WindyNook Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #42 BaronSmoggie said: Pericombobulation. Blackadder for anyone who doesn't get the reference. Click to expand... Discombobulated But Combobulated is not a word surely it should mean Not confused or disconcerted?
BaronSmoggie said: Pericombobulation. Blackadder for anyone who doesn't get the reference. Click to expand... Discombobulated But Combobulated is not a word surely it should mean Not confused or disconcerted?
V Vzzzbx Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #43 There's a Cumbrian word, "Larl". it means little. Use it anywhere else people look at you like you're simple. (Apparently it also means "Red" in Gujarati...)
There's a Cumbrian word, "Larl". it means little. Use it anywhere else people look at you like you're simple. (Apparently it also means "Red" in Gujarati...)
Piccadilly Day Tripper Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #44 Vestibule. Very grand way of saying gap that stinks of **** between train carriages.
Brian Marwood Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #46 Two of my favourite words hail from In Bruges: Alcove Inanimate
Laughing Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #47 Brian Marwood said: Two of my favourite words hail from In Bruges: Alcove Inanimate Click to expand... Surely that would be alcuve. And we never did find out why a milkman would know karate.
Brian Marwood said: Two of my favourite words hail from In Bruges: Alcove Inanimate Click to expand... Surely that would be alcuve. And we never did find out why a milkman would know karate.
Tryasize10 Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #49 "Architrave" is a current fave, along with "moulding". Currently undertaking a spot of renovation (also a great word)!
"Architrave" is a current fave, along with "moulding". Currently undertaking a spot of renovation (also a great word)!
Pak_Doo_Ik Well-known member Jan 6, 2022 #52 Flange has me in stitches every time I hear it and hear it a lot at work, for years I thought it was made up like crinkle crankle gasket
Flange has me in stitches every time I hear it and hear it a lot at work, for years I thought it was made up like crinkle crankle gasket