A list of 137 words by madmouth.
- lack-latinwas added by ry and appears on 2 lists
- pinchcommonswas added by ry and appears on just this list
- bampotwas added by ry and appears on 13 lists
- crackwitwas added by madmouth and appears on just this list
- slapsaucewas added by madmouth and appears on 7 lists
- fuckwindwas added by madmouth and appears on 4 lists
- flingstinkwas added by madmouth and appears on 4 lists
- swinge-breechwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- mashfatwas added by madmouth and appears on just this list
- picktoothwas added by ry and appears on 6 lists
- pickwickwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- shunpikewas added by ry and appears on 10 lists
- draggle-tailwas added by ry and appears on 11 lists
- hush puppywas added by ry and appears on 8 lists
- pickpursewas added by ry and appears on 7 lists
- crackropewas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- swashbucklerwas added by ry and appears on 41 lists
- turnspitwas added by ry and appears on 21 lists
- spoilsportwas added by ry and appears on 20 lists
- fearbabewas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- pinchpennywas added by ry and appears on 3 lists
- scapegallowswas added by ry and appears on 12 lists
- pinchgutwas added by ry and appears on 4 lists
- kill-priestwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- stab-ragwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- scrapegutwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- thump-cushionwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- split-figwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- spoil-paperwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- watch-birthwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- spit-poisonwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- spitfirewas added by madmouth and appears on 36 lists
- squeeze-grapewas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- huffcapwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- ticklebrainwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- clutchfistwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- lacklusterwas added by madmouth and appears on 101 lists
- lacklookswas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- bang-beggarwas added by madmouth and appears on 5 lists
- know-nothingwas added by ry and appears on 5 lists
- pesterchumwas added by TankHughes and appears on 3 lists
- hatchbackwas added by 500345759 and appears on 11 lists
- wipebreechwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- eat-beewas added by madmouth and appears on 4 lists
- tipstaffwas added by madmouth and appears on 17 lists
- catchpolewas added by madmouth and appears on 15 lists
- laverockwas added by madmouth and appears on 12 lists
- turnstonewas added by madmouth and appears on 8 lists
- killdeerwas added by madmouth and appears on 17 lists
- shearwaterwas added by madmouth and appears on 15 lists
- shit-firewas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- shite-ragswas added by madmouth and appears on just this list
- wait-gleedwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- kissbreechwas added by madmouth and appears on just this list
- downsizewas added by fbharjo and appears on 17 lists
- downsidewas added by fbharjo and appears on 6 lists
- dodgeballwas added by fbharjo and appears on 13 lists
- stir-frywas added by fbharjo and appears on 4 lists
- lovebirdwas added by fbharjo and appears on 18 lists
- lovefeastwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- dreamhousewas added by hernesheir and appears on just this list
- kickballwas added by hernesheir and appears on 7 lists
- catchpennywas added by sionnach and appears on 19 lists
- carrycotwas added by mollusque and appears on 6 lists
- smellfunguswas added by mollusque and appears on 19 lists
- catchwaterwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- flipchartwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- kickstandwas added by mollusque and appears on 13 lists
- rinse-pitcherwas added by madmouth and appears on 4 lists
- gulchcupwas added by madmouth and appears on 5 lists
- blow-bottlewas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- ply-potwas added by madmouth and appears on 4 lists
- smell-feastwas added by madmouth and appears on 12 lists
- scofflawwas added by madmouth and appears on 59 lists
- costmarywas added by madmouth and appears on 13 lists
- rakehellwas added by madmouth and appears on 26 lists
- pull-devilwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- lack-linenwas added by madmouth and appears on 5 lists
- prodnosewas added by mollusque and appears on 7 lists
- lickpennywas added by madmouth and appears on 11 lists
- tapskinwas added by madmouth and appears on 2 lists
- clingstonewas added by madmouth and appears on 8 lists
- wardcornwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- catchflywas added by hernesheir and appears on 6 lists
- catch-allwas added by hernesheir and appears on 5 lists
- catchphrasewas added by hernesheir and appears on 16 lists
- prickmadamwas added by madmouth and appears on 5 lists
- mangetoutwas added by yarb and appears on 5 lists
- catchallwas added by yarb and appears on 7 lists
- pickthankwas added by yarb and appears on 17 lists
- turnbucklewas added by hernesheir and appears on 13 lists
- turnstilewas added by hernesheir and appears on 12 lists
- freeze framewas added by hernesheir and appears on 2 lists
- tear sheetwas added by hernesheir and appears on 2 lists
- spindriftwas added by hernesheir and appears on 48 lists
- screwballwas added by hernesheir and appears on 18 lists
- picklockwas added by hernesheir and appears on 5 lists
- breakfrontwas added by hernesheir and appears on 8 lists
- lickspittlewas added by hernesheir and appears on 60 lists
- pastimewas added by mollusque and appears on 18 lists
- drawbridgewas added by mollusque and appears on 16 lists
- nabcheatwas added by mollusque and appears on 2 lists
- breakwaterwas added by mollusque and appears on 14 lists
- findfaultwas added by mollusque and appears on 3 lists
- gobemouchewas added by mollusque and appears on 29 lists
- singsongwas added by mollusque and appears on 13 lists
- hopscotchwas added by mollusque and appears on 27 lists
- skinflintwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 47 lists
- nipcheesewas added by ruzuzu and appears on 2 lists
- flophousewas added by hernesheir and appears on 20 lists
- slingshotwas added by hernesheir and appears on 15 lists
- makereadywas added by thtownse and appears on 3 lists
- makeweightwas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- cutpursewas added by qroqqa and appears on 30 lists
- tattletalewas added by qroqqa and appears on 8 lists
- telltalewas added by qroqqa and appears on 29 lists
- sawboneswas added by qroqqa and appears on 13 lists
- scarecrowwas added by qroqqa and appears on 31 lists
- makebatewas added by qroqqa and appears on 10 lists
- daredevilwas added by qroqqa and appears on 35 lists
- turncoatwas added by qroqqa and appears on 41 lists
- hunchbackwas added by qroqqa and appears on 20 lists
- Drinkwaterwas added by qroqqa and appears on 2 lists
- Shakespearewas added by qroqqa and appears on 7 lists
- martextwas added by qroqqa and appears on 11 lists
- dreadnoughtwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 61 lists
- pickpocketwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 19 lists
- cutthroatwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 36 lists
- breakfastwas added by ruzuzu and appears on 36 lists
- tosspotwas added by madmouth and appears on 30 lists
- swillbowlwas added by madmouth and appears on 3 lists
- scapegracewas added by madmouth and appears on 50 lists
- scattergoodwas added by madmouth and appears on 9 lists
- throttlebottomwas added by madmouth and appears on 15 lists
- quakebuttockwas added by madmouth and appears on 30 lists
- lickspigotwas added by madmouth and appears on 12 lists
- killjoywas added by madmouth and appears on 48 lists
madmouth commented on the list killjoy-et-al
What is the word for this type of compound? It's driving me nuts!
August 12, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Hm. "Verb-noun compounds," if you trust Wikipedia (source of the words I just added).
August 12, 2010
qroqqa commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Or exocentric verb-object compounds.
August 12, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Aha! Thank you, qroqqa. That'll learn me - no longer will I be a trustwikipedia for my addwords when I see someone's listwords.
August 12, 2010
mollusque commented on the list killjoy-et-al
This is a great list, madmouth. Lots of words look like they fit but don't: feedback, blowhole. How about list for noun-verb compounds where the result is a verb: windowshop, breastfeed, skydive?
August 14, 2010
yarb commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Excellent list!
August 15, 2010
madmouth commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Maybe not blowhole but blowcash works for the nonce! These nouns sound really punchy to me (hence the list), whereas the verb-creating compounds are too far integrated into the regular stream, IMHO. I'm picking my brain for a verb made from a compound like this that can match lickspittle--that'll motivate a new list.
August 15, 2010
mollusque commented on the list killjoy-et-al
The best I've found in the noun-verb category is pistolwhip. Some others are punchy too: sandblast, chainsmoke, gatecrash, slamdance.
August 15, 2010
madmouth commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Thar she blows
August 18, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Cf. mollusque's Hoptoads list.
June 15, 2011
sionnach commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Wow. These words have the same structure as those on my bonebreakers and mother-in-law killers list.
June 15, 2011
madmouth commented on the list killjoy-et-al
does Spanish have a word for that structure? some language must; I warrant this is a compounding strategy that occurs elsewhere also - too intuitive not to.
also - reasonably fun bilingual game! perhaps even really fun if one were fluent enough in both. gonna give 'er a crack: buscavida = seeklife; cuentagota = dropcount. in this way garden-variety compound nouns in Spanish could be refurbished into punchy new English ones?
/yammer
June 15, 2011
hernesheir commented on the list killjoy-et-al
matacaballos = praying mantis --> horsekiller.
June 15, 2011
sionnach commented on the list killjoy-et-al
dotheboys, as in Dotheboys Hall is a near-miss for this list, I fear. Not sure about do-nothing, as in Truman's "do-nothing congress". The German word for nitrogen, Stickstoff, (chokestuff, or chokematerial) would be a nice addition, if foreign words were accepted. Actually, scratch that last one, as 'stuff' is not a direct object in the term.
June 15, 2011
sionnach commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Do flophouse and clingstone really meet the criteria?
June 15, 2011
madmouth commented on the list killjoy-et-al
matacaballo - killhorse, rather (as per list title ^^)
sionnach, you're probably right, but I don't delete words from free-for-all lists because it makes me sad. call it a besetting sin.
chokestuff is one for Hoptoads, being something like "stuff that chokes", yes? foreign schmoreign; I think mollusque is more permeable than that
as for Dotheboys Hall, I think it should go in a big glorious Fictional Proper Nouns That Mean Stuff list (provisional name only), along with Prunesquallor and Sourdust and Stilton Cheesewright and Lord Monomark and John Beaver and all the other glorious markers of the English imagination
June 16, 2011
qroqqa commented on the list killjoy-et-al
There's at least one French/English pair of surnames: Boileau = Drinkwater. Then there are the Rabelaisian names that get translated with the same structure: Baisecul = Kissebreech. Do-nothing is a translation of the old French fainéant kings.
June 16, 2011
marky commented on the list killjoy-et-al
cool list!
July 17, 2011
TankHughes commented on the list killjoy-et-al
Hi everybody. I did my dissertation about this kind of exocentric verb-noun compound last year. Some linguists call them 'scarecrow compounds' because that's a popular example. They come from French and were mildly productive for a few hundred years. I made a list of all of them I could find in English - 483 in total, the newest of which is 'pesterchum.' The abstract for my dissertation is up on my site, tankhughes.com. Anyway. I know too much about this topic. This list and the comments make me happy. :)
September 7, 2013
madmouth commented on the list killjoy-et-al
I am reading your slides and snaffling up compounds for the list, yaar
you're an admirable stafflist
March 6, 2014