01 May 20
@rookie54 said/face palm LOL, Oh dude, you are priceless
dork
Now, mine. Ubiquitous, as in:
The ubiquitous COVID19 will eventually cover the globe.
01 May 20
@rookie54 saidYou may already know the etymology of dork. However it has its roots in 17th century whaling and refers to a whale’s penis. The average full grown blue whale has a penis almost 3 meters long. Leather from whale penis was often used luxury goods as is considered some of the finest available.
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01 May 20
@hand-of-hecate saidUrban myth I'm afraid.
You may already know the etymology of dork. However it has its roots in 17th century whaling and refers to a whale’s penis.
01 May 20
@earl-of-trumps saidOxymoron alert!
The ubiquitous COVID19 will eventually cover the globe.
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01 May 20
@hand-of-hecate saidDefenestration has become a favourite of mine after I read a book about the Thirty Years war of the 17th century. Can hardly ever use it in a converastion unfortunately.
For example, octothorp instead of hashtag. I detest the dumbing down of language.
01 May 20
Borborygmi is a word you just have to like. My machine has put a red wiggly line under it and frankly I'm struggling with that. This is a fine word that is unfortunately used by doctors to terrify their patients when it just refers to the normal gurgles that your guts make from time to time, but that is not the reason to like it. I just like the whole repeating first syllable thing and the general sound of it so I need to engineer some conversations in which you can use it without scaring people!
01 May 20
@wolfgang59 saidYes, deliberate hyperbole just so I could describe the luxurious nature of whale penis leather. Also, as a setup to use the word hyperbole in a sentence. Hyperbole for the win!
Urban myth I'm afraid.
01 May 20
@great-big-stees saidWere you perhaps automatically alerted because of the d-word?
As a bit of info "pour moi" please...what's the exclamation mark beside the thumbs up thingy? I note I have the # 3 next to it in one of my responses. Does it mean I need to explain something to 3 folks on here?
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01 May 20
@great-big-stees saidI think Russ traced your IP back to Canada
As a bit of info "pour moi" please...what's the exclamation mark beside the thumbs up thingy? I note I have the # 3 next to it in one of my responses. Does it mean I need to explain something to 3 folks on here?
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01 May 20
@kegge saidFor some reason that word made think of the word “flense”. As in to flense someone before defenestrating them.
Defenestration has become a favourite of mine after I read a book about the Thirty Years war of the 17th century. Can hardly ever use it in a converastion unfortunately.