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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tsuwm rides again #78164 08/13/2002 3:12 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "'Vamanos, amigos,' he whispered, and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight." - Wes Anderson, The Royal Tenenbaums (read from his book by Eli Cash, Owen Wilson's character) -tsuwm http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/ Dear tsuwm: "friscalating" is not a word I can expect to use, or encounter elsewhere. But what in hell is a "flintcraw" and a "saddlecock"? Can you tell us? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: tsuwm rides again #78165 08/13/2002 5:02 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass I suspect, in the extreme, that these are also nonce words confabulated by Wes Anderson in his effort to create a faux-Cormack-McCarthy ethos for the character of Eli Cash. [see The Royal Tenebaums] ...and as long as we're about it, let's have some comments from anyone who has seen this odd* movie. *strange or peculiar 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

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