Steph Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 clishmaclaver!!!Does it even matter what it means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Thash <burp> thish guysh name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Really? Was he named Cliff Claven because of the word clishmaclaver? Or is that just a cool coincidence the Cliff Claven is a clishmaclaverer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 12, 2015 Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 No idea! It just sounded similar. Maybe? Just noticed a slightly less exotic, but still interesting, word in the TV guide. I'm guessing that 'tutelage' is probably better-known by people who speak or have learned 'British' English, as opposed to those who speak the 'U.S.' variety. But it's still a completely valid 'U.S. English' word. It's just that approximately 80% of us have no idea what it means. And of the 20% who do, it's unlikely that even half would be able to spell it correctly. Including me. If you gave me this word, I'd definitely lose the 'spelling bee'. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2015 Pretty sure I would have gotten that one correct ... But I was an academic in a former life. Season 27 ????? You are ten seasons ahead of me since I just have the DVD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 ♪ Smarty pants! Smarty pants! Sat down on a hill of ants! ♪ Just kidding. I appreciate your many cat-lives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 "Cubs" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 http://backtothefuture.wikia.com/wiki/World_Series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 dumbwaiter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 paraprosdokian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 not in my dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 You can tell a marble collector .... but you can't tell him much. ^^ example of a paraprosdokian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 paraprosdokian First I thought it to be some Vogon slang but then http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewGeneraldiscussion.php?idThread=1019854&idForum=18〈=de&lp=ende http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian Unfortunaltey I still need to do some more meditation to understand Steph's example. Meanwhile I amuse with those: http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewGeneraldiscussion.php?idThread=577499&idForum=9&lp=ende〈=de#followup101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Classic comedian material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Here are a couple more words which I'm guessing came from the same original source as 'clishmaclaver'. Just remembered that "I Would Walk 500 Miles" song, which caused me to look up 'haver'. Pretty much the same thing. And I saw a TV commercial the other day for what I think is the old show 'Gunsmoke'. If you skip the 'old west' spelling here, 'palaver' or 'palavering' also fit the bill well. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 paxwax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 sonneteer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 dinglehoffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 (edited) I am unable to break your code. My dict's are failing and I have no glue clue. Edited October 22, 2015 by Hoody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Code? Whose code? Galen's? If you mean me, I'm just posting words which I came across during the day which interested me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I supposed phantasy words or some phonetical stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Real ones. Paxwax is "the strong tendon in the neck of animals". So it sounds more interesting than it is. Sonneteer could mean someone who writes sonnets or it could mean a minor or insignificant poet. I was playing Scrabble on the computer and had lots of E's and N's. So I plugged that in as a joke and was surprised to see it worded. That amused me. I'm easy to amuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted October 23, 2015 Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 And yesterday I was a dinglehoffer, according to what a 90 year old father had to say to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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