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I'm having difficulty reconciling toad-in-the-hole and haute cuisine in the same sentence, but on the whole I'd agree with the sentiment that the food's a lot better than it's reputation.
As to word formation, it's a bit of a speciality - you can string together most things if you wanted to, however as you say they're usually more or less unprintable. 'Jifflebottom' was always a childhood favourite though.
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it all my fault HEV-- a thread about word for the staff of life (bread, rolls, biscuits, crumpets, the whole lot, )turned into a recipe swap.. with the fine points of sweet vs sour (butter)milk, and grades of flour, thrown in for good measure. it went on, and on, and every once in a while talked about a word..
notice how no one is complaining about the limericks? vittle are out.. but bawdy is always in!
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>'Jifflebottom'
Priceless, ..I won't ask what it's meant to mean.
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>'Jifflebottom'
Priceless, ..I won't ask what it's meant to mean.Perhaps it belongs in the Struttin' Your Stuff! thread? ![](/board/images/icons/wink.gif)
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Food i.e. deglutition, gluttony, rumination etc....
Mmmmm, doughnuts... I mean ... such tasty words. Thanks for the explanation!
I gather you've been away so maybe I can use my colourful WELCOME in a WELCOME BACK! kind of way !
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but it's self-explanatory....
someone who jiffles about on their bottom is someone who can't sit still for more than two ticks.
or is that not obvious if you weren't in my family??
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Here I be, just a-suckin' on a LemonHead, Havin' nothin' more to dread, Was that a dirty word I said? Great green gobs of jolly-olly LemonHead, Right up in my mouf'... I be glad to gitonback where I belong, Singin' silly-illy songs, One's about a billabong; That bee's ting, it's never gonna do me wrong, 'Cause I love it so... Catchin' up is what I been a-doin' here, Woody-oodies in my ears; There's the one I hold so dear; Rocky Top is sounding oh so loud and clear, Made me smile all day! ![](/board/images/icons/laugh.gif)
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Rocky Top is sounding oh so loud and clear, Made me smile all day!Well I'm just gobsmacked and tickled pink to see ya back to lighting up the board again! ![](/board/images/icons/smile.gif) Guess the modesty of acknowledging your citation in the OED made you break out into jolly-olly song for us, huh Jackie? ![](/board/images/icons/wink.gif) Keep them tunes a-comin'! I can hear that fiddle music now!... gobbledygookOnce had a long discussion with someone on another board who insisted this was gobblygook. I've seen gobbledegook, but never without the -dy or -de in the middle.
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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"?
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I'd be most likely to say it with a slight Liverpool accent as that is where I think I've heard it most.
PS Just read the link which appears to agree.
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