"Word/Phrase of the Day"

[mickthemaverick]

Lifted from Jim's blog this morning, I know it well!!

"concomitant fogginess of thought"

[CitroJim]

Lifted from Jim's blog this morning, I know it well!!

"concomitant fogginess of thought"

Indeed, I'm here right now enjoying my 90 or so minutes of lucidity before descending once again into the mist and gloom..

[myglaren]

Incunabula!

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An incunable or incunabulum (pl.: incunables or incunabula, respectively) is a book, pamphlet, or broadside that was printed in the earliest stages of printing in Europe, up to the year 1500.[1] The specific date is essentially arbitrary, but the number of printed book editions exploded in the following century, so that all incunabula, produced before the printing press became widespread in Europe, are rare, where even some early 16th-century books are relatively common.

[myglaren]

Gallimoufry

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From French galimafrée, from Old French calimafree (“stew of various kinds of meats”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from a combination of Old French galer (“to have fun, to enjoy oneself”) and Old Northern French (Picard) mafrer (“to eat gluttonously”).

[myglaren]

[CitroJim]

That's good to know Steve

[myglaren]

[CitroJim]

^^^ Indeed, that's quite correct....

[Gibbo2286]

'Primogeniture' That one had me struggle a bit on a cryptic crossword.

[myglaren]

[CitroJim]

The 'Brian Blessed' principle... Profanity is a good pain reliever too

[CitroJim]

And one that sums me up pretty well in one word

Flibbertigibbet

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a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person

[mickthemaverick]

And one that sums me up pretty well in one word

Flibbertigibbet

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a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person

Can't argue with that!!

[CitroJim]

And one that sums me up pretty well in one word

Flibbertigibbet

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a frivolous, flighty, or excessively talkative person

Can't argue with that!!

Nor me Mick

[Hell Razor5543]

In her book "The Blacksmith" (and probably from her school days) my Mum came up with this word;

Femininny

'A Femininny is a woman who glorifies her failings, and justifies them on the grounds of her sex. She regards not understanding electricity and therefore not being able to change a plug or a fuse, or even a light bulb, for herself, as an asset. Not being strong enough to carry a suitcase, not being tall enough to reach a shelf, and, worst of all, not being clever enough to do, or understand, something, because she is only a woman, all these are the hallmarks of a femininny. Some of them are very successful, they wield considerable power, but only by manipulating men. The damage they do to women who wish to be independent is incalculable. They reinforce men's belief that they are entitled to judge women, not on their merits, skills, qualifications, talents, but on their personal appearance, their charm, their femininity.'