corylusavellana

corylusavellana commented on the word islomane

A person afflicted (or conversely, blessed) with islomania.

Oct 6, 2010

corylusavellana commented on the word coccyx

Public transport always leaves me with a sore one of these.

Aug 13, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word repurpose

I keep seeing this on Lifehacker and it annoys me to hyperbole. Perhaps I should stop reading it...

In Lifehacker's context it's usually applied to any DIY job entailing recycling some old item and giving it new life, with a new purpose.

Aug 13, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word countercream

Any cream for the treatment of stuff; general ailments.

Aug 13, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word struthiocracy

Government by Ostriches. See Gordon Brown.

Jun 4, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word li-ion

A hesitant lion.

May 30, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word ad hocracy

Dash it. Foiled by the compounding process once again!

May 30, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word dot-communism

Describes the broad ideological basis for internet collaboration. Wired article.

May 27, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word ad hocracy

Kevin Kelly, talking about dot-communism on Wired: "...it is a spectrum of attitudes, techniques, and tools that promote collaboration, sharing, aggregation, coordination, ad hocracy, and a host of other newly enabled types of social cooperation."

May 27, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word skiptonite

The one weakness of fictional Northern superhero, Yorkshireman.

Apr 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word palimpsest

We were always told, in Landscape Archaeology, that a palimpsest was the whole landscape, in its infinite complexity, spread out before us.

Apr 2, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word hotel schadenfreude

Think of waking up late when on holiday, knowing that the rest of the world is already sweating at work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7967968.stm

Mar 27, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word clever clogs

Not those again!

Mar 23, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word clever clogs

Any footwear that showcases advanced technology. Such as this.

See also: smart shoes.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word hunch-hound

A fictional group of dogs bred for their ability to hunt using either instinct or Extrasensory Perception.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word sighthound

It would be rather nice if there was a dog with Extrasensory Perception. We could call it a psych-hound. Or a hunch-hound.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers

Delicious phrase from A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word compartmentalize

"May I compartmentalize? - I hate to, but may I? May I? Is our language a function of our British cynicism, tolerance, resistance to false emotion, humour and so on, or do those qualities come extrinsically - extrinsically - from the language itself?"
- A Bit of Fry and Laurie, S01 E02.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word double chin

A good substitute for "chin-chin"!

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word up yours

I use this instead of "cheers!", when raising a glass. See also: double chin.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word up yours

Oops. See above.

Mar 22, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word dino-fuzz

Yes, I saw that and giggled today. Well done for putting it up!

Mar 20, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word great recession

Good times. Constant growth is so last year...

Mar 9, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word autarchia

I would have thought this meant a state of political independence? Or even be an apt name for such an independent state.

Mar 7, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word wintnic

A winter picnic.

Mar 7, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word press here for a random word

I agree c_b. "I must have my share in this conversation, I must!"

Mar 7, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word brunk

That's brilliant. It's my perpetual state.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word petrified

Allows for total satisfaction whenever someone says "petrified log". Bless.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word quantitative easing

I just wish they'd bought CorylusAvellana bonds with money created out of thin air...

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word krill

Apparently there's been a large increase in the commercial krill catch in recent years. Licensed to krill?

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word mesopotamia

It's just a wonderfully evocative name. Rather than holidaying in Gran Canaria or (worse) Lanzagrotty (I think notty), we should all go on expeditions to Mesopotamia. What a world that would be...

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word snood

The shape of a handlebar moustache may be protected during the night by a moustache snood.

In another (more Scottish) universe, the past tense for snow?

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word flandom

A happy domain of flans. (Inhabited by flaneurs?)

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word soc-netting

Yes, it does sound like that. I can't get the idea of a web forum for darners out of my head now...

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word potentious

As in, this is a very potentious argument. (The very idea makes me shudder somewhat...)

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word lollery

Lots of lol. Grr.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word webism

See the list Twit 2.0.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word soc-netting

Well, a bit obvious.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word permanently enlarge your froghood!

I wish someone would send me spam like that. That reminds me... recession is really starting to be visible. I saw spam fritters in the supermarket. Permanently enlarge your spamhood!

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word starry gazey pie

A Cornish fish pie with the heads and tails of fish protruding from the crust.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word regeneration

The process by which Doctor Who turns into 25,000m² of executive apartments.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word bunburyist

"I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose."
- Algernon Moncrieff, in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word orang pendek

A cryptid rumoured to be living in a remote jungle region of Sumatra. Descriptions are very similar to the fossilised remains of a recently (10,000 years ago) extinct hominid found on Flores Island, homo floresiensis (colloquially known as the "hobbit").

Oh, to find one...

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word quantitative easing

The Bank of England just essentially bought £75bn in government bonds, with money it created out of thin air. Quantitative easing in action!

Mar 6, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word bettermost

Anachronistic word for "best". Rather lovely in a hobbity context.

Mar 5, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word is my one weakness

Wordie is my one weakness. The favourite saying of Dorcas Lane, in Flora Thompson's Lark Rise to Candleford.

Feb 27, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word ectoderm

That's a shame. I was hoping it would be ghost skin or somesuch... :(

Jan 26, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word trefusist

Hugely so to you!

Jan 26, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word samhain

Pron. "sow-inn" apparently.

Jan 26, 2009

corylusavellana commented on the word gaoth

Irish Gaelic: wind.

Jan 26, 2009

elisheba commented on the user corylusavellana

i was wondering whether your name has anything to do with the fonte avellana monastery in italy (in the marche region). which to me is almost synonym with the glades of arcady :)

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Dec 31, 2008

Prolagus commented on the user corylusavellana

What's a chap? He/she is a hazel for sure.

Dec 30, 2008

sarra commented on the user corylusavellana

YOU'RE A CHAP. Are you a chap? I adore the tweedy wonder that is the magazine.

Dec 22, 2008