words - one of which was gobshite. For the correct pronunciation of this (and other words) have a look at the unofficial Fr. Ted website below. http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/2079/ted.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Not a chickie-poo #58013 02/25/02 04:25 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 I spent the entire book waiting for something--ANYthing!--to happen, and nothing ever did! Geez! Give me some action Too bad the meter of authoress Rebecca Well's name doesn't substitute into into this double-dactyl about a similar book: Higgledy, piggledy, Dorothy Richardson Wrote a huge book with her Delicate muse Where (though I hate to seem Uncomplimentary) Nothing much happens and Nobody scruse. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 381 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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