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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rumble Bumble #170226 09/27/2007 2:40 AM Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... themilum veteran themilum veteran Joined: May 2002 Posts: 1,529 Aladamnbama the most watered s... Originally Posted By: Worthless Word For The Day "He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered washing on the line; it reminds me of stale bean soup, of college yells, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abysm of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash." - H. L. Mencken, of Pres. Warren G. Harding's bloviations The Baltimore Evening Sun, 1921 I wish I could have said that! Last edited by themilum; 09/27/2007 2:41 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rumble Bumble themilum #170229 09/27/2007 10:11 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That boy certainly had him a way with words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rumble Bumble Faldage #170233 09/27/2007 6:44 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague A more than funny tirade Date "tirade" was first used: 1801. (references) Etymology: Tirade \Ti*rade"\, noun. [French expression, from Italian tirada, properly, pulling; hence, lengthening out, long speech, tirade, from tirare to draw; of Teutonic origin, and akin to English tear to redn. See Tear to rend, and compare to Tire to tear. Teutonic? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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