Wordnik.com: Triads: Comments

Comment by mollusque, 2 months ago

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:24:28 +0000

Thanks, bilby! Hadn't heard of it, but it seems popular enough.

Comment by bilby, 2 months ago

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:14:40 +0000

hatch, match and dispatch

Comment by mollusque, 3 months ago

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:06:14 +0000

No, the dyadic nature of Calvin and Hobbes is too strong. They're on the Couples & Duos list.

Comment by sosheshall, 3 months ago

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:07:09 +0000

Calvin & Hobbes + Suzie?

Comment by mollusque, 3 months ago

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:46:39 +0000

And then two in ten minutes! (Affixes, prefixes, suffixes inspired by SoSheShall).

Comment by mollusque, 3 months ago

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:35:47 +0000

Thanks, xundra! It's been a long time since a new triad surfaced.

Comment by xundra, 3 months ago

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:31:24 +0000

Hm, "Me, Myself, and Irene"?

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:43:07 +0000

How about a triple bill?

Comment by optionparalysis, about 1 year ago

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:44:49 +0000

Practice, practice, practice!

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:53:10 +0000

Good one Asativum! Actually, its the announcement that the game of tag is over and you can come to home base free from fear of being tagged.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:24:17 +0000

Thanks, dontcry! I added "you complete me" to Triads 3. Not sure about "Ollie ollie, in-come-free". The commonest form is "Olly, Olly oxen free", which isn't triadic.

Comment by asativum, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:11:45 +0000

don'tcry, is that some kind of Reagan-era tax protest chant?

Comment by dontcry, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:28:38 +0000

Ollie ollie, in-come-free.

You complete me.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 04:15:25 +0000

Ah, I must have forgotten to click 'view all' before I searched. Raincheck on the catering arrangements :-)

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 03:29:03 +0000

Thanks, rolig!

The meals are already listed bilby, but I'll take up your offer next time I'm in Oz. :-)

Comment by rolig, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000

And then there's:

"I feel pretty, oh so pretty,
I feel pretty and witty and gay!"

Comment by rolig, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 May 2008 23:45:09 +0000

The original name of Yugoslavia was triadic: The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. And back in the nineties, the news was dominated by Bosnia's Serbs, Croats, and Muslims.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 May 2008 23:14:53 +0000

How about I treat you to breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 May 2008 16:51:55 +0000

Thanks, bilby! I'm still on the alert for them, but only finding one or two a month now.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 May 2008 14:34:02 +0000

Still a fantastic list, molly. I'm glad I came back to admire it again.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:45:58 +0000

Ah. The families that Wordie together.... :-)

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:49:02 +0000

Hi bpm, red, white and blue is already on the list. And assuming you mean Dad in the literal sense, I'm also a Wordie dad. My daughter has a Wordie account.

Comment by bagpussmonkey, about 1 year ago

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:08:34 +0000

oops, oops, oops! I thought this list was gangerh's!

Comment by bagpussmonkey, about 1 year ago

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:56:19 +0000

Hi Dad

'See I thought of a few
How about(Red White and Blue)?
I think you ought to know
About (Row, Row, Row)

Zx

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:48:11 +0000

cleanse, tone, moisturise?

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:01:20 +0000

mollusque: There is the Spanish version of 'Tom, Dick, and Harry' --- fulano, mengano y zutano. I believe that in some Latin American countries, substitutions are possible for 'zutano' (e.g. 'perengano'). But fulano, mengano y zutano is the most common expression used.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:17:01 +0000

Thanks, Treeseed! I was sure I'd listed the magi, but at least I got their gifts.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:00:17 +0000

Thanks, Gangerh, quite a harvest! I took up, down, turn around, England, Scotland and Wales, ning, nang, nong and jibber, jabber, joo (the latter two for Triads 2).

I passed on Jabber, jabber, jabber which isn't as common as blah blah bah and yada, yada, yada; likewise for bread, butter, jam and tea, milk, sugar versus bread and butter and coffee, tea or milk.

Comment by treeseed, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:57:02 +0000

The three Wisemen of The Nativity story
Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar

Comment by treeseed, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:52:45 +0000

Wham, Bam, Thank you, Ma'am

Comment by treeseed, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:48:37 +0000

Maiden, Mother, Crone
Aspects of the Triple Goddess in Wicca

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:29:56 +0000

Thanks, Misterpolly! I have on your mark, get set, go, but not ready, steady, go, which I'd assumed was the same thing, but apparently isn't. Is ready, steady, go mainly British? It get almost a million Google hits, more than ready, set, go, which is more familiar in the US.

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:27:37 +0000

bread,butter,jam

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:26:45 +0000

tea, milk,sugar?

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:55:10 +0000

'ning nang nong'

Delightfully silly Spike Milligan poem.

On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the cows go bong
..........................
...................
..................
And the teapots jibber jabber joo.......

Oh! Could that be one 'jibber jabber, joo'?

And as my Dad used to say when someone just kept on talking

'jabber,jabber,jabber'

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:50:31 +0000

'england,scotland,wales'

Yes, I know there's Northern Ireland but it is separate from Great Britain which is comprised of these three. If you add NI you get The UK of GB and NI. If you add Eire, Isle of Man etc you get the British Isles.

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:39:56 +0000

woo, woo, www
(bum titty, bum titty,bum bum bum)

could use a better, more rounded w.

Comment by gangerh, about 1 year ago

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:37:50 +0000

up, down, turnaround
(pick a bale of cotton)

Comment by misterpolly, about 1 year ago

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:57:56 +0000

Have you got "Tom, Dick and Harry"?
In Italy they are "Tizio,Caio and Sempronio".
"Ready, steady, go!"
"The good, the bad and the ugly."

Comment by misterpolly, about 1 year ago

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:56:56 +0000

Splendid list! I fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:38:06 +0000

As an ex Porta Sole boy I'll have to speak up for Inferno, Purgatory & Paradise.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:40:13 +0000

Then Triads 2 is the list for you.

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:16:27 +0000

Unfortunately I'm very partial to doggerel such as hickory dickory dock.

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:23:47 +0000

Sorry, sionnach! Somehow I overlooked your contribution until now.

Comment by sionnach, about 1 year ago

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:34:24 +0000

hands, knees, and bumps-a-daisy?

Comment by mollusque, about 1 year ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:50:55 +0000

Thanks, John. A nice juxtaposition with bilby's "reduce, reuse, recycle", which I just caught up with.

Comment by john, about 1 year ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:23:05 +0000

How about David Letterman's old saw, "Volume, Volume, Volume!"

Comment by bilby, about 1 year ago

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:10:54 +0000

Dang, for some reason my in-page search thing won't/can't see liberté etc.

Reduce, reuse, recycle. I think the first term refers to the theory of the use of clichés in journalism, the last two to the reality.

Comment by mollusque, over 2 years ago

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:44:21 +0000

Thanks, John! Vera, Chuck and Dave are in. See wynken, blynken and nod for winkin et al. "Always be closing" doesn't fit the list, but I keep finding such ("fire when ready", "make my day"). Maybe I'll have to "bite the bullet" and start Triads 3.

Comment by john, over 2 years ago

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:01:23 +0000

vera, chuck, and dave? Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod? Always Be Closing?

Ok, maybe that last one's a stretch.