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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 #211018 - 05/19/13 01:26 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK I'm immortal until proven otherwise #211028 - 05/19/13 10:07 PM Young man despair, / Likewise go to... [Re: Sorrow]   Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,880 wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,880 Worcester, MA "...It will not do I'm sorry for you You very imperfect ablutioner...." (Of course that's three words, not one...) For sophisticated insults, Ernest Bramah's early Kai Lung works are a sparkling fountain. Sometimes it takes three readings before you realize you haven't been complimented after all. #211033 - 05/20/13 03:51 PM Re: Young man despair, / Likewise go to... [Re: wofahulicodoc]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Ha! We are back to the Tromboniator of Titipu Town Band! I'm immortal until proven otherwise #211035 - 05/20/13 04:12 PM Re: Young man despair, / Likewise go to... [Re: Rhubarb Commando]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water I think I've lost you, Rhub, and I've seen the reference once before: Titipu Town Band??? ----please, draw me a sheep---- #211041 - 05/20/13 08:38 PM G&S strike again! [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,880 wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,880 Worcester, MA It's all from The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu). Also in the Mikado are references in song to "pestilential" and, now that I think of it, even to "Sorrow" (who posted the original question!). #211044 - 05/20/13 09:38 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: Sorrow]   Joined: May 2013 Posts: 25 teepee newbie teepee   newbie Joined: May 2013 Posts: 25 New Zealand Unkempt and dishevelled though they don't necessarily convey the unhygienic state (unsanitary), I rather like un'soap'histicated even though it's a fabricated word. I am still ecstatic to have just stumbled across this site of like-minded word nerds! #211048 - 05/20/13 10:25 PM Re: G&S strike again! [Re: wofahulicodoc]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: wofahulicodoc It's all from The Mikado (or, The Town of Titipu). Also in the Mikado are references in song to "pestilential" and, now that I think of it, even to "Sorrow" (who posted the original question!). thanks, makes more sense now. sometimes it takes me awhile having been raised in total isolation, under a tower miles north of Bree in Middle Earth decades before men came to meet Elves. Last edited by LukeJavan8; 05/20/13 10:27 PM. ----please, draw me a sheep---- #211049 - 05/20/13 10:26 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: teepee]   Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,120 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: teepee Unkempt and dishevelled though they don't necessarily convey the unhygienic state (unsanitary), I rather like un'soap'histicated even though it's a fabricated word. I am still ecstatic to have just stumbled across this site of like-minded word nerds! WELCOME TEEPEE ----please, draw me a sheep---- #211065 - 05/21/13 03:40 PM Re: Sophisticated word for the following...? [Re: LukeJavan8]   Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK I love "unsoaphisticated"! I'm immortal until proven otherwise Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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