Welcome to Wordie! I hope you enjoy the site as much as the rest of us do.
I must say, I feel very honoured to be your first favourite word :P
Edit: Please remember to check for a definition on a word's page before adding your own. It's a bit redundant to have the same definition in two comments, one after the other (eg loganamnosis)
I suspect there's more to the "word" than that, but it doesn't show up on the home page or the last 100 comments page, and the URL is truncated because of the quotation marks.
But I know other people can get there, because it has comments!
Well, there's a couple of collecting tins circling, one at work, one in my hometown, and I'm taking one to my old boarding house tomorrow. Also, my perpetually campaigning auntie is rustling up the people who would usually sponsor her, e.g. pretty much all of her cancer support group, everyone at the bank, every person who owns a cafe on the main street, and so on and so forth.
Short answer: There's money, it's just not entered online.
I use they as a singular, non-gender specific pronoun, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Better they than the hideous hir. This was one of the few things my English teacher and I ever disagreed on.
She eventually won the argument, but for some reason, she didn't respond well when I replaced they with s/h/it in my practice essay. *puzzled*
Bilby, I didn't realise you had family still in the area. I hope they get out alright.
I remember the year of the Canberra fires, my sister was visiting a friend and the fires came within a block of them. They evacuated to a shelter, my sister's phone went flat, noone could contact her. It was harrowing.
The game is known as blind man's buff in the UK and Ireland, "buff" meaning a small push. It is possible that the American name is a corruption, or it may originate from the older sense of bluff meaning to blindfold.
Personally, I know it by this name, rather than the BEng. To me it makes sense because you can bluff by making a noise to draw the attention of the Blind Man and then move away as silently as possible. I do the same in Marco Polo.
Heat stress is more likely to get me in my flat, to be honest. It's been about 45 degrees Celsius here all week, and I don't really have much in the way of cooling at home. We're looking at high 30s for the next week too.
I wish I lived closer to the beach. I'm not a huge fan of swimming, but nighttime walks as the water laps at your feets are just heavenly.
You're in the NT, right b? For some reason, people seem to just take you for South Australia. Maybe it's because NT isn't a real state :P
The superbowl is, I think, a strange phenomenon. It gets a lot of coverage for what it is. I'm assuming it's basically the same thing as Australia's grand final? For most sports, it would be reasonable to expect that while there would be a bit more hype than for normal games, only fans of the sport would really care that much.
But the Superbowl's discussed ad infinitum. There are sitcom episodes about it. They're even showing it here Monday morning, and it's mentioned in every news broadcast. Why is it such a big deal? Thoughts?
But, but, but... why would anyone leave their waffles behind? I mean, waffles are delicious; they're the first thing I packed when I left the Falkland Islands.
I haven't had a lot of time to investigate this thoroughly but...
it appears that when logged out, the times on comments are not up-to-date. For example, on my list Silent Bits and Pieces, when I'm logged out displays,
Hmm, sorry c_b, I just assumed you didn't intend to italicise your answer as well as your question, and that Pro's subject line was also not meant to be itals.
I was so sure that this word would mean something completely bizarre and not at all related to what it looks like that I was on my way over to make up a definition about fighting centaurs.
I'm on the lookout moll, but I don't hold much hope.
I was thinking of doing it by list because it's already 2 pages and I've barely begun. I'm not adding anything else until I've sorted what I've got. Unfortunately, that will have to wait until tonight.
I agree that Wordie should remain as un-Facebook as possible. I love Wordie for its unique simpliciy.
Sionnach, this is awkward. When that rhinocerous I sent you arrives, just send it back, ok? Sorry, I took your silence on the subject to mean that a rhino was your dearest wish.
The system has been having more and more hissy fits since our recent upgrade. Currently it's having one at Wordie. It blocks me each time I comment or add a word but let's me see the page when I refresh.
4 more days of school internet. I'm holding onto that, for my sanity.
Part of me thinks that's the greatest thing ever and wants to play, but the other part is horrified to think that they reduced something as amazing as the Golden Snitch to a dude carrying a sock.
My clock radio has the standard 9 minutes, but my phone snooze time is 2 minutes. It takes about 45 minutes from first alarm until I actually get out of bed.
The plan at the moment is to take a year off studying, find a job, and earn enough money to live on, and perhaps save some to help me get through uni in 2010.
My German friends have reusable ones. They're made up of little cloth pouches and their mother buys those individually wrapped Darrell Lea chocolates to fill them with. I don't think she leaves a chocolate for everday, either, come to think of it. There's probably some true-meaning-of-Christmas stuff in there too.
Personally I like to wait until after Christmas and buy five for a dollar at the supermarket and eat them all at once :D
You're right, frindley. I have to hit num-lock and then hold the function key as I type to access my number pad. Fn + alt + 150 doesn't give me a dash, though: ☼
The most common form of fundraising in my school. Currently there are about 8 boxes in the boarding house alone, and more besides in the day school. If I eat another Freddo, or Caramello Koala, I'll explode.
True. Which is why I don't use them. But these girls obviously don't care what information they spread across the internet. And most school computers have decent anti-virus, anti-spyware software.
A girl I once knew plays the harp, and is even building her own. I watched her perform so many times over 3 years that a harp would seem loud to me even if it were barely audible.
kewpid, just wait until you see their dance in the school talent show. They do the same thing every year.
This one time, Kelseyy punched me in the face. It was awesome. Also, I think Bonnie is mad at Brennah because she's the only one who knows about her nose job.
I can't wait to not be a teenager any longer so I don't get lumped in with people like that purely because of age.
I'll be honest. The "warum hassen Sie..." bit was easy, very simple German. I just couldn't be bothered looking up freedom in the dictionary. And I couldnt have used du anyway, because I was talking to two people.
Now that it's over, I kind of wish that I actually had said it. Still, it actually went pretty well. The moderators were really friendly and the woman got really worked up over my Intensiv Studie.
Well, I was in a rush this morning so I didn't brush my top left cuspid properly and then the last wisdom tooth has come up only half way through my gum. That's a serious penalty. They suggested I buy a motorised toothbrush - even recommended one. It's called "Super sparkle spinning plaque destroyer!™"
I strongly dislike this word. Not because of the meaning, and not because I'm sick of year 12 English (although I am that, too), but because its mouthfeel is just so unpleasant.
I quite like that song, but I'll admit that it can be a rather annoying earworm. Fortunately, the music I am listening to at the moment is catchy enough that just reading the lyrics isn't enough to get the song lodged in my head.
We have one of those. It's a mouli mill in my household and we use it for our tomato soup. Mum's keeping it, so anyone can feel free to buy me a great big one as a housewarming gift when I move out. I wants it, I needs it.
A sommelier knife or waiter's friend is a corkscrew in a folding body similar to a pocket knife. An arm extends to brace against the lip of the bottle for leverage when removing the cork. Some sommelier knives have two steps on the lever, and often also a bottle opener. A small hinged knife blade is housed in the handle end for removing the foil wrapping the neck of many wine bottles. These are often considered to be the fastest corkscrews.
Tonight there were candles, tear, speeches, tears, presents, tears, the symbolic letting go of the balloons, tears, and did I mention the tears? Oh, and so many photos.
Afterwards, we went out for coffee, on the boarding house's credit card. More photos. I'm still hyped up.
It's not banned everywhere. There are some schools that still allow it. All the private schools in Adelaide still had it up until last year. I think the pig's head that someone from Sacred Heart brought to school may have contributed to its banning.
Our school has a new head of senior school, and with her came the banning of huge number of our traditions, one of them being Muck Up Day. Don't even get me started on how angry we are, haha.
The main reason I didn't finish the exam is because I obsessively look up everything about which I have the slightest doubt in the dictionary. And that uses up all my time.
Plus, it's very humbling to go from a class of 6 to an exam hall of 40, and to be the only caucasian in the room. Especially after my Korean friends had just finished telling how close Japanese and Korean are and that that was why most of the people studying Japanese were Korean. I'll be honest. I was shit-scared.
I think crying is healthy. Depending on the reason behind it, I have been known to enjoy it. I pick movies purely because I know they'll make me cry.
Besides, if I didn't let myself cry to release the stress occasionally (increasingly, as the end of highschool and my exams draw nearer, tbh), I'd be a wreck.
Obviously if there's something unpleasant making you cry, that's not a good thing. But tears come hand-in-hand with so many emotions that I think the worst thing about crying is that it messes up your make-up.
Trivet, I cannot tell you how many illustrations on pencil cases, folders, lunch boxes etc I have taken a Sharpie to. It's great fun, I can understand your cousin's motivation.
I'm not sure. I suppose the teacher assumed that we were trying to get out of reading, because really, who reads a dictionary word by word?
What she didn't get is that we both loved reading. While our classmates were struggling through their BSC and "Aussie Bites", 100 page novels (and hating every minute), we were reading adult fiction, which found so absorbing that we couldn't just read for 15 minutes and then stop (I still can't do that. It's torture).
Plus, we were having fun and learning new words (and partly we were doing it to be smart arses. Fun was discouraged whenever possible, and I think the teacher hated having to mark our spelling words each week because she didn't know what half the words meant, herself.
Perhaps you could mention reverse dictionaries, pter? I have always found them fascinating for some reason.
When I was in year 6, we had 15 minutes of compulsory reading time every day. My equally book-nerdy friend and I both felt that 15 minutes wasn't enough time to enjoy any sort of narrative, so we each brought in a dictionary and started reading at A. We only lasted a week before we were told off and our dictionaries confiscated.
My favourite dictionary is the Macquarie, I must say.
The Slitheen were a family of Raxacoricofallapatorians who attempted to create nuclear war on Earth with an aim towards complete destruction. They intended to sell the remains as fuel (Aliens of London/World War Three).
Later, a survivor of their clash with the Doctor became Mayor of Cardiff and proposed the building of a nuclear reactor with intentional faults in order to blow up the Earth (Boomtown).
The Silurians were Earth's first sentient beings. They were technologically advanced and had a third eye that gave them telepathic powers. They first appeared in Doctor Who and the Silurians.
The Racnoss are a race destroyed by the Gallifreyans before the formation of the Earth. The survivors fled in a ship which created the gravitational pull to form the Earth and have hibernated there since. In the 2006 Christmas special, the Empress of the Racnoss used huon particles to attempt to awaken the rest of her race but the Doctor drowned them all by draining the Thames.
A blood-sucking near-human. A plasmavore calling herself "Florence Finnegan" appeared in Smith and Jones. She used a red and white straw to suck her victims dry. It was she that the Judoon were seeking.
Rhinocerous-headed Galactic police-for-hire. Or, as the Doctor put it, "interplanetary thugs". In Smith and Jones, they transported the Royal Hope Hospital (conveniently containing the Doctor and Martha Jones) to the moon to seek out a plasmavore.
The macra are a race of giant crab-like creatures who feed on a gas that is toxic to humans. They first appeared in The Macra Terror with the Second Doctor who fought to free a colony of humans they kept as slaves. After billions of years, they degenerated into feral creatures who lived at the bottom of the motorway and fed off exhaust fumes and stray humans (Gridlock).
An entirely female species who follow a science based on words so that they are thought of as witches. They rewrote the final lines of a Shakespeare play in order to summon the rest of their race to Earth.
The Cult of Skaro genetically modified humans to create a race of slaves. The pig slaves then captured more humans and those of low intelligence were converted into more pig slaves.
Appeared in Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks
Humanoids with an endo- and exoskeleton who controlled a third of the Earth's population through blood control and threatened to kill them unless the Earth surrendered to being sold into slavery.
The Sycorax leader cut off the Tenth Doctor's right hand in a sword fight. But he was only 15 hours into his regeneration cycle so it grew back. Yep.
Appeared in the 2005 Christmas special, The Christmas Invasion.
A race of cyborgs first appearing in the serial The Tenth Planet, which was the last to feature the First Doctor (William Hartnell). Cybermen originated Earth's twin planet Mondas as an attempt by Dr Kit Pedler to prolong life.
In New Who, they were created by John Lumic on Earth in a parallel universe. They also crossed into our universe where they proceeded to trash talk some daleks.
A race of blobs of fat. Originally, they came from the planet Adipose III, which was taken by Davros. After they lost their home planet, they started breeding on Earth.
Appeared in season 4, episode 1, Partners in Crime.
All those paradoxes are why I have a love/hate relationship with this language. It's fascinating, but it can be a pain in the proverbial.
A friend who was in Germany on exchange recently told us that in her host sister's English class they were learning about homonyms and such. She was asked to read a poem similar to that list and she was completely lost.
I have the greatest sympathy with anyone learning English as a second language. Kudos.
Oh, that is sad! What a horrible thing to happen to such an fantastic building.
I'll be honest: as a teenager, my main gripes with Supre are the music, the sluttiness and the fact that the sizing is such that anyone past puberty can't fit into their clothes.
I was deprived of a cubby house in my childhood. I was always jealous of our neighbours, whose father built one for them. The worries of a seven-year-old :)
I love this list. I love roses. When I was a kid we had a huge garden full of roses, lovingly slaved over by my mother. My two favourites are called winsome and blue moon.
I wish I'd been old enough to enjoy this properly when it was on. I remember watching it with my mum, and probably laughing, but I doubt I ever got the jokes.
How recently is recently, b? Because I've accidentally added the same word to one list twice numerous times: when I've been impatient with my internet and hit the add button twice. So it's been possible the couple of months I've been active.
Prompted the first use of the phrase Doctor who? When Susan's teachers - Ian and Barbara - meet the Doctor, Ian calls him Doctor Foreman and he says 'Hmm? What's that? Doctor who?"
Would you mind adding me as a contributor? As I said, I've been watching a lot of DW lately and I could add worlds and monsters etc as I encounter them...
Not these days, Pro. The greatest privilege of year 12 is having to share only a bathroom and with just one person. And although my bathroommate is a slob who occasionally locks me out and always leaves the light on, it's worth it for the 2am Doctor Who and homework sessions.
As for whether we're moving, westward or otherwise, I have no authority to speak on the matter.
I am actually going to bed now. I have a Chem test in the morning.
Hmm, what to do? I could a) go to bed and have a 70/30 chance of laying awake pretending/wishing it were possible for me to sleep before at least two a.m. or b) watch another episode of Doctor Who on youtube.
A friend of mine is having me do a sleep log for her psychology class. I should be able to give her some interesting results.
How about WorldWideWeb, the first ever browser? They renamed it later, I think, to avoid confusion. I can't remember what the name was changed to and I'm too tired to look it up.
This is what I found on my roommate's bathroom counter when I walked in this afternoon. Presumably she's taking them from the dining room, because I didn't think we had that many cups in our upstairs kitchen. Or any salt, for that matter. The question of why she has them is one I'm not quite well enough to delve into.
Indeed. The staff like to refer to it as the Big Weekend In, at least when talking to the parents, but we all know the truth.
Ostensibly the point is to help the everyone get to know each other and whatnot, but in reality it's a way of wearing out new girls so they don't have the energy to miss their parents and to prevent older girls from going to Big Day Out.
Also, I meant to hyphenate this. It should be lock-in weekend.
When I build my dream house, it's going to have one of these. It may not even be a guest room; I might just want to go hang out there occasionally and warm myself at the kotatsu.
As a kid, I found this term very upsetting. Mum uses it as a joke, but siblings and family friends turned it into a weapon against me. Maybe I was (am) just an over-sensitive kid.
I am also a lefty, rt. Let us unite in the name of cacky-handers everywhere!
There is a strange pattern of lefthandedness in my family actually. I'm a lefty, as is my Auntie C. C has an auntie who is lefthanded and and I believe she has a lefty aunt too. That's as far back as I know my family tree, alas. I'm just waiting for a niece!
Er.. *shifty eyes* I may not have actually been in Italy. There's a Carnevale festival here every year, but this is South Australia, so perhaps it's not the most authentic Italian cuisine... But the bloke selling them was a first generation Italian immigrant. I knew his wife, so he used to sometimes just give me random food. It was quite good.
They weren't quite like that Pro, they were just long sticks. I am beginning to get the suspicion that Dom just made them up.
As long as it tastes good, who cares if it's a doughnut or a donut hole??
Personally, I like these long Italian doughnut-sort-of things that I had at Carnivale a few years ago. I can't remember what they're called though. Maybe Pro can help out?
I had a smart arse answer for this when I was a kid. I said "Mum, Jesus was born in a barn." And she looked at me in that way that only a mother can and said, "Yes, and look where it got him."
I like this word because it reminds me of The Wizard of Oz.
I think I need to create an Oz list, actually. It's pretty much consuming my brain at the moment, and will continue to do so until I've finished school.
Unfortunately she still considers the internet to be nothing more than a tool. Oh, and a way to swap email jokes.
I really need to start writing the things she says down when I'm on the phone to her. I always notice them, but by the time I get near Wordie again, I've forgotten.
Clearly, I did not define my point well enough. The general gist of your second paragraph matches what I was saying: that in order for the label "eternal" to no longer apply, there must be one chosen answer, no matter how clearly that answer is defined.
However, I would have to say that the word "answer" is an ambiguous one. Can the 20 candidates for the answer to the eternal question still be referred to as "answers"?
They're not answers, though, they're just possible answers. So the question remains eternal because people are eternally trying to decide which of the 20 clearly defined answers is the most suitable.
I don't think so rt, but when I was searching for a link for this page, I did discover that apparently you also get to celebrate National Chocolate Cupcake Day (18 October) and National Lemon Cupcake Day (15 December), although their authenticity seems questionable.
There are just not enough confectionary related holidays in the world.
This is another of those situations where I couldn't tell you which spelling I favour, just because I've never really thought about it, it just comes to me.
I actually prefer violet crumble to crunchie, because crunchie has that thicker, chewier stuff at the edges, and that's what gets stuck in my teeth. Whereas violet crumble is, well, crumblier.
This reminds me of an episode of a TV show I watched as a kid called "Round the Twist". The lead girl threw out a doll from her childhood that walked and said "cuddle me" when it was turned on. Then it stalked her and she heard its voice all over the place. It did get pretty by the end, actually.
What wikipedia calls sponge toffee is called honeycomb here, but that's the stuff that is in Crunchies and Violet Crumbles (yum, btw) which is not the same as what's in Maltesers.
Jeeves (at ask.com) used to answer this with "Which do you mean - African or European swallow?" but Jeeves is now gone and so are all his Easter eggs :(
Thanks, rol. Now if I could just remember the question that sparked the idea late on Thursday night... It was hilarious, but it continues to escape me :(
Oh, yeah, about that... *scuffs toe of her shoe on the ground* y'see, my phone bill is already quite high, and the parental unit is this close to confiscating it, and... well, I'm sorry, ok?
I accept, thou sodden-witted whoreson, ere I trounce thee so that priests must become mockers, if they shall encounter such ridiculous subjects as you.
I sometimes have to be forcibly ejected from people's rooms during prep time. Fortunately, my current roommate is as bad as me, and we just chat all the time. Neither of us get anything done but we enjoy ourselves.
I think this kicks in for me at about the time I decide I am going to go to bed. I refresh a couple of times, then go brush my teeth. Then I refresh some more, then I put on my pajamas. Then I refresh and make sure my room is vaguely tidy so I don't have to rush in the morning. Then I refresh 893465 more times and then I close my laptop and go to bed.
Hmm, well, UD says something about drinking in car parks or something (Netfox blocked the full definition), but to me it brings to mind a sort of convoy of 4WDs...
I don't think so, I don't get an error message, and there's nothing in the URL that Netfox is likely to block. I just get 5.jpg where the photo should be...
Edit: I don't know what changed, but I can now see it. I'm definitely in for group ponchoing.
In my school environment. Overused because I think it's fun, amusing word in a childish way, (and also in a Potter Puppet Pals kind of way), but it is too often used in the context of teenage girls talking about their latest sexual exploits, and it just bothers me that this juvenile word is connected with something that's supposed to mean that they're all grown up and stuff.
Somewhere I'm not surrounded by nasty, inconsiderate teenage girls.
There are places I could go if I ever did run away from the boarding house. I have family and friends in the city who would take me in. In reality, I doubt it'll ever happen. Getting out is not the hard bit, it's getting back in that's the problem.
Current bane of my life and destroyer of my upcoming weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love Hamlet, I just don't want to get up and talk to the class about his incestuous, murdering uncle on Monday.
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plethora commented on the word non-linear
That was, uh, rather unnecessary, Kostya...
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word illeism
See also jmjarmstrong.
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word kickboxing
I have been known to take my frustrations out on cardboard packaging. It's usually related to excessive sticky tape.
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the list kostyas-list
So do I ;)
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the user surreal
Hi Surreal.
Welcome to Wordie! I hope you enjoy the site as much as the rest of us do.
I must say, I feel very honoured to be your first favourite word :P
Edit: Please remember to check for a definition on a word's page before adding your own. It's a bit redundant to have the same definition in two comments, one after the other (eg loganamnosis)
<3
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the list wordie-paradox
Success! Thanks VO.
Although, once I got there, it wasn't actually that interesting...
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word drower
I was wondering the same thing, actually. Just never got around to commenting on it.
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word wrist-slitters' monthly
Perhaps someone should start a list of amusingly titled periodicals? John's beloved Sheep! could be included.
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word alma mater
I don't particularly like this word. I think the mater part is kind of ugly.
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the list wordie-paradox
I seem to be having an inordinate amount of trouble accessing the page i thought you'd lost it when you added "haar".... *gg.
I suspect there's more to the "word" than that, but it doesn't show up on the home page or the last 100 comments page, and the URL is truncated because of the quotation marks.
But I know other people can get there, because it has comments!
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word laissez-faire
What are you apologising for, Gexe?
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the word they
Not frosted?
February 12, 2009
plethora commented on the user plethora
Oh, that was you, 'nach? Thanks so much!
Well, there's a couple of collecting tins circling, one at work, one in my hometown, and I'm taking one to my old boarding house tomorrow. Also, my perpetually campaigning auntie is rustling up the people who would usually sponsor her, e.g. pretty much all of her cancer support group, everyone at the bank, every person who owns a cafe on the main street, and so on and so forth.
Short answer: There's money, it's just not entered online.
February 11, 2009
plethora commented on the word spend a penny
*groan*
February 11, 2009
plethora commented on the word they
I'm sure I stole it from somewhere on Wordie...
February 11, 2009
plethora commented on the word teapot
I think he's more likely to be tall and limber, like a japanese schoolgirl doing a pommel horse routine.
February 11, 2009
plethora commented on the user Prolagus
*sigh* You're right skip. What can we do?
I'm glad you appreciate my baked goods.
Oh God, dontcry. Don't wish that on us! Nothing is worth that *shudder*
February 11, 2009
plethora commented on the word they
I use they as a singular, non-gender specific pronoun, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Better they than the hideous hir. This was one of the few things my English teacher and I ever disagreed on.
She eventually won the argument, but for some reason, she didn't respond well when I replaced they with s/h/it in my practice essay. *puzzled*
Is JOO as in book or food, skip?
February 11, 2009
plethora commented on the user Prolagus
Skipvia, I take umbrage at being called a boy! *flings cupcake*
February 10, 2009
plethora commented on the word marysville
Bilby, I didn't realise you had family still in the area. I hope they get out alright.
I remember the year of the Canberra fires, my sister was visiting a friend and the fires came within a block of them. They evacuated to a shelter, my sister's phone went flat, noone could contact her. It was harrowing.
February 10, 2009
plethora commented on the word marysville
The latest figures say 173 dead, 500 injured, nearly 10,000 homes destroyed across 365,000 hectares.
There are... no words.
February 10, 2009
plethora commented on the user Prolagus
How about a list of facial cupcake adornment controversies from Victorian era Albania?
February 10, 2009
plethora commented on the word kylie
*snort*
Nice one, b.
February 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word toxic debt
Yeah but.
Those words are all far older than 2008.
February 8, 2009
plethora commented on the word look
Did you ever take that photo, Pro?
February 6, 2009
plethora commented on the list stuffie-i-m-taken
I take umbrage at your not recognising your own list, jenn.
February 6, 2009
plethora commented on the user bilby
Thank you for your generosity, bilb. <3
February 6, 2009
plethora commented on the word freedom of speech
Wordies, why do you hate freedom of speech?
February 6, 2009
plethora commented on the word colder that a witch's tit
Whoops! Typo, dc :S
February 6, 2009
plethora commented on the user plethora
Click me!
I'm shamelessly pimpin' for sponsorship, yo!
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word sumptuary
Let them eat cake.
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word facebook activism
*headdesk*
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word high frookin fructose karn syrup
I don't actually think you're a curmudgeon.
I think I've been conditioned to follow orders :P
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word high frookin fructose karn syrup
@sionnach: you're a curmudgeon.
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word what what is this
Actually, in reverse it would be siht si tahw tahw.
Upside down it's sıɥʇ sı ʇ�?ɥ�? ʇ�?ɥ�?.
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word ladybird
Aaaand the award for referencing the most most active threads in one comment goes to..!
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word rous
One would think, for all the Princess Bride quoting that happens on Wordie, there would be a PB list!
Edit: There is now.
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word bluff
Plinth.
February 5, 2009
plethora commented on the word frink
He's the Professor.
February 4, 2009
plethora commented on the word bluff
I love the mouthfeel of this word.
Bluff bluff bluff bluff bluff!
It's one of those words that sounds stranger the more you say it.
February 4, 2009
plethora commented on the list how-to-write-seo-friendly-articles
*reads list description*
*rereads*
*reads once more*
*brain goes boom*
February 4, 2009
plethora commented on the word blind man's bluff
From Wiki:
The game is known as blind man's buff in the UK and Ireland, "buff" meaning a small push. It is possible that the American name is a corruption, or it may originate from the older sense of bluff meaning to blindfold.
Personally, I know it by this name, rather than the BEng. To me it makes sense because you can bluff by making a noise to draw the attention of the Blind Man and then move away as silently as possible. I do the same in Marco Polo.
February 4, 2009
plethora commented on the word gratituous sex
It took until my third page view to pick up on the funny.
February 2, 2009
plethora commented on the word evitative
There's always a "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" joke lurking...
Edit: Earworm alert!
February 2, 2009
plethora commented on the word nork
JM is right. See also norks.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word sansrival
Sounds delicious, moll.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word bolognese sauce over fettucine with parmesan
JM is making plethora hungry.
JM really likes the 3rd person, huh?
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the list what-is-a-reesetee-anyhow
Is a private detective. See claret.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word powrie
From what I can find, powrie is another name for a Red Cap, creatures from British folklore. See here.
I feel compelled to point out that although Red Caps are mentioned in Harry Potter, JKR never uses this particular word.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word plush giant squid
Aw, such cute little guts! I know what I'm asking for for my next birthday...
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word go steelers
See: every one of dc's recent comments, starting with superbowl. ;)
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the user dontcry
Heat stress is more likely to get me in my flat, to be honest. It's been about 45 degrees Celsius here all week, and I don't really have much in the way of cooling at home. We're looking at high 30s for the next week too.
I wish I lived closer to the beach. I'm not a huge fan of swimming, but nighttime walks as the water laps at your feets are just heavenly.
You're in the NT, right b? For some reason, people seem to just take you for South Australia. Maybe it's because NT isn't a real state :P
I didn't even get that message.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the user dontcry
I was home last night, dc. And I am here this morning.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word runaway
I love that song, skip. But it's not an earworm for me.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word new caledonian bumpy gecko
I think I remember that song from my childhood.
The Wiggles, dc, are always to be appreciated.
February 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word subversive
Maybe, but don't remind me because that'll ruin it.
January 31, 2009
plethora commented on the word subversive
I don't think I've ever been subversive :(
January 31, 2009
plethora commented on the word superbowl
The superbowl is, I think, a strange phenomenon. It gets a lot of coverage for what it is. I'm assuming it's basically the same thing as Australia's grand final? For most sports, it would be reasonable to expect that while there would be a bit more hype than for normal games, only fans of the sport would really care that much.
But the Superbowl's discussed ad infinitum. There are sitcom episodes about it. They're even showing it here Monday morning, and it's mentioned in every news broadcast. Why is it such a big deal? Thoughts?
January 31, 2009
plethora commented on the word chairmaster
Like a tiny little escalator to nowhere.
January 31, 2009
plethora commented on the user jenso
Hey there jenso!
Don't worry, your mistake is a common one. I did the same when I was new.
Welcome to Wordie!
January 30, 2009
plethora commented on the word whichbe likes ponies and demons
See VO's profile.
January 30, 2009
plethora commented on the user vanishedone
"Whichbe likes ponies and demons"
Now, that I want on a t-shirt.
January 30, 2009
plethora commented on the list onomatopoeia-that-best-describes-you-greatest-hits-vol1
Uh, yeah *hackhack* Sorry about that. *wipes mouth*
January 29, 2009
plethora commented on the list onomatopoeia-that-best-describes-you-greatest-hits-vol1
schmatz!
January 29, 2009
plethora commented on the word cough
What are those alpine didgeridoos really called, anyway?
January 28, 2009
plethora commented on the word proust
You can come and steal lemons from my neighbour's tree that hangs over my fence, dc :D
January 28, 2009
plethora commented on the word like
As a teenage girl, I say to that article, pfft!
January 28, 2009
plethora commented on the word waffle
But, but, but... why would anyone leave their waffles behind? I mean, waffles are delicious; they're the first thing I packed when I left the Falkland Islands.
Etymological debate, what?
January 28, 2009
plethora commented on the word waffle
I'm with you b, that's how I would use it as well.
Rolig, I would say it is much the same as '"to ramble".
January 27, 2009
plethora commented on the word joan of arc
How appropriate that this is ghosted.
January 26, 2009
plethora commented on the word to kill a mockingbird
My brother was going to name his band the Tequila Mockingbirds.
I was always disappointed thst he didn't.
January 23, 2009
plethora commented on the user bilby
Hey there, bilb!
I've deferred my uni course for the year and I'm working to support myself. The job is pretty awful, but it's better than no job at all.
Happily ever after comes later.
January 23, 2009
plethora commented on the word bugs
I haven't had a lot of time to investigate this thoroughly but...
it appears that when logged out, the times on comments are not up-to-date. For example, on my list Silent Bits and Pieces, when I'm logged out displays,
"8 hours ago sionnach said:
I dream of a world where we will be able to move words among lists in great big blocks, en masse. That's my dream."
When I logged in, the timestamp changed. In truth,
13 days ago sionnach said:
"I dream of a world ..."
It's probably not a big deal, and won't cause a big problem, particularly for those of us who stay logged in pretty much all the time.
But I just thought it was worth noting.
January 23, 2009
plethora commented on the list the-cheese-connoisseur-s-list-of
Venezuelan beaver cheese?
January 21, 2009
plethora commented on the word faq
Hmm, sorry c_b, I just assumed you didn't intend to italicise your answer as well as your question, and that Pro's subject line was also not meant to be itals.
You know what they say about assumption...
January 20, 2009
plethora commented on the word faq
I spy an unclosed ital tag... tsk tsk c_b!
:)
Edit: Daz, by all means leave Wordie if you want. We all know that it's not for everyone. But insulting people is never the way to go.
January 18, 2009
plethora commented on the word guttatim
See deleting comments :)
January 18, 2009
plethora commented on the word how do you like them bananas
This should answer your question.
January 15, 2009
plethora commented on the word guitar hero
It's a bit easier than real guitar, but only because it doesn't require such a large hand-span.
The right hand can be a bit annoying, though, because it doesn't always pick up the movement.
January 14, 2009
plethora commented on the word spangle
Well, stars and banners were my second thought.
Also, WeirdNet has odd priorites - has anyone here ever used the verb "to spangle"?
January 14, 2009
plethora commented on the word spangle
It's a very... mardi gras word. Brings to mind tight-fitting costumes, drag queens, glitter and sequins.
I kind of like it.
January 13, 2009
plethora commented on the word centauromachia
I was so sure that this word would mean something completely bizarre and not at all related to what it looks like that I was on my way over to make up a definition about fighting centaurs.
January 13, 2009
plethora commented on the list mis-sung-a-litany-of-mondegreens
Alternatively:
She's got electric boobs...
January 13, 2009
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Thrumble.
January 13, 2009
plethora commented on the word insomnia
I haven't been here for a while - not since I had a lot of homework to do and many episodes of Doctor Who unwatched.
Wordie has been quiet tonight.
I probably have to be up early in the morning, despite it being Sunday, so I'm going to bed now.
January 11, 2009
plethora commented on the word ಠ
Or the back end of a wagon.
January 10, 2009
plethora commented on the list silent-bits-and-pieces
I'm on the lookout moll, but I don't hold much hope.
I was thinking of doing it by list because it's already 2 pages and I've barely begun. I'm not adding anything else until I've sorted what I've got. Unfortunately, that will have to wait until tonight.
January 10, 2009
plethora commented on the list lost-for-word
@bilby:
Airbrushing?
January 10, 2009
plethora commented on the list silent-bits-and-pieces
I'm only a short way into this list and I'm thinking I'm going to have to separate it out by letter.
For now, though, I'm going to bed.
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the list psychedelicatessen
Here's something I just realised...
This is my list right?
But I never actually added anything to it.
I guess something must have distracted me.
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Thanks for all your hard work whichbe :)
Truly, you are a most devoted Wordie.
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word whey-faced
??
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word lake of fire
You're missing something, whichbe.
P.S. Moll, your link is borked :)
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word chair master
It's not just a chair, yarb. It's a chair with moveable attachments.
January 9, 2009
plethora commented on the word quiet party
Personally I prefer a silent disco.
January 8, 2009
plethora commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Elvis AND Bowie, 'nach.
You have a rockin' birthday.
January 8, 2009
plethora commented on the list say-goodbye
From The Sound of Music:
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, adieu.
January 7, 2009
plethora commented on the word ridonkulous
Someone had to have invented it. How do you know who it was?
January 6, 2009
plethora commented on the list known-words
You appear to have added valetudinarian twice :)
January 4, 2009
plethora commented on the word footling
Well I wasn't thinking about that until you said it!
January 4, 2009
plethora commented on the word i'm not racist, but...
Almost always followed by some incredibly racist remark.
January 2, 2009
plethora commented on the word il mio aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille
My hovercraft is full of eels!
January 1, 2009
plethora commented on the list global-stupidity-alert
- a few pickles shy of a barrel
- the lights are on but nobody's home
- a kangaroo loose in the top paddock
- not the full quid
- a few beers short of a case
- a few sandwiches short of a picnic
- couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
- a few cards shy of a deck
I like this list! :D
January 1, 2009
plethora commented on the word ribcage
It was on petard.
December 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word watch batteries
Ha!
December 30, 2008
plethora commented on the list that-is-not-a-christmas-word-part-deux-2008
I love this list. I have to think back to some of our Christmas conversations for some contributions.
December 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word features
I'll send something smaller next year.
December 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word features
Whoops! This means 'nach is going to get your present...
I suspect rhinos will eat pretty much anything.
December 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word the day that one wishes the whole christmas season was over
Christmas.
December 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word features
I agree that Wordie should remain as un-Facebook as possible. I love Wordie for its unique simpliciy.
Sionnach, this is awkward. When that rhinocerous I sent you arrives, just send it back, ok? Sorry, I took your silence on the subject to mean that a rhino was your dearest wish.
December 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word autoplay
I hate that too, Pro. I don't know how to stop it either
December 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word super awesome princess unicorn pony
Yes Pro, I do.
December 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word super awesome princess unicorn pony
I sense a Sailor Moon.
December 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
I nominate tappen!
December 27, 2008
plethora commented on the user plethora
Thanks everyone! <3
Dc, that is the coolest thing... evah.
*hugs Wordies*
December 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word wordie list of the year 2008
I nominate Words that shouldn't be used on a first date
I couldn't possibly pick my favourite of all of these. Too much funny!
December 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word is there a word for the sound of a piano falling
fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng!
December 22, 2008
plethora commented on the word sartorial
I watched that Buffy episode today, seanahan. What a coincidence.
"Suits are full of joy. They are the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile,"
-- Barney, How I Met Your Mother
December 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word saritorial
Sartorial, perhaps?
December 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word thermos
It's the same deduction of heat no matter where the soup landed, which is tricky, particularly on a turn.
December 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word sylvia's mother
I'll only keep her a while.
December 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word mystery tour
Our mystery tour starts in 5 minutes. Where are we going? I don't know, it's a mystery.
December 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word dream a little dream of lists
I stand corrected. Glad noone took that bet.
December 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word dream a little dream of lists
I love that song.
And by coincidence, it is currently raining in Adelaide.
It's a very Ben Folds sort of day, actually.
I'm prepared to bet the tag was sionnach's doing.
December 5, 2008
plethora commented on the user sionnach
I should've known that, being a Capricorn.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the user sionnach
That one's the sign for Libra, isn't it?
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word where do you go to my lovely
Ah, but that's "Where do you go (My Lovely)?"
This page says "Where do you go to my lovely?"
There's a difference, silly :P
That No Mercy song is awful, though.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word where do you go to my lovely
It's the only song I'm aware of with this line in it.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the list words-to-have-topped-the-most-wordied-last-7-days-list-since-june-9-2008
cephalopodcast is up there at the moment.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word netfox
The system has been having more and more hissy fits since our recent upgrade. Currently it's having one at Wordie. It blocks me each time I comment or add a word but let's me see the page when I refresh.
4 more days of school internet. I'm holding onto that, for my sanity.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word where do you go to my lovely
Yes, it does drag on, slightly.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word mrs brown you've got a lovely daughter
Apparently as a small child I would sing along to this song - "Mrs Brown you got a lovely gorta!"
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word where do you go to my lovely
There's quite a bit more to the song, actually.
Lyrics.
Streaming.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word colorless green ideas sleeping furiously
I now better understand your comment on where is the green sheep, 'nach.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word dream a little dream of lists
The pigs' names are Horatio (sitting), Truffles (standing), Augusta (trotting), and Oliver (at the bin).
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word dream a little dream of lists
That too.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word 凸
A winners' podium.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word dream a little dream of lists
Mall is pretty awful word, now that you mention it, b.
Move to Adelaide, and then your choices for referring to the meeting place include: Rundle, the City, or my favourite, by the Balls.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word thunderbird
Guess I'm taking a roadtrip in September! *third in line*
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word air sandwich
Two pieces of bread and butter sandwiched with nothing else in between.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word nothing burger
I think you're right, bilby.
This reminds me of an air sandwich.
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the list wtht-vwls
Thank you, my mind is now at ease :P
December 4, 2008
plethora commented on the list wtht-vwls
Glad I'm not the only one. I've stared at it for ages, gone away, come back, stared some more, and for the life of me, I still can't decipher it.
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the list wtht-vwls
I believe this list is just based on spelling, qroqqa, not pronunciation.
C_b, your very first comment on this list is puzzling me. I just can't figure out what ntr mls means... Help!
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word dingo
Haha!
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
That wasn't a lie, exactly, Pro. My education is over, my commitments to the school are not.
And I'm still partying :P
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Would I lie to you?
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
On a tag's page, when I view the list of words on which I've used that tag, I can delete everyone's comments.
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
There were only alphabetical characters in my list.
December 3, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-bright-and-shiny-new-list
Too much white!
December 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Just adding my voice to the chorus of those unable to delete lists.
December 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word cephalopodcast
Here.
December 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word but will you love me tomorrow
Can I believe the magic in your sighs?
December 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word octopus straps
Often shortened to just ockey straps.
November 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word under the boardwalk
We'll be fallin' in love.
November 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word muggle quidditch
Part of me thinks that's the greatest thing ever and wants to play, but the other part is horrified to think that they reduced something as amazing as the Golden Snitch to a dude carrying a sock.
November 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word strawberry jam
Hee! I loved singing that song as a kid.
And isn't there another verse at the start?
He joined the paratroopers for the fancy uniform
November 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word ongoing
My favourite Milligan poem is The Hipporhinostricow:
Such a beast is the hipporhinostricow
How it got so mixed up we'll never know how;
It sleeps all day, and whistles all night,
And it wears yellow socks which are far too tight.
If you laugh at the hipporhinostricow,
You're bound to get into an awful row;
The creature is protected you see
From silly people like you and me.
November 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word synaesthesia
Synaesthesia Emergency.
November 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word forty-two
Did you know Dara Torres is going to be forty-two next year?
November 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word kiltsman
Most women I know are fond of a kilt, too.
November 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word binary
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November 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Could be a Mozilla thing, oro. I declined the update this evening, and now when I try to d/l it, it's telling me there's an error in the update.
November 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Working for me, oroboros.
November 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word stroopwafel
So tasty!
My English teacher brought back one for each of us last time she went to Amsterdam. I knew there was a reason she was my favourite teacher.
November 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word beelzebubba
Rosemary's baby.
November 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Shine on 'til tomorrow.
November 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word crumpled vs folded
There's a Sorbent ad that addresses this issue.
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the word faggotry
You raise some interesting points, which. I'm not sure I'm really equipped to respond intelligently. But I must ask: what about homophobic females?
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the user bilby
I just woke up, and I'm not exactly coherent, so all I'm going to say is Aaaawwww <3
Also, you must have posted that comment about ten minutes after I went to bed.
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the word the pants dance
Nope, definitely not just you.
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the user dontcry
At my old schools, it was P&C (parents and community).
And here it's the APA. A for the name of my school and PA for Parents' Association.
There's also a Boarders' Parents Association.
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the user plethora
Nooooo! Not cherries!
*retaliates with a pineapple upside-down cake*
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the user plethora
Yes. Yes, we can.
November 13, 2008
plethora commented on the user plethora
No :'(
Technically I've already graduated, anyway.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word snooze button
My clock radio has the standard 9 minutes, but my phone snooze time is 2 minutes. It takes about 45 minutes from first alarm until I actually get out of bed.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the user plethora
I did indeed, Pro. The entire highschool experience is not over, just the exams. The rest is just ceremony and tradition, really.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word the pants dance
The sort of jumping, wriggling dance that you do to get your pants on, esp. when they're too tight, or you're too lazy undo them.
Seen here.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word pants vs pant
Right. And then you have to do the Pants Dance.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word pants vs pant
I put mine on two legs at a time. Is that weird?
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the user plethora
The plan at the moment is to take a year off studying, find a job, and earn enough money to live on, and perhaps save some to help me get through uni in 2010.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word chemistry exam
This one was never going to be good. But it was the last one, so I'm happy.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word snooze button
Tonight, I am not setting my alarm. I am sleeping in tomorrow morning, no snooze button for me. Why? Because my exams are over and I can.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word fresh
I sort of like it as a noun.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word faggotry
Well, one good thing has come out of this one, at least. You've just reminded me the Pride March is on here on Saturday. I'd almost forgotten.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the list sweetness-i-was-only-joking
It's also an earworm. Damn, I'm never going to get it out of my head.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word entschuldigueng
Das ist richtig, Herr sionnach.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the list sweetness-i-was-only-joking
I love the list name.
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word gumshoes
Also, gumboots.
Is there a shoe list 'round here anywhere?
November 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Borked homepage?
November 11, 2008
plethora commented on the user dontcry
¡ʎ�?pɥʇɹıq ʎdd�?ɥ
November 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word moments like these
I don't think I've ever watched a horror movie without some wag calling this out during a particularly grisly torture scene.
We did a Saw marathon the other day and it was said at least twice in each film.
November 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word crocodile
*shudders*
Crocs give me the heebies.
I'm glad I don't live up North.
November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word advent calendar
My German friends have reusable ones. They're made up of little cloth pouches and their mother buys those individually wrapped Darrell Lea chocolates to fill them with. I don't think she leaves a chocolate for everday, either, come to think of it. There's probably some true-meaning-of-Christmas stuff in there too.
Personally I like to wait until after Christmas and buy five for a dollar at the supermarket and eat them all at once :D
November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word book club
I don't do clubs. :P
November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word verboten
Ok, I only understood about half of those little pictograms.
November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word tree-
You're right, frindley. I have to hit num-lock and then hold the function key as I type to access my number pad. Fn + alt + 150 doesn't give me a dash, though: ☼
November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word tree-
Is there a function key on your laptop, VO? Often you can use the Fn to bring up a number pad.
November 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word freddo
I think the dance team have enough of my one dollar coins. I really am broke.
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word freddo
I honestly cannot afford any more $1 Freddos, as much as I could happily explode into a shower of chocolateyness.
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word freddo
Mmm... Haigh's. *drool*
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word freddo
The most common form of fundraising in my school. Currently there are about 8 boxes in the boarding house alone, and more besides in the day school. If I eat another Freddo, or Caramello Koala, I'll explode.
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-end-is-nigh
Not for much longer, John.
Adventures, I can take. 4 more weeks in this joint, I'm not too sure about.
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-end-is-nigh
Thanks rt, I'm sure you haven't jinxed me.
Although, if I fail my Chem exam, I'm blaming you (much easier than admitting I haven't done any work in Chem all year).
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word german exam
Easier than I expected.
November 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word ute
Clearly your sister is not from the country, frin. Country teenagers love a ute.
November 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word a many-splendored thing
See bug boy.
November 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word apprentice jockey
See bug boy.
November 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word ute
If you play with Australians, they'll surely allow it.
November 6, 2008
plethora commented on the list strewth-mate-or-the-antipodean-anhang
Blue heeler? Pfffffft, kelpie all the way.
November 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word different
That sounds like my cousin learning to say cordial, elgiad.
He would repeat each syllable after his mother perfectly, but when the time came to say the whole word it was always cordigal.
November 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word when the revolution comes
When the revolution comes, this joke:
"'Sire, sire, the peasants are revolting!'
'Yes, they certainly are.'"
will be funny again.
November 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word elder v older
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of olderberries!
November 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word punchbowl
Yeah, me too. Much of the most popular content on YouTube sort of makes me despair for the world.
November 5, 2008
plethora commented on the user bonnie
I gave up on hacking the school network when NetFox began its attack. Not worth the time. Plus, y'know, all that studying I have to pretend to do.
November 5, 2008
plethora commented on the user bonnie
The end is indeed nigh.
But too late for what, exactly?
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word punchbowl
Home to interesting characters such as Trent from Punchy.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the user bonnie
True. Which is why I don't use them. But these girls obviously don't care what information they spread across the internet. And most school computers have decent anti-virus, anti-spyware software.
Excellent, thanks. The more you know.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word queue
More polling booths are needed, methinks.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word english reasearch paper
Well, I was watching you then, too.
But I mean that other thing.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word english reasearch paper
Yes, reesetee. Yes I am.
And I saw what you were doing this morning, too. I'm onto you.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the user bonnie
Riiiiiight. Except that these girls can't even spell each others' (other's?) names.
There are a hundred million proxies on the net. Pretty ad-rich, but as soon as the school blocks one you can find a new one.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word internet secretary
All my webcomics have gone political lately.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word fun things to do with your mom
That never would've happened with colour.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word english reasearch paper
Yes, it's a very useful word. I, for one, am always losing my rea.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word english reasearch paper
Nonsense, dc. Sleep is for the weak.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word when the revolution comes
I shall finally have vengeance. Muahahahaha!
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word harp
A girl I once knew plays the harp, and is even building her own. I watched her perform so many times over 3 years that a harp would seem loud to me even if it were barely audible.
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word english reasearch paper
The drama always happens when I sleep. I'm never sleeping again.
Kudos, John :)
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word new york friendship
I like that song :)
November 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word eomer
I don't know, having a dodgy name can be pretty bad. Trust me, I know from experience. Not the worst thing, maybe, but certainly not fun.
I hear Eomer and all I can think is how in the movie he looked like an aardvark.
November 3, 2008
plethora commented on the list emo-ti-cons
:'( ?
November 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word english studies exam
Could've been worse.
November 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word kitty v kitten
I think you just made my day, sionnach.
XD
November 3, 2008
plethora commented on the user payton
Good to know, Payton :)
November 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word books
Every potential wordie list is an existing wordie list :D
November 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word vodila
@bilby: bow chicka wow wow.
November 1, 2008
plethora commented on the list phrases
Why do you hate freedom?
November 1, 2008
plethora commented on the user bonnie
Dc, I love that song! I haven't heard it in ages though.
I, too, am beginning to miss Brookdale_chick.
November 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word peer pressure
kewpid, just wait until you see their dance in the school talent show. They do the same thing every year.
This one time, Kelseyy punched me in the face. It was awesome. Also, I think Bonnie is mad at Brennah because she's the only one who knows about her nose job.
I can't wait to not be a teenager any longer so I don't get lumped in with people like that purely because of age.
November 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Lately when I post a comment I get a 500 error. I have to refresh to see my comment.
October 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word books
Classic.
There needs to be a list of Bushisms.
My favourite is: "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
October 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word german oral exam
I'll be honest. The "warum hassen Sie..." bit was easy, very simple German. I just couldn't be bothered looking up freedom in the dictionary. And I couldnt have used du anyway, because I was talking to two people.
Now that it's over, I kind of wish that I actually had said it. Still, it actually went pretty well. The moderators were really friendly and the woman got really worked up over my Intensiv Studie.
October 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word wayward wordie
My comment count is about 100 behind my word count. I'm sure I can fix that.
October 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word german oral exam
My lord, I have a cunning plan.
Can someone teach me to say "why do you hate freedom" in German?
I'll just answer every question with that tomorrow and they'll be put off asking me anything else.
October 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word japanese oral exam
Yessir.
October 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word japanese oral exam
Well, I was in a rush this morning so I didn't brush my top left cuspid properly and then the last wisdom tooth has come up only half way through my gum. That's a serious penalty. They suggested I buy a motorised toothbrush - even recommended one. It's called "Super sparkle spinning plaque destroyer!™"
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word �??�?
It's Picasso's <3.
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word honey pie
You are making me crazy!
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word year twelve assembly
Hehe. I suppose that's one way to look at it.
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word japanese oral exam
I just came back from this, about 5 minutes ago.
Epic fail. That's all I can say.
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word graduation slash valedictory ceremony
Badly organised, but still excessively emotional. 70 teenage girls produce a lot of tears. It was the musical performances that did it for me.
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word year twelve assembly
I messed up the video that was supposed to play so the assembly was about half the length it was supposed to be. My bad.
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word graduation dinner
The most remarkable part of the night was the cannelloni. It was so tasty.
Plus there were some speeches, I gave out some awrds, we took lots of photos. The usual drill.
October 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
I've had the same message. Actually, this is the first time in hours that I've been able to get onto Wordie at all.
October 26, 2008
plethora commented on the word slitch
The house began to pitch, the kitchen took a slitch
It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch
Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch
-- Munchkins, The Wizard of Oz (1939).
October 25, 2008
plethora commented on the word assonance
I strongly dislike this word. Not because of the meaning, and not because I'm sick of year 12 English (although I am that, too), but because its mouthfeel is just so unpleasant.
October 23, 2008
plethora commented on the word snurfle
I'm allergic to teh kittehs.
October 23, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Unviolable?
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Unforseen.
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Molecule?
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Vorpal.
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word unwashed miscreant
I'm related to a few miscreants, washed and un.
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word bug boy
John's going to need his own list, soon.
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
Just putting my two bob in :)
I actually have to find some music to listen to right now before either of these songs lodges itself in the cavity where my brain should be.
October 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word who wants to be a millionaire
I do!
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
I quite like that song, but I'll admit that it can be a rather annoying earworm. Fortunately, the music I am listening to at the moment is catchy enough that just reading the lyrics isn't enough to get the song lodged in my head.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word mouli grater
A cheese grater looks like this, rt. Or occasionally like this (although we generally use that one when zesting).
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word potato ricer
We have one of those. It's a mouli mill in my household and we use it for our tomato soup. Mum's keeping it, so anyone can feel free to buy me a great big one as a housewarming gift when I move out. I wants it, I needs it.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
Gooooiiiin' to the chapellll of luuuuuurve!
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word scungies
I had completely forgotten that these existed. I had some as a kid, in school uniform colours.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
infer?
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
nephelophobia.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word umbrage
I'm not sure I knew the word pre-Harry Potter, to be honest. I was but 12 when Dolores made her debut.
The one and only, bilb. What a rag.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word umbrage
I take umbrage at seeing this written umbridge, which happens disappointingly often. One columnist I know of does it regularly.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word fernando poo
I haven't commented here yet, so I'd just like to say: BAHA!
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word alphabet
ß
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word waiter's friend
A sommelier knife or waiter's friend is a corkscrew in a folding body similar to a pocket knife. An arm extends to brace against the lip of the bottle for leverage when removing the cork. Some sommelier knives have two steps on the lever, and often also a bottle opener. A small hinged knife blade is housed in the handle end for removing the foil wrapping the neck of many wine bottles. These are often considered to be the fastest corkscrews.
-- Wikipedia
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name
Waiter's friend?
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word morton's toe
My second toes is longer than my big toe. I wouldn't call it a "condition/disorder", though.
October 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word schrödinger's cat
Schrödinger's lolcat.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word brioche
Yes, and that is why they executed her. She got icing all over them!
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word year twelve boarders' last chapel
Tonight there were candles, tear, speeches, tears, presents, tears, the symbolic letting go of the balloons, tears, and did I mention the tears? Oh, and so many photos.
Afterwards, we went out for coffee, on the boarding house's credit card. More photos. I'm still hyped up.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word many more of them live next door
*band begins to play*
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word underpants
Very few Wordies have underpants, actually.
I wonder if that says anything about us, as a group.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-end-is-nigh
inorite! It's just not cricket.
Maybe I should give Bob a call and have him come talk to the school authorities.
He can come to our parties, too. Any man who can chug a yard glass in eleven seconds is welcome.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word muck up day
It's not banned everywhere. There are some schools that still allow it. All the private schools in Adelaide still had it up until last year. I think the pig's head that someone from Sacred Heart brought to school may have contributed to its banning.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-end-is-nigh
Our school has a new head of senior school, and with her came the banning of huge number of our traditions, one of them being Muck Up Day. Don't even get me started on how angry we are, haha.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
zoophagous?
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Cassini ring.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word hawaiian shirts
I had a black and white one when I was kid, dc.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-end-is-nigh
Actually Asa, at this point, that sounds preferable to what I have to do.
Pro! Thank you! I just couldn't think of the word last night.
October 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word japanese exam
�?��?�。�?�も�?自身�?��?�り�?��?�ん。
The main reason I didn't finish the exam is because I obsessively look up everything about which I have the slightest doubt in the dictionary. And that uses up all my time.
Plus, it's very humbling to go from a class of 6 to an exam hall of 40, and to be the only caucasian in the room. Especially after my Korean friends had just finished telling how close Japanese and Korean are and that that was why most of the people studying Japanese were Korean. I'll be honest. I was shit-scared.
October 18, 2008
plethora commented on the user bilby
I'm loving these palindromes, bilb. Highly amusing.
October 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word japanese exam
Two and a half hours. 23 pages. I didn't finish.
October 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word cry
I think crying is healthy. Depending on the reason behind it, I have been known to enjoy it. I pick movies purely because I know they'll make me cry.
Besides, if I didn't let myself cry to release the stress occasionally (increasingly, as the end of highschool and my exams draw nearer, tbh), I'd be a wreck.
Obviously if there's something unpleasant making you cry, that's not a good thing. But tears come hand-in-hand with so many emotions that I think the worst thing about crying is that it messes up your make-up.
P.S. That quote is pretty depressing, c_b.
October 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word suck
Not at all, c_b. Lady Macbeth is teh alsome. I can see why she'd stick in your mind.
October 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word cheesed off
I don't care how fucking runny it is - hand it over with all speed.
He was definitely cheesed off.
October 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word winnie-the-pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear.
October 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
anemometer:
�?��?��?��?� is definitely Japanese. It's pronounced hodot�?i.
October 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Balagtasan?
October 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Delegate.
October 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Mangelwurzel.
October 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word fille
That would be fillies (singular: filly).
October 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word shepherd's pie
I don't know, shepherds tend to be pretty hairy.
October 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word vorpal
No way. He totally invented D&D.
October 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word only time will tell if i am right or i am wrong
We can work it out.
October 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word vorpal
Charles Dodgson :)
October 8, 2008
plethora commented on the list that-could-have-gone-better
How about bomb or bungle?
October 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word grandfather paradox
Martha: It's like in the films! You step on a butterfly, you change the future of the human race!
The Doctor: (Bemused) I'll tell you what then, don't.... step on any butterflies. What have butterflies ever done to you?
Martha: What if.... I dunno! What if I kill my grandfather?!
The Doctor: Are you planning to?
Martha: No.
The Doctor: Well, then.
Doctor Who, The Shakespeare Code (2007).
October 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word she's a big teaser, she took me half the way there
I tried to please her.
October 7, 2008
plethora commented on the list my-little-phonies
Trivet, I cannot tell you how many illustrations on pencil cases, folders, lunch boxes etc I have taken a Sharpie to. It's great fun, I can understand your cousin's motivation.
October 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word 37
Really?
October 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word suddenly, i'm not half the man i used to be.
So am I, Pro.
October 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word suddenly, i'm not half the man i used to be.
That was rude of her.
October 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word suddenly, i'm not half the man i used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
October 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Cliff.
October 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word orientated
I think I say disoriented but use orientated in other situations.
October 5, 2008
plethora commented on the user pterodactyl
I'm not sure. I suppose the teacher assumed that we were trying to get out of reading, because really, who reads a dictionary word by word?
What she didn't get is that we both loved reading. While our classmates were struggling through their BSC and "Aussie Bites", 100 page novels (and hating every minute), we were reading adult fiction, which found so absorbing that we couldn't just read for 15 minutes and then stop (I still can't do that. It's torture).
Plus, we were having fun and learning new words (and partly we were doing it to be smart arses. Fun was discouraged whenever possible, and I think the teacher hated having to mark our spelling words each week because she didn't know what half the words meant, herself.
October 5, 2008
plethora commented on the user pterodactyl
Perhaps you could mention reverse dictionaries, pter? I have always found them fascinating for some reason.
When I was in year 6, we had 15 minutes of compulsory reading time every day. My equally book-nerdy friend and I both felt that 15 minutes wasn't enough time to enjoy any sort of narrative, so we each brought in a dictionary and started reading at A. We only lasted a week before we were told off and our dictionaries confiscated.
My favourite dictionary is the Macquarie, I must say.
October 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word emu parade
In my country town School o' Ferals, known as scab duty.
October 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word jean dimmock
Flippant.
October 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word criss-cross applesauce
I have been known to...
*shifty eyes*
October 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word cornobble
Must be a halibut named Eric.
October 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word moist
There's a Facebook group.
October 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word coleslaw
Ew, the second definition has that horrible m-word in it! As if I needed any other reasons to hate coleslaw.
October 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word pronunciation filter
Hee!
Well, if I hadn't already gone PRO, I would for this.
October 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word queer
This word will always remind me of Enid Blyton. Always.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word slitheen
The Slitheen were a family of Raxacoricofallapatorians who attempted to create nuclear war on Earth with an aim towards complete destruction. They intended to sell the remains as fuel (Aliens of London/World War Three).
Later, a survivor of their clash with the Doctor became Mayor of Cardiff and proposed the building of a nuclear reactor with intentional faults in order to blow up the Earth (Boomtown).
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word silurian
The Silurians were Earth's first sentient beings. They were technologically advanced and had a third eye that gave them telepathic powers. They first appeared in Doctor Who and the Silurians.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word racnoss
The Racnoss are a race destroyed by the Gallifreyans before the formation of the Earth. The survivors fled in a ship which created the gravitational pull to form the Earth and have hibernated there since. In the 2006 Christmas special, the Empress of the Racnoss used huon particles to attempt to awaken the rest of her race but the Doctor drowned them all by draining the Thames.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word plasmavore
A blood-sucking near-human. A plasmavore calling herself "Florence Finnegan" appeared in Smith and Jones. She used a red and white straw to suck her victims dry. It was she that the Judoon were seeking.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word judoon
Rhinocerous-headed Galactic police-for-hire. Or, as the Doctor put it, "interplanetary thugs". In Smith and Jones, they transported the Royal Hope Hospital (conveniently containing the Doctor and Martha Jones) to the moon to seek out a plasmavore.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word macra
The macra are a race of giant crab-like creatures who feed on a gas that is toxic to humans. They first appeared in The Macra Terror with the Second Doctor who fought to free a colony of humans they kept as slaves. After billions of years, they degenerated into feral creatures who lived at the bottom of the motorway and fed off exhaust fumes and stray humans (Gridlock).
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word carrionite
An entirely female species who follow a science based on words so that they are thought of as witches. They rewrote the final lines of a Shakespeare play in order to summon the rest of their race to Earth.
Appeared in The Shakespeare Code.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word pig slave
The Cult of Skaro genetically modified humans to create a race of slaves. The pig slaves then captured more humans and those of low intelligence were converted into more pig slaves.
Appeared in Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word sycorax
Humanoids with an endo- and exoskeleton who controlled a third of the Earth's population through blood control and threatened to kill them unless the Earth surrendered to being sold into slavery.
The Sycorax leader cut off the Tenth Doctor's right hand in a sword fight. But he was only 15 hours into his regeneration cycle so it grew back. Yep.
Appeared in the 2005 Christmas special, The Christmas Invasion.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word cyberman
A race of cyborgs first appearing in the serial The Tenth Planet, which was the last to feature the First Doctor (William Hartnell). Cybermen originated Earth's twin planet Mondas as an attempt by Dr Kit Pedler to prolong life.
In New Who, they were created by John Lumic on Earth in a parallel universe. They also crossed into our universe where they proceeded to trash talk some daleks.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word adipose
A race of blobs of fat. Originally, they came from the planet Adipose III, which was taken by Davros. After they lost their home planet, they started breeding on Earth.
Appeared in season 4, episode 1, Partners in Crime.
October 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word complimentary skin-care kit
I'll have one of those. But hold the moist.
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word english
All those paradoxes are why I have a love/hate relationship with this language. It's fascinating, but it can be a pain in the proverbial.
A friend who was in Germany on exchange recently told us that in her host sister's English class they were learning about homonyms and such. She was asked to read a poem similar to that list and she was completely lost.
I have the greatest sympathy with anyone learning English as a second language. Kudos.
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word shower roster
As in using.
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word beetroot
Hehehe, classic. No worse than Lube Mobile, though.
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word beetroot
Americans don't use root the same way we do, do they? So it wouldn't be considered taboo?
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word beetroot
I'm indifferent to beetroot. But I've never eaten it.
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word extra-slanty italics
I hope that this won't be added to the some html is allowed window. We don't want the plebs finding out about it.
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the list ugly-words-3
*gasp* How could you malign squid?
Wordies love squid
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word random
Pfft!
Noone says "like, wow."
:P
October 1, 2008
plethora commented on the list •-wordie-pro
I'm going to have nightmares about this list tonight.
September 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word always be right
*taps foot, waiting for gangerh*
September 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word bulk add
Nooooooooo!
Make it stop!
September 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word fuck
It would be tricky to build up the momentum necessary to jump Dara Torres the 13.75ft into this conversation.
September 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word cold pizza for breakfast
I think I actually like cold, post-party breakfast pizza more than I like it fresh. Leftovers are definitely the best part of the morning after.
September 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word criss-cross applesauce
I'm with you, yarb.
September 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word :-(
Hee!
September 28, 2008
plethora commented on the list please-add-these-words
I like fuck. I don't think I agree with this idea.
But I do agree that monsyllabic words are underrated. I quite like dearth, now that you mention it, yarb.
September 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word suprecilious
Oh, that is sad! What a horrible thing to happen to such an fantastic building.
I'll be honest: as a teenager, my main gripes with Supre are the music, the sluttiness and the fact that the sizing is such that anyone past puberty can't fit into their clothes.
September 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word suprecilious
Looking with disdain at those who shop at Supre.
September 28, 2008
plethora commented on the word world of warcraft
You lived with my cousin?
September 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word say you don't want no diamond ring
I don't care too much for money.
September 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word cubby house
I was deprived of a cubby house in my childhood. I was always jealous of our neighbours, whose father built one for them. The worries of a seven-year-old :)
What are they called everywhere else?
September 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word esky
What about the hills hoist?
September 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word �? �? �? ▬ ▬ ▬ �? �? �?
I'll send an �? �? �? ▬ ▬ ▬ �? �? �? to the world.
September 13, 2008
plethora commented on the word clink
Someone does now, c_b.
September 13, 2008
plethora commented on the word arse about tit
See also arse over tit - upside down. This was another one I got from my mum: "Stop running! You'll fall arse over tit in a minute."
September 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word blue moon
Without a song in my heaaaaaaart, without a love of my ooooooooown!
September 12, 2008
plethora commented on the list rose-varieties
I love this list. I love roses. When I was a kid we had a huge garden full of roses, lovingly slaved over by my mother. My two favourites are called winsome and blue moon.
September 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word 11:11
I always look at the clock at 11:11 as well.
I have a friend who sees the number eleven everywhere. She freaks out whenever she sees it. I suppose this is her least favourite time of day.
September 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word insomnia
Last time I checked the clock, it was half past eleven!
September 11, 2008
plethora commented on the list yes-minister
I wish I'd been old enough to enjoy this properly when it was on. I remember watching it with my mum, and probably laughing, but I doubt I ever got the jokes.
September 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
How recently is recently, b? Because I've accidentally added the same word to one list twice numerous times: when I've been impatient with my internet and hit the add button twice. So it's been possible the couple of months I've been active.
September 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word google
Working fine on my side of the planet, Pro :D
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word help!!
Thanks to you, she, now I find I've changed my mind; I've opened up the doors.
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word 0_o
It's sort of surprised/wtf. Y'know, that look people get when they find something disturbing.
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word help!!
Are you finding, seanahan, that you need She like you've never done before?
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the list words-that-have-del-regenerated-del-flourished-magnificently-into-queen-or-beatles-or-johnny-tillotson-songs
Oplaziti.
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word revolution
We all want to change the world.
Don't we?
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-doctor-doctor-who
Good idea.
September 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word foreman
Prompted the first use of the phrase Doctor who? When Susan's teachers - Ian and Barbara - meet the Doctor, Ian calls him Doctor Foreman and he says 'Hmm? What's that? Doctor who?"
September 9, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-doctor-doctor-who
Nice list, Lampbane :)
Would you mind adding me as a contributor? As I said, I've been watching a lot of DW lately and I could add worlds and monsters etc as I encounter them...
September 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word git
Stylistically, I prefer the look of -ie to -y. I spell my nickname with an -ie, and I really hate seeing it written with a -y. But that's just me.
Git is definitely an appropriate descriptor for the Dr.
September 9, 2008
plethora commented on the list glory-glory
Charming.
September 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word insomnia
Not these days, Pro. The greatest privilege of year 12 is having to share only a bathroom and with just one person. And although my bathroommate is a slob who occasionally locks me out and always leaves the light on, it's worth it for the 2am Doctor Who and homework sessions.
As for whether we're moving, westward or otherwise, I have no authority to speak on the matter.
I am actually going to bed now. I have a Chem test in the morning.
September 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word doctor who
It occurs to me that there is not a DW list on Wordie. At least not one that I can find.
Unfortunately, I am too much a newbie to the fandom, and too busy watching old episodes, to make one myself :P
September 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word insomnia
Hmm, what to do? I could a) go to bed and have a 70/30 chance of laying awake pretending/wishing it were possible for me to sleep before at least two a.m. or b) watch another episode of Doctor Who on youtube.
A friend of mine is having me do a sleep log for her psychology class. I should be able to give her some interesting results.
September 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word help!!
Maybe. But now those days are gone and he's not so self-assured.
September 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word going swimmingly
I once had a teacher who delighted in saying this at every single swimming carnival our school had.
September 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word help!!
Help her get her feet back on the ground.
September 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word advertising
The most amusing ad I've seen on Wordie is one for weight loss over on hummus.
September 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word ttly
Totally.
September 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word ttyl
Talk To You Later.
September 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word no money no talk
Is "just take it and leave me alone" still forbidden if you're being mugged?
September 4, 2008
plethora commented on the list surf-it-scroll-it-click-it-load-it
How about WorldWideWeb, the first ever browser? They renamed it later, I think, to avoid confusion. I can't remember what the name was changed to and I'm too tired to look it up.
September 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word why do you hate freedom
Haha, probably not, b. And I've got about another 5 on top of it.
September 4, 2008
plethora commented on the list surf-it-scroll-it-click-it-load-it
Hee! Good one gangerh!
*dances*
September 4, 2008
plethora commented on the list http-www-orbitmerchantsolutions-com
Wasn't the first example of the Wordie Treatment mi-vox's profile? That was purely comments.
September 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word why do you hate freedom
Well, I for one am a Martian. And I get the distinct feeling bilby is as well. Those ears are definitely not earthly.
September 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word bakeneko
Does being viscous make shapeshifting easier or harder?
September 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word seven empty cups and a salt shaker
This is what I found on my roommate's bathroom counter when I walked in this afternoon. Presumably she's taking them from the dining room, because I didn't think we had that many cups in our upstairs kitchen. Or any salt, for that matter. The question of why she has them is one I'm not quite well enough to delve into.
September 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word lock in weekend
Indeed. The staff like to refer to it as the Big Weekend In, at least when talking to the parents, but we all know the truth.
Ostensibly the point is to help the everyone get to know each other and whatnot, but in reality it's a way of wearing out new girls so they don't have the energy to miss their parents and to prevent older girls from going to Big Day Out.
Also, I meant to hyphenate this. It should be lock-in weekend.
September 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
All characters are looking fine on my end.
But yes, the homepage is borked by about two hours. The last comment I see is mollusque's on c_b's Words of Dinosaurology list.
August 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word grand rapids, michigan
Yeah, but then we'd all have to go live in Tasmania...
August 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word grottsville
My bathroom. My roommate is a filth wizard.
August 30, 2008
plethora commented on the list mandles-candles-for-men
I quite like the aptly named dad's gum. I remember my father always smelling like chewies as well.
August 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word sports injury
Ew, imagine filling your house with the scent of Deep Heat or Tiger Balm. *hork*
August 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word cack
I've only ever used this, or heard it used, as in cacked myself laughing.
August 30, 2008
plethora commented on the word cack-handed
Feels good.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word wronghander
Hoyes. She will be trained from her youngest days, as I suspect Auntie C trained me.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word washitsu
When I build my dream house, it's going to have one of these. It may not even be a guest room; I might just want to go hang out there occasionally and warm myself at the kotatsu.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word cacky-hander
As a kid, I found this term very upsetting. Mum uses it as a joke, but siblings and family friends turned it into a weapon against me. Maybe I was (am) just an over-sensitive kid.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word wronghander
I am also a lefty, rt. Let us unite in the name of cacky-handers everywhere!
There is a strange pattern of lefthandedness in my family actually. I'm a lefty, as is my Auntie C. C has an auntie who is lefthanded and and I believe she has a lefty aunt too. That's as far back as I know my family tree, alas. I'm just waiting for a niece!
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word wronghander
Everyone is born right-handed. Only the gifted overcome it.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word rainbow nation
Coined by Desmond Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word fructed
I thought Fructus was a shampoo.
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word double rainbow
Ooh, so pretty!
August 29, 2008
plethora commented on the word frisjoli longhi
They look really tasty.
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word munchkin
Er.. *shifty eyes* I may not have actually been in Italy. There's a Carnevale festival here every year, but this is South Australia, so perhaps it's not the most authentic Italian cuisine... But the bloke selling them was a first generation Italian immigrant. I knew his wife, so he used to sometimes just give me random food. It was quite good.
They weren't quite like that Pro, they were just long sticks. I am beginning to get the suspicion that Dom just made them up.
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word supercalifreakinawesome
Oh but there is a connection: His name is Manny Toppings!
Y'know, cause the ad is about lots of toppings on your pizza... um, yeah, sounds stupid when you write it out, but I still love this word.
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the user chained_bear
Yay! Congratulations c_b!
What was your ten thousandth word?
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word munchkin
As long as it tastes good, who cares if it's a doughnut or a donut hole??
Personally, I like these long Italian doughnut-sort-of things that I had at Carnivale a few years ago. I can't remember what they're called though. Maybe Pro can help out?
August 27, 2008
plethora commented on the word hir
I pronounce this like I'm speaking German - the same as hear.
August 26, 2008
plethora commented on the word my generation
OMG, lyuds, sounds like we're like, part of the same like, generation. That's hott, lololol.
August 25, 2008
plethora commented on the word my generation
"People try to put us down"...
Quite frankly, sometimes I can't blame them.
August 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word were you born in a barn
I had a smart arse answer for this when I was a kid. I said "Mum, Jesus was born in a barn." And she looked at me in that way that only a mother can and said, "Yes, and look where it got him."
-- Wil Anderson
August 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word orly
ya rly!
August 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word gaytarded
Ugh. I hate the use of gay as an insult. Unfortunately it's mostly my generation that's popularised it. "Like, omg, ur so gay!" Just, no.
I agree rt, it's definitely not brilliant. What a horrible word.
August 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word munchkin
I like this word because it reminds me of The Wizard of Oz.
I think I need to create an Oz list, actually. It's pretty much consuming my brain at the moment, and will continue to do so until I've finished school.
August 24, 2008
plethora commented on the word rain
I also love rain. Which is a good thing because it has pretty much rained all month in Adelaide.
August 23, 2008
plethora commented on the word marmorealise
I thought this had something to do with commemorating marmots.
August 23, 2008
plethora commented on the word 42
It took seven and a half million years to come up with the answer. You can't just expect me to know the question off the top of my head!
August 22, 2008
plethora commented on the word 42
But what exactly is the question?
August 22, 2008
plethora commented on the word airbag-induced corneal flap
Sounds like a Sailor Moon attack, if you ask me.
Also, ew.
August 22, 2008
plethora commented on the word corn
That's odd. I also pronounce it "corn".
Funny old world, innit?
August 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word bmx
Ahaha, Steven Bradbury, what a champ!
August 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word scaramouche
Will you let him go?
August 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word scaramouche
Spare him his life from this monstrosity.
August 21, 2008
plethora commented on the word chuck norris
Chuck Norris can believe it's not butter.
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word wrbl
*catches the cupcake in her mouth* *chomp*
Hungermonger? Ha!
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word wrbl
*tucks in*
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word wrbl
Ooh, some for me too, please!
I'm absolutely starving. That's what I get for sleeping through dinner.
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word national cupcake day
*picks up butterfly sponge and dusts it off*
Still good! *nomnomnom*
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the list words-and-phrases-i-picked-up-from-my-mother
Unfortunately she still considers the internet to be nothing more than a tool. Oh, and a way to swap email jokes.
I really need to start writing the things she says down when I'm on the phone to her. I always notice them, but by the time I get near Wordie again, I've forgotten.
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word national cupcake day
Leftover cupcakes?
What a ludicrous idea!
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the list eternal-questions
Nope. I have a feeling it's lost forever, b.
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word bubble wrap
The Stupid Test.
Any idea how many colours there are for that ball, frin? I managed to change it twice.
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
nom nom nom.
August 19, 2008
plethora commented on the word beauty-disadvantaged
Mt Isa needs help with advertising.
What's it got going for it at the moment - desperate men and high lead levels? Sign me up!
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
Clearly, I did not define my point well enough. The general gist of your second paragraph matches what I was saying: that in order for the label "eternal" to no longer apply, there must be one chosen answer, no matter how clearly that answer is defined.
However, I would have to say that the word "answer" is an ambiguous one. Can the 20 candidates for the answer to the eternal question still be referred to as "answers"?
Why thank you, my good bear. Don't mind if I do.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word national cupcake day
It is an indefinable evil. It is more addicive than the strongest narcotic.
Personally, my life depends on its continued existence.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word sea holly
zelena zelena :)
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word national cupcake day
The internet knew, apparently.
The internet knows all...
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
They're not answers, though, they're just possible answers. So the question remains eternal because people are eternally trying to decide which of the 20 clearly defined answers is the most suitable.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word does a bear shit in the woods
Here we go again.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word what shall we do with the drunken sailor
Well, if there was a clearly defined answer, it wouldn't be eternal, would it?
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word national cupcake day
I don't think so rt, but when I was searching for a link for this page, I did discover that apparently you also get to celebrate National Chocolate Cupcake Day (18 October) and National Lemon Cupcake Day (15 December), although their authenticity seems questionable.
There are just not enough confectionary related holidays in the world.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word artefact
This is another of those situations where I couldn't tell you which spelling I favour, just because I've never really thought about it, it just comes to me.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word rspca
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the list creative-phone-answering
Does that happen even if they were added by two different people?
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word maltesers
... I knew that. I was just testing you.
*shifty eyes*
haha, thanks :)
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word national cupcake day
Today (18/08/2008) is National Cupcake Day, as I just heard on the radio. It's a fundraising initiative for the RSPCA (how appropriate).
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word maltesers
I actually prefer violet crumble to crunchie, because crunchie has that thicker, chewier stuff at the edges, and that's what gets stuck in my teeth. Whereas violet crumble is, well, crumblier.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word always and forever
This reminds me of an episode of a TV show I watched as a kid called "Round the Twist". The lead girl threw out a doll from her childhood that walked and said "cuddle me" when it was turned on. Then it stalked her and she heard its voice all over the place. It did get pretty by the end, actually.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word maltesers
Someone's half-eaten Crunchie.
Honeycomb is the stuff in Crunchies. It's yellower, denser and gets stuck in your teeth more easily. IMHO.
August 18, 2008
plethora commented on the word maltesers
What wikipedia calls sponge toffee is called honeycomb here, but that's the stuff that is in Crunchies and Violet Crumbles (yum, btw) which is not the same as what's in Maltesers.
Edit: Cross section of a Malteser.
Edit2: Apparently I can't create two external links in one comment?
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the list eternal-questions
Don't think I haven't considered it, Pro, but I'm running out of net credit fast. Besides, I'm not even sure if it was on Wordie...
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow
Someone actually attempted to figure it out.
Jeeves (at ask.com) used to answer this with "Which do you mean - African or European swallow?" but Jeeves is now gone and so are all his Easter eggs :(
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the list eternal-questions
Thanks, rol. Now if I could just remember the question that sparked the idea late on Thursday night... It was hilarious, but it continues to escape me :(
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the list creative-phone-answering
*ahem* pit of despair has been added twice :D
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word maltesers
Honeycomb? Isn't it malt? Hence the name maltesers?
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word the great question of life, the universe and everything
42.
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word limerance
I think I've found my word for the next Identify the Wordie!
August 17, 2008
plethora commented on the word palaver
Context.
August 16, 2008
plethora commented on the word slouch hat
Bilby, you need to bracket supercalifreakinawesome plskthx.
Double the toppings right to the edge!
August 15, 2008
plethora commented on the list scambiguous
Milosrdenstvi, I think something's wrong with your link :)
August 15, 2008
plethora commented on the word insomnia
I have the world's longest weekend ahead of me. I need to go to sleep. *attempts to knock self out with heavy folder*
August 14, 2008
plethora commented on the list roy-g-biv
Alsome.
August 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word synchronized proper q-tip use
A cotton bud?
August 14, 2008
plethora commented on the word wet bread
Of course there is. It's Wordie.
August 13, 2008
plethora commented on the word synchronised fawning over michael phelps
There's a gold medal winning team for this one in the boarding house. They also participate in synchronised googling pictures of eamon sullivan.
August 13, 2008
plethora commented on the list roy-g-biv
Thanks rt and skip, excellent contributions :)
August 13, 2008
plethora commented on the word has had less sleep than anyone
Pro, apparently.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word rainbow squid
I wish these existed.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the list roy-g-biv
Aw, cute!
Thanks, bilby. My life's goal is to discover a rainbow squid down in the depths.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word miru
I caught a whiff at the age of about 11. That was enough for me, actually. Still, there'd be worse tortures.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word how the birds got their colours
A dreamtime story. I suspect I loved the picture book because it was so colourful.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word miru
Death by Kava doesn't sound too bad a way to go.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word dial-a-squid hotline
Oh, yeah, about that... *scuffs toe of her shoe on the ground* y'see, my phone bill is already quite high, and the parental unit is this close to confiscating it, and... well, I'm sorry, ok?
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word tailgating event
Well, it's about time I made a tappen joke, I think :P
Sorry, c_b.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word swiss army knife
Apparently the Swiss soldier left Wordie.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word axolotl
I've always wanted a pet axolotl.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word poncho
Everything has to be huge with you, doesn't it rt?
Huge head, huge desk... tsk.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word paternity claims, please place your genitals on the receiver and press firmly
I hope you've got some disinfectant wipes ;)
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word tailgating event
To prevent untimely tappen ejections?
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word c-3po
Poor Threepio, abandoned again. Without even R2-D2 to keep him company.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word shakespearean insult service, thou gleeking, beef-witted moldwarp
I accept, thou sodden-witted whoreson, ere I trounce thee so that priests must become mockers, if they shall encounter such ridiculous subjects as you.
*bows*
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word shakespearean insult service, thou gleeking, beef-witted moldwarp
Peace, fat guts. The tartness of thy face sours ripe grapes.
P.S. I'm an excellent dodger. Noone is nailing me with any rotten fruit. Not that they'd want to, I'm also an excellent actor :P
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word shakespearean insult service, thou gleeking, beef-witted moldwarp
Thou ape of death! All that is within thee does condemn itself for being there.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word shakespearean insult service, thou gleeking, beef-witted moldwarp
I bite my thumb at thee bilby.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the list betarish-s-words
Hello?
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word shakespearean insult service, thou gleeking, beef-witted moldwarp
Every potential Wordie list is an existing Wordie list :)
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word vegemite
Oh great, now that song is going to be suck in my head all day! *hums*
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word digressive consultive
You're not the only one, rt.
I sometimes have to be forcibly ejected from people's rooms during prep time. Fortunately, my current roommate is as bad as me, and we just chat all the time. Neither of us get anything done but we enjoy ourselves.
August 12, 2008
plethora commented on the word brent
I was just on my way over to pow to ask what this meant. You read my mind, bilby.
Are you, by any chance, The One?
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word informavore
One who devours information, I presume?
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word analphabet
Of course not! Outrageous joy in the face of new words - that's what Wordie is all about :D
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word chronic refresher syndrome
Hehe. Unfortunately, I don't.
That's to do with insomnia, though.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word chronic refresher syndrome
I think this kicks in for me at about the time I decide I am going to go to bed. I refresh a couple of times, then go brush my teeth. Then I refresh some more, then I put on my pajamas. Then I refresh and make sure my room is vaguely tidy so I don't have to rush in the morning. Then I refresh 893465 more times and then I close my laptop and go to bed.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
*tear*
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word saleratus
There's a first time for everything, rt.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word tailgating event
Hmm, well, UD says something about drinking in car parks or something (Netfox blocked the full definition), but to me it brings to mind a sort of convoy of 4WDs...
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word poncho
I don't think so, I don't get an error message, and there's nothing in the URL that Netfox is likely to block. I just get 5.jpg where the photo should be...
Edit: I don't know what changed, but I can now see it. I'm definitely in for group ponchoing.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word poncho
I cannot see that picture. Weird.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the list me-and-my-life
This is me not laughing at your list.
P.S. See Wordie Treatment.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word bonnie doon
How's the serenity.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
Bonnie Doon?
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word digressive consultive
I am this person!
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
I don't think you ruined it, but maybe the fun does need to be drawn out a little longer :)
You want to put two giant stainless steel hollow balls on someone's pelvis?! Ouch.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word yak shaving
Could it have been on yak-shaving?
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
That's a crazy, outlandish idea you've got there c_b, I don't think it'll work.
(Edited)
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the list wrap-sheet
Do ponchos count?
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
They might be stolen...
Nothing against Coober, of course.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-mind-baubles
*gulp*
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word tuppie
You and I must have the same friends, bilb.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
So, I'll meet you at the Shrubbery Balls?
No, I don't think that sounds right...
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word obsidian
Often used to describe the colour of eyes.
Or perhaps that's just in the fanfic I read.
I'm sure I've read it somewhere else, though.
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the list the-mind-baubles
Pie?
You have food?
I need food.
Is there caffeine in it?
I need caffeine!
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
Well, why don't we name it after the place we're going to put it?
Where are we going to put it?
August 11, 2008
plethora commented on the word stainless steel hollow ball
Stack two on top of each other and you've got an excellent meeting place.
August 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word deplore
THIS is the words I was trying to think of on Friday! *headdesk* Why, why, WHY would it not come to mind?
August 10, 2008
plethora commented on the word apparitional eatery
Hee!
August 10, 2008
plethora commented on the user john
I protest!
August 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word pangolin
whoa whoa whoa whoa! Whoa!
What?
Dc, no... what?
No retiring, plzkthx.
Let's not let this page become another repeat of vegetarian, kk, everyone?
August 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word almira gulch
By the time I finish my individual study for English this year, I suspect I will know Oz backwards.
August 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word mary sue
Mary-Sue wouldn't wear crocs! She's far too stylish/gothic.
August 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word duck shit
gound.
August 8, 2008
plethora commented on the word bullet-proof bra
Do tell, dc.
August 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word Ȫ
I saw a diamond ring first, but I can see the anger as well.
Maybe it's angry about its monobrow.
August 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word pear shaped
I've heard it a lot in Australia, but my original love for pear shaped comes from The Thin Blue Line.
August 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word i do all the pleasing with you
*hangs head in shame*
I'm sorry. I've been trying to control my compulsions.
Take That did a cover, you know.
August 7, 2008
plethora commented on the word as rare as frog's penises
Rarer than hen's teeth.
I just realised I commented on frog penises 3 months ago but never listed this.
August 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word bullet-proof bra
Wait, so, how exactly is a normal bra dangerous when worn in combination with a bullet-proof vest?
August 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word [pastiche]
Hee! hehehe. Root! *is juvenile*
I wonder where busted comment IDs 95811-6 are...
August 6, 2008
plethora commented on the word i do all the pleasing with you
But you know there's always rain in my heart.
I do all the pleasin' with you.
It's so hard to reason with you.
Please Please Me.
Ha! I stole your MO, gangerh! Take that! :P
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word had
John, you slack bastard, leave some fairy cakes for the rest of us!
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word nakey
In my school environment. Overused because I think it's fun, amusing word in a childish way, (and also in a Potter Puppet Pals kind of way), but it is too often used in the context of teenage girls talking about their latest sexual exploits, and it just bothers me that this juvenile word is connected with something that's supposed to mean that they're all grown up and stuff.
Or something. I don't know.
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word frickin'
Why is this not on the mondegreens list?
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word scrapple
Ew.
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word like
Is it amusing to anyone else that at the bottom of that poster the "e" has been left out of "awareness"?
August 5, 2008
plethora commented on the word tyramine
Whoa. No need to get so worked up! What's a little fatality between friends?
August 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word bunny
Weirdnet!
August 4, 2008
plethora commented on the word fire alarm
Awwwww! *is goo*
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word fire alarm
omigawd! Talk about drama.
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
That's right!
We are now the Knights who say "Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'Bang, zoom-Boing."
Ni!
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
Ni!
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
I'm sorry. I don't mean to bring my teen angst onto Wordie.
This is not the place for it.
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
Somewhere I'm not surrounded by nasty, inconsiderate teenage girls.
There are places I could go if I ever did run away from the boarding house. I have family and friends in the city who would take me in. In reality, I doubt it'll ever happen. Getting out is not the hard bit, it's getting back in that's the problem.
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word burglar alarm
The only thing preventing my escape right now.
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the word fire alarm
We had two last night, exactly 1 hour and 11 minutes apart. 2:11am and 3:22am. Luckily I have a really warm dressing gown.
August 3, 2008
plethora commented on the list identify-the-wordie-2
Don't worry Pro, I suck worse :D
Sionnach is totally a stripper. And a peeler, too.
I defend sunflower as a logical choice for dontcry :P
Sunflowers turn with the sun to always get the most sunlight. That's how I picture dc on The Porch. Slowly turning the deckchair...
P.S. Thanks for setting this up, bilby :) Much fun was had.
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word uva
You can buy porn in the supermarket?
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word svelte
I think this is a really sexy word. I don't know why.
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the list identify-the-wordie-2
Ahahaha! epic fail!
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word uva
Ooh, burn!
XXXX is festy.
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the list weirdly-pronounced-british-family-or-place-names
Like "strawn", usually. There are a bunch of variations on the spelling, I'm pretty sure, but I can never remember how to spell them...
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the word toefl
Yay Pro! Way to kick toefl butt!
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the list weirdly-pronounced-british-family-or-place-names
Strachan.
August 2, 2008
plethora commented on the list identify-the-wordie-2
Darqueau, are you aware you have groovin' twice? :)
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word kala rau
I believe I once read/was read a picture book of this story in primary school...
I didn't know it was Balinese mythology, though.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word claudius
Current bane of my life and destroyer of my upcoming weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love Hamlet, I just don't want to get up and talk to the class about his incestuous, murdering uncle on Monday.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
Uh-huh. Me too.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word fee-ee-ee-ee-ww-ww-ww-kreng
Seriously?
Please elaborate. Under what circumstances did the opportunity to push a piano off a 3rd storey balcony arise?
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word bugs
The home page is broken?
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word the porch
Call out the Wordie Cleaning Squad!
When she wakes up, it will all seem like a terrible dream.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word rialto
Tip your waitresses! Tip 'em right over.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word a wedge of cheese
Well, that depends on how you pronounce again. For me it doesn't rhyme, for you it obviously doesn't rhyme, but for many people it does.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the list wordie-house
Another addition to the Wordie neighbourhood!
Just a short walk from the Verbal Arms and the Psychedelicatessen is on the corner, next to the park where the Mandatory Picnic is being held.
...Someone needs to draw a map of this neighbourhood.
August 1, 2008
plethora commented on the word ∞
Ahahaha! That really shouldn't be that funny! Bed time, methinks.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word quisquilian
You could. But would you want to? Do you really want worthless muesli?
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word ∞
hehehe! That was atrocious!
So why am I laughing so hard?
Reminds me of:
Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7 8 9.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word ∞
That's what my kindergarten teacher actually told me it was when I asked. "It's a lazy eight. It's lying down and has fallen asleep".
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the list summer-olympics-beijing-2008
Oh, yes, good idea! Very topical.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word hipster
Weirdnet, you are so far out of date that your meaning is the opposite of the current.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word wild-track
*Huuuurrrrl!!!*
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word chunder
I had a friend once who, as revenge for always being the one supporting people while they horked their guts up, developed her own little ditty:
Chunderstruck! Yeah, yeah, yeah, chunderstruck!
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word boatel
It's a postcard... surely they could just put a fifty cent stamp on it, address it and mail it to you...
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the list psychedelicatessen
That's reassuring, then. Phew.
P.S. Sakhalinskii, I don't get it.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word bibble
And in Genoa, 'tis now the fashion to pin a live frog to the shoulder braid, stand in a bucket and go "bibble" at passers by.
-- Edmund Blackadder
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word a minge of badgers
Minge? Really?
How awkward.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word orthophobia
Fear of property, apparently.
What does that even mean?
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word levophobia
Fear of objectsto the left side of the body.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word geniophobia
Fear of chins.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word euphobia
Fear of hearing good news.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word deipnophobia
Fear of dining or dinner conversations.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word aulophobia
Fear of flutes.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word consecotaleophobia
Fear of chopsticks.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word arachibutyrophobia
Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word lamington
Ooh, yes, my school has lamington drives. I don't know what they use the money for, but they must get a lot, lamingtons sell fast.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word nipslip
See also wardrobe malfunction.
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the word the porch
:O Surely not!
July 31, 2008
plethora commented on the list lost-for-word
Whistle.
July 31, 2008
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