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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 9 of 100 1 2 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 99 100 Go to page... Re: State of Crime [Re: jenny jenny] #209634 02/19/13 04:07 PM 02/19/13 04:07 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water MALACOPISM a cop on the 'take'. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: State of Crime [Re: LukeJavan8] #209656 02/20/13 07:21 AM 02/20/13 07:21 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Freudian slip PRONUNCIATION:(FROI-dee-uhn slip) MEANING: noun: An error that reveals someone's subconscious mind. For example, "I wish you were her" instead of "I wish you were here." ETYMOLOGY: After Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, who proposed the idea that errors in speech, writing, etc. reveal what is in one's subconscious mind. Earliest use: 1959. ___________________________________________________________ DROP U FREDIAN SLIP: a silk slip often worn between scenes by the actor who played "Freddy" in the play My Fair Lady. Re: State of Crime [Re: jenny jenny] #209661 02/20/13 01:17 PM 02/20/13 01:17 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England FREDIAN SLIP: a silk slip often worn between scenes by the actor who played "Freddy" in the play My Fair Lady. Fredian Lip - the way that Fred Flintstone's mouth is drawn in the cartoons. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Revealing your unaware [Re: Capital Kiwi] #209678 02/21/13 11:10 AM 02/21/13 11:10 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska FREUDIAN SLAP: Typical response to Freudian slip. Last edited by Tromboniator; 02/21/13 11:12 AM. Re: Revealing your unaware [Re: Tromboniator] #209688 02/21/13 03:05 PM 02/21/13 03:05 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg :eggcorn PRONUNCIATION: (EG-korn) MEANING: noun: An erroneous alteration of a word or phrase, by replacing an original word with a similar sounding word, such that the new word or phrase also makes a kind of sense. For example: "ex-patriot" instead of "expatriate" and "mating name" instead of "maiden name". ETYMOLOGY: Coined by linguist Geoffrey Pullum (b. 1945) in 2003. From the substitution of the word acorn with eggcorn. Earliest documented use as a name for this phenomenon is from 2003, though the term eggcorn has been found going back as far as 1844, as "egg corn bread" for "acorn bread". ____________________________________________________ G to A e.g. acorn - a definition of eggcorn. Re: Revealing your unaware [Re: jenny jenny] #209694 02/21/13 05:35 PM 02/21/13 05:35 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK eggdorn Put large quantities of gold braid on your uniform. I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Revealing your unaware [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209701 02/22/13 01:06 AM 02/22/13 01:06 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska ergcorn: amount of work required to make one tortilla. Re: Revealing your unaware [Re: Tromboniator] #209712 02/22/13 03:00 PM 02/22/13 03:00 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny OP veteran jenny jenny   OP veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi mondegreen PRONUNCIATION: (MON-di-green) MEANING: noun: A word or phrase resulting from mishearing a word or phrase, especially in song lyrics. For example: "The girl with colitis goes by" for "The girl with kaleidoscope eyes" in the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". ETYMOLOGY: Coined by author Sylvia Wright when she misinterpreted the line "laid him on the green" as "Lady Mondegreen" in the Scottish ballad "The Bonny Earl of Murray". _________________________________________________ N to L MOLDEGREENS - collard greens past their prime. Anyone remember Bob Cain and the Canebreakers greatest and onliest hit? No? Good, I'll sing it here to the tune of the hymn "Just a closer Walk with Thee". Just a bowl of butterbeans, Pass the cornbread if you please I don't want no collard greens All I want is a bowl of butterbeans Re: Revealing your unaware [Re: jenny jenny] #209716 02/22/13 04:40 PM 02/22/13 04:40 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water MOLDEPREENSwhat birds do after a bath. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Revealing your unaware [Re: LukeJavan8] #209721 02/22/13 08:46 PM 02/22/13 08:46 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK PONDEGREEN - algae bloom I'm immortal until proven otherwise Page 9 of 100 1 2 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 99 100 Go to page... 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