garyth123 has looked up 65 words, created 33 lists, listed 694 words, written 370 comments, added 134 tags, and loved 10 words.
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I just returned to CoD today--now I've read past the words Boethius, weltanschauung, and Svengali.
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I like your other tags, too--I was just reading about Swift and A Confederacy of Dunces.
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Yep!
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Why does swearing always sound better that way?
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I must apologise or apologize for my recent outburst but I went to see In the Loop yesterday afternoon, and Malcolm Tucker is something of an inspiration. The Scots: swearing, irn bru, whisky, heart attacks...
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Welcome to Wordie! I got started about a week ago, and look how far I got....
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Thanks, interesting. Also led to wassailing.
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Here, have an apple-howling.
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I would like to build up my vocabulary.
garyth123 commented on the word zed
zed's dead baby, zed's dead
Oct 13, 2011
garyth123 commented on the user ruzuzu
hope you get round to reading cod then, it's good!
Apr 24, 2011
garyth123 commented on the user ruzuzu
like thanks:)
Apr 23, 2011
garyth123 commented on the word hapax legomenon
I shall say this only once...
Sep 26, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word yon boy disnae ken if it's new year or new york
My workmate, who hails from Lossiemouth in the North of Scotland, uses this expression to suggest someone is confused, incompetent, or inebriated. Can also be used of a female by substituting the word boy with the word quine.
Jul 11, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word cho cho cho
A snazzy way to say goodbye, or perhaps cheerio, when ending a mobile 'phone (or cell phone) conversation. So cool:)
Jun 27, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word gruntfuttock
J Peasmold Gruntfuttock to be exact.
Jun 8, 2009
garyth123 commented on the user sionnach
Define barmy.
May 18, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word boutros boutros ghali
Goodnight from the newsreaders on the Fast Show.
May 4, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word not half
Alan Freeman.
May 4, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word the emerald aisle
Possibly the state of holy matrimony viewed from spinster or bachelorhood, in a grass is always greener way of looking at things.
May 2, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word information scent
The most important concept in the information foraging theory is information scent. (Wikipedia article on information foraging.)
World's Best Headlines: BBC News
"rich in information scent, clearly summarizing the target article"
Jakob Nielsen praises the BBC.
Apr 27, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word chef's special
See signature dish
Apr 25, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word signature dish
From the Wikipedia: At its weakest, the term can simply mean 'chef's specials' which are in no way unique or even particularly unusual.
Apr 25, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word signature dish
Your culinary portfolio, or something equally absurd.
Apr 25, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word signature dish
If you cook something a lot, enjoy cooking it and sharing it with others, what is it called?
Your signature dish.
Apr 25, 2009
garyth123 commented on the user reesetee
Do you mean in a Scottish accent?
Apr 20, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word moleskine
Ah, okay, I get in now, in English you don't sound the 'e' at the end.
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word moleskine
Hey, thank you very much:)
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word azuki
アズキ, formerly spelled adzuki or misspelled aduki according to the Wikipedia. Aduki is how I've always referred to them and seem them referred to in whole food shops.
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word moleskine
How is it pronounced?
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word tae
To.
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the user garyth123
I must apologise or apologize for my recent outburst but I went to see In the Loop yesterday afternoon, and Malcolm Tucker is something of an inspiration. The Scots: swearing, irn bru, whisky, heart attacks...
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word frae
From.
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the user aj_ka_27
Away and fuck off tae where ye fuckin' came frae then:)
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word seitan
mmm!
Apr 19, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word schmuck
I understood that schmuck was the Yiddish word for the foreskin. See the Wikitionary entry on schmuck and eg Mel Brooks Starts Nonprofit Foundation To Save Word 'Schmuck'.
In the UK helmet is used in a similar sense.
Apr 12, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word cleeks
Hyperlinks.
See Juist Scots Cleeks page.
Apr 12, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word owerance
Control, or authority.
See the Scots Language Centre Scots Language wedding on film.
Apr 12, 2009
garyth123 commented on the user garyth123
Have not been able to log-in for a while due to stupidity on my part.
Apr 12, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word gravat
A scarf.
Winnie the Pooh has been translated into Scots.
James Robertson is the translator.
Itchy coo are the publisher.
Itchy Cool is their website for bairns.
Apr 12, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word impressionist
Mike Yarwood, Rory Bremner, John Culshaw and so forth. I'm sorry I don't know the names of any American impressionists.
Mar 28, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word iconic
I'm thinking of how Sir Sean Connery would pronounce "iconic site" at least in the mouths of what I think are termed impressionists. (Mike Yarwood not Monet.)
Mar 28, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word iconic
"SCOTLAND has won an international contest to host a cutting-edge operation which aims to transform the way companies run major projects around the world and is expected to create about 200 jobs at an iconic site near Glasgow."
Hi-tech inward investment on course to create 200 jobs
What is meant by an iconic site?
Jonathan Meades wrote recently about the overuse of this word: ICONIC: THE ADJECTIVE OF THE AGE
Mar 27, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word pessimism porn
"This is cruder stuff than I usually go for. Abstruse financial analysis provides a more satisfying jolt of fright, dread, and incomprehension. One god-awful prediction that dances through my head at three in the morning is the “coming dollar debasement trade,�? which will happen when the Chinese and the rest of the world give up, en masse, on our currency as a reserve. The leading nightmare peddlers see it as nothing less than the end of civilized America." Pessimism Porn nymag
Mar 27, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word boycott
See goodwinism.
Mar 26, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word goodwinism
Someone in a comment at the online guardian has suggested adopting this as a synonym for "greed" as a means of bringing lasting shame to Sir Fred Goodwin. In the manner of boycott.
Mar 26, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word 無
Does a dog have the buddha-nature?
Mar 22, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word come by
See away.
Mar 20, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word away
Run counterclockwise around the sheep.
Mar 20, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word come by
Run round the sheep clockwise.
Mar 20, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word yow-trummle
the sheep shearing season
Mar 18, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word yow
a sheep
Mar 18, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word laverock
A lark, or skylark.
Mar 17, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word watergaw
See The Watergaw at the poetry archive.
Mar 17, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word ephebiphobia
'We see children as pestilent'
Mar 17, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word takkesage
Robe chant or kesa verse.
Mar 16, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word spalpeen
Really Irish, but used for itinerant Irish workers who came to Scotland looking for work.
Mar 14, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word deign
condescend
Mar 13, 2009
garyth123 commented on the word structured trades
In the news today. RBS avoided £500m of tax in global deals.
The previous management, led by Sir Fred Goodwin - who is now retired with a £700,000-a-year pension - presided over a massive expansion of so-called "structured trades". These are huge deals across national borders, to make profit out of tax avoidance. They are not illegal, but secretively exploit gaps in different countries' tax laws.
Mar 13, 2009