For me, the way words are listed to the right hand side of the Zeitgeist page is a design disaster. It is an unnatural way to read a list and just deters me from wanting to scan it.
Three words where the first and second form a known expression and the second and third form a known expression and all three together make a credible expression.
Like sweet tooth and tooth fairy make sweet tooth fairy.
A 'perfect sweet tooth fairy' would, of course, be one where all three words together also formed a known expression.
I just have to get a sign made. The back lane past our house is poorly maintained and is riddled with potholes. Yet it is used muchly by motorists as a 'rat-run' from an city inner ring road into the centre. I'll put one at each end of the lane. HaHa!
And unless it's an exodus to the exotic. That is, an escape from one place to another. Using basic definitions. Indeed if an exodus isn't exotic it won't be an exodus.
'Just tell me what you want to tell me. I'm not going to judge you. My own eyes are fuller of beams than a mock-Tudor pub, so I can't even see your motes.'
Charles Paris in The Dead Side Of The Mike by Simon Brett.
My feelings about this are mixed. On the one hand I experience extreme pleasure at the immense beauty and artistry of the play. On the other I feel indignant humour at having my bum in the air to be able to read it! Hah! Brilliant, 'fy.
AhA! Fantastic idea, King of the Johngle. Here's my offer. LOGOF! You list one on mine and I'll list two on yours! List One Get One Free! Just contribute schadenfreudgeon to my list SCHADENFREUDGEON and I'll contribute two to yours.
Big-browed physicists tell us that two objects cannot under any circumstances occupy the same place at the same time. . . . .
. . . . a lot of fundamental physics is the solemn statement of the absurdly obvious. Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.
In order to get whatever it is you want, all you have to do is to stop performing the actions that don't bring about your desired result and start performing the actions that do.
......when prospectors with more dreams than common sense were drawn to the area by silver and rumors of silver. They discovered rich veins of the latter.
When I asked old Ronnie how he could possibly be so sure that Jasper (a Muscovy duck) was 29 years old, he said "Ee, lad, I've had 'im since 'e were egg".
A 'Porky sitting' is fried ham. A pig sits on its abdomen, which is the source of bacon, so 'one Porky lying' would have called for a rasher with the eggs.
'Cardiac shingles' is an order of toast with extra butter.
Behind the slumpstone wall lay a backyard, a swimming pool. Dappled with morning light and tree shadows, the water glimmered in shades of blue from sapphire to turquoise, as might a trove of jewels left by long-dead pirates who had sailed a sea since vanished.
Odd! After seeing your listing of this here, h'heir, Ive discovered that it's missing from my List 9. I found that it's actually missing from my Beatles lyrics book, which I understood had ALL of their lyrics.
Wow, ptero! I'm delighted and humbled at your adoption. I don't believe there was a Little Miss Different in the Little Miss series, but it sounds as if there ought to have been. Anyway if there wasn't, for me, it reflects the delightful edge that this list employs.
'Keep it up, gangerh. I'm going to love this page! :) Just think: A one-page, go-to reference for "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in almost any language! That's what Wordie is FOR!'
It would be an unexpected stroke of luck to find that 103 other Wordies listed this word for the first time today before a certain other word was listed again.
I like this one, 'gus. At first I wondered where I'd got it from as I'd forgotten I'd made it an open list. Ta for the contribution. I'm eager to use it. Perhaps as a bit of sledging at our cricket match today.
Aha! To wit, indeed! To woo, as well! It seems some fellow Wordies know of you already, 'luette, and hold you in good stead. I knew nought of you 'til now, am apprehensive, but your stock is rising. Be gentle with me. My days are in awe of the wonder that is Wordie.
Hey, 'esheir, I think this should be on fbharjo's clever list 'sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)'. Though there are five stfs in there that would look good on the stf list.
Answer: 1. Then 27 governments do what they're told. (450 million EU consumers, incandescent with rage, are now banned from buying 100w incandescent light bulbs ).
We was robbed! That was definitely above waist height and should have been a no-ball! Hit him with your white stick, umpire! And did you see how wide that other one was? Anyway the only England Miss out on dramatic win that I saw was a couple of weeks ago when it really mattered! Now she was really something! So put that in your urn and smoke it! Oh, you can't, can you? Because it's not your urn! Ha!
This is brilliant, chained_one. You just must close it to all but bilby. I'm feeling very possessive about this list and nervous about it's spoliation by others!
I got this from the 'Your Police in Wakefield' newspaper. Motto - 'Making a difference locally'. I submit that acquisitive crime suggests a less severe offence than plain old theft. Acquisitive crime includes house burglary, robbery and vehicle crime. Now that's what I call making a difference. Outrageous. Who's got the list of euphemisms which would make a suitable home for this piece of soft brain tissue thinking?
I was about to make a comment on your comment on procrastination. I then realised it wouldn't be so clever to make it straightaway. Just thought I'd let you know it's coming.
If it was married manned maneuvering and the wife was there doing married womanned womaneuvering would that be two units or would NASA refer to them as a unit?
May I promote to you, missourigal, a word that will amaze and astound all those who hear you use it? It is the uber cool word to be seen uttering. It delights in the definition 'mixed feelings of extreme pleasure and indignant humour'. What a conversation starter! The ecstasy and the agony! And with Schadenfreudgeon Day 2009 coming up soon you should list your copy now, so that you have it ready for use. Ah, schadenfreudgeon, truly a word that came along just when its definition was seeking one. Start your list with schadenfreudgeon today!
Aw, come on bilby. Why on earth would I want to call it 'Reflective Fuchsia Ping-Pong Paddle'? That gives no clue whatsoever what the list is all about.
One of the simplest copy writing formulas is to state the customer's problem, tell them you can solve it and then tell them precisely how you're going to solve it.
If there is a genuine limit to what you are offering or the number of people who can have it, it's worth making a big deal about that. Scarcity is an important marketing tool.
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
In many contexts, the most important word you can use is the customer's name. The more personalised your letters are, the higher the response. Email autoresponders enable you to send hundreds or thousands of personalized messages at the same time.
It's important to use the word important. People want to know about important things and it's a word that grabs the reader's attention. And that's important!
Anything you can do to reduce the risk for your customers will increase your sales. Your customers may not be consciously thinking about it but subconsciously they're worrying about risking money and possibly time by doing business with you. Risk elimination is one of the most effective Marketing strategies available to you.
'England swings like a pendulum do' - from a Sixties hit song. If it had been a Seventies hit song then it would have meant 'England wife-swaps like a ....'. Perhaps that's why we're mystified.
HaHa! Having watched your link to video, VO, I am reminded why I don't follow what players have to say about the cricket they've just played. I love cricket but I have more interesting things in my life than the inane chatter of people who are portrayed as interesting to listen to just because they are interesting to watch.
On a technical point, TWO nations 'are perplexed' as we are constantly told now that it is the 'England and Wales' cricket team contesting the Ashes.
I heard someone who hasn't grasped this yet (or just doesn't want to) ask why the first Test was being played on a neutral ground! Cardiff not being in England or Australia, like! HaHa!
There comes a point when you need to tell your customer what to do. They need to call you, or order from you or 'click here'. But you don't want them doing it tomorrow or next week. You want them to do it now - so tell them.
Everyone wants stuff that's easy. We want things to be easy to use, we want things to be easier to achieve, we want everything easy. If your product or service makes peoples' lives easier, make sure you tell them.
"...He has held several jobs, been treated for psychological illness, travelled around Europe. Arrived in Russia from England on the eleventh of December. Since the New Year he has been working as a male nurse in the Assuage My Sorrows hospital for the insane."
From 'The Decorator' by Boris Akunin translated by Andrew Bronfield.
I'm only telling this because I'm a being-polled Wordizen. I happen to think bbqurgers are good for putting under pineapple ketchup or under moutarde de Dijon or under piccalilli or under horseradish sauce or under rhubarb chutney. Unlike toast.
Missed you guys. Love this conversation. Been away a bit. Walking in the Lake District avec famille. Swapped lots of fine anecdotes there - I'm an anecdoting father. If I go over to some social networking website and tell one or two, would it make me an anecdotcomalist?
The new buzzword that keeps emanating from the Palace of Westminster. Can some one tell me how to inadvertentlyclaim £16000 for a mortgage that doesn't exist?
Ha! I like that definition, Cf. Last year I did get a role as a body double for a 27 year old actor. Much flattered as I was 62. Is there a word for that?
Heard from a Racing Correspondent today. Apparently this is the make-up of the racingoing public at the moment - brians are older people and bens are younger people.
Didn't come across to me as bad-tempered, yarb. Seemed perfectly-tempered. Not fucking half! Stop it, now, jaylo, and welcome the wonder that is Wordie as 'tis. Cutsey name or no. What's cutsey mean anyway?
In the UK, a lower ABV version is available called Stella Artois 4%. This variant was launched to compete alongside fellow Inbev lager Beck's Vier and to address negative associations of the brand;
During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater".
I suspect that few people here in England know of the trail from Brando's undershirt, his screen wife's name and a pint or so of Artois.
The more likely understanding, I believe, lies in the alcoholic strength and the quaffableness of Stella Artois. While being a premium strength pilsner, it is at the same time as quickly drinkable as a milder strength session ale. Without realising, it's possible to get drunk more quickly and lose control and all the other things associated with drunkenness, including a capacity for arguing and fighting. And who's at home to take the brunt of it?
So deja vu is the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before. Does anyone know of a word for the experience of that previous occurrence?
'The site neads to be no more complicated than something like http://www.insureassure.co.uk/ (We would prefer it to look less amatuer) but it's all about capturing the data.'
Greetings, John. I find that I often decide not to click on the 'more...' link after a comment on the home page to see the whole comment because of the delay in loading the word/list page and the delay in reloading back to the home page.
I'd love a hover window feature that opened the whole comment while the cursor is, say, over the 'more...'. I know it's generally possible as I've done it on, admittedly lesser, applications.
UK Budget Day and our Car Scrappage Scheme is born to boost our motor industry and our economy. Scrap a 10+yr old car and get £2000 towards a new one. Good news for all the countries we buy 80% of our cars from! (?)
Used by Darren Gough to describe Chris Gayle. When asked 'why daisy' Darren said that it's a term used to describe some cricketers who 'some days they do and some days they don't'.
Hah! Reminds me of the cartoon where a lion is mounting a zebra in an 'amorous tryst', when a lioness appears. The lion says to the antelope "Good grief, it's my wife!! Pretend that I'm trying to kill you . . "
Hey, shane wanna'by, would love to bat to your bowling! As I'm a fan of yourn, then, you've a good chance of your flip hitting! (What are you doing retiring from Test cricket when you do THAT in the IPL?)
'Twas the first match of the season here Saturday just gone and am still getting selected for the 2nd team. At 63, wow! Us 137 for 7, them 131 all out with 4 overs to spare. Very exciting game and I scored 6. So without me it would have been a tie! HaHa!
Cannot speak for the US, yarb, but as an eccentric old geezer myself, I generally concur. Only generally, though, for I am also a good geezer. Signed gangerh, aka geezerh.
So you cry about spilt ink. You cry over spilt milk. It's like a flyover above a roundabout somewhere in a metaphorest. Any suggestions for what we might cry under?
Yes, VO. I noticed the missing listing on mint chocolate chip. I seem to recall when you list your least favourite word it gives it a vote. Do not list schadenfreude as such if you don't want to add to its popularity. I believe there was also an issue whereby if you removed your least favourite word it did not reduce the wordies listing it count.
Hah! Sweet! Was it one of your Easter eggs, moll'?
I haven't tracked the perfect ones, but I notice someone has a tag 'perfect stf'. I'll have to go through the list sometime and identify them all. 'Tis a long list though.
Or, if you have more time and want more fun, select from pterodactyl's list 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover to finish with Grace, then sidle over to the Verbal Arms and finish with economy by buying us all a drink!
If a man speaks in a metaphorest and there's no woman around to hear, he's still as wrong as the idea that a tree falls noiselessly unless there's someone around to hear it.
President Obama as described by Jeremy Paxton tonight after his beautifully diplomatic response to a question about his dinnertime sat next to the German Chancellor at the G20.
A beautifully symmetrically cultivated country. The sun lies in a geostationary position directly overhead. You wouldn't notice anything different going east-to-west or west-to-east. The natives go to and fro on a palindromedary.
Why do I have a red flag on my screen whenever I'm on the home page these days? Was it decided democratically in my absence? Can't believe it's Google.
Thank you, whichbe, for your splendid orchestration of this year's 'Oties'. Your awesome commentary is particularly pleasing. I eagerly await the Oty Award Ceremony. Can I be Toastmaster, please?
Hey, bilby. You're always so sharply onto everything! Gi's a chance! I wanted this to be an open list - just needed a few minutes to kick-start it with some examples to format the list idea. Done that. So I hereby declare this Playground officially open!
It was coined by James 'The Amazing' Randi, a Canadian magician and world-renowned sceptic, to describe people who are determined to go on believing in woo, no matter how much evidence to the contrary you present them with.
My name is Jack Parlabane and I'm pan-breid. Aye, that's right, don't kid on you can't understand the rhyming slang. And let me finish before you laugh - you'll get more out of it once you hear the details. Killed in a typically foolhardy endeavour (let's avoid the word 'undertaking', shall we?), death by defenestration, gravity finally delivering the ultimate skelp in the arse in revenge for my years of insolent defiance. A four-storey fall out of my own living room window. Ironic? Inevitable? Hilarious? Take your pick. Surprising? Not my call. I guess you could call it the ultimate humiliation. Certainly looked pretty fucking ultimate from my perspective. Actually, truth be told the fall itself isn't so bad, no matter the height. It's that last inch that's a cunt.
From 'Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks' by Christopher Brookmyre.
You've disappointed me, bilby. As opening bat I have thought that I carried my bat on a number of occasions. However your condition of '10 fallen wickets' is new to me. But I checked with a reputable source to find that you are right.
Shame, this, when virtually all grass roots level matches are limited overs and the majority of innings end without all 10 wickets falling. Slim chance of carrying your bat, then, in most cricket played.
Ha, 'shedone. I'm fascinated with your spelling of Grauniad. Presumably intended as an anagram of that historically typo-infested organ the 'Guadian'. Nice double. Double. One.
Ha! Pwobably. I know that Nottingham is famous for having a high ratio of young females to young males. And that it has statues of lions in the city centre. They used to say that these lions roared every time a virgin walked past.
'I have to decide what kind of knock to use. Too hard, and I fear I will awaken that farang mind-set called Thaicopsyndrome: he could start shivering in his boots and replaying every horror story he's ever heard about our legal system, which is not what I want. Too soft, though, and I could get insolence. I opt for the middle path, which brings him to the door in a pair of knee-length walking shorts, nothing else.'
Gosh, bongiee, I never thought of that! Thanks for the tip. I'll never use my own name ever again. Just in case I'm ashamed of how I seem. Brilliant. Now back to the word pressure. Wot's your favourite definition? Mine's 'the act of applying farce in order to move something away'. Minted.
Truly lovely 10,000th comment, 'by. And felicitations - you are currently single-pouchedly responsible for 8.3663105% of Wordie's comments! I feel so honoured to have been endowed with your only typo. :-)
The preacher steps over the porch and maneuvers his flab past the kitchen screen. "This glorious Saturday smells of joy cakes," he booms. I swear the Lord giveth and just keeps on fucken givething to Pastor Gibbons.
We have fun here on Wordie, whichbe, and we concoct words at times. Many are clever, funny, beautiful, poignant, cumbersome, awkward, obtuse, etcetera .. you know what I mean .... but this one is outstanding. Hate the emotion, love the sentiment. This is truly an X-factor word.
This is the most enthralling comment I've seen on Wordie but you must explain, you should explain, we need to know, pray tell, what means ....??? 'tcry....???
I'd never heard this word before last week. I climbed into my car today and the radio came on at the start of a discussion about mallemaroking with the definitions and history of the word.
(Well, that's better than my usual contribution to this page!)
I do think it has a better nuance of meaning than that. I see 'minding' here as caring for, keeping safe, and maintaining order and control. Quite a feat at a crossroads, which conjures up an image of busy traffic movement in all directions, creating all manner of terror in the mice there.
Your dotted line determines the position of the right column on the front page. Your comment is about to drop off the end anyway so the page should right itself. Watch.
Used by pub landlords to keep their pubs full. After getting their first pint, the customer would drink about three-quarters of it and offer back the glass. The landlord would fill it up but charge only for half a pint.
Oh, dear. Sorry, frindley and all others affected. I wasn't aware of this situation. Was just trying to correct an ugly screen situation caused by the 'o-word' being in the top 10 most commented.
I think I've found a simpler, 'one-comment' solution. Hope that doesn't adversely affect your mobile screen.
Comments by gangerh
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gangerh commented on the word miksch's law
That stripper.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word she'll make you a toolshed you can't refuse
Heard today. As 'Don't cross her or .....'.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fankles
Fat ankles, I hear.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
For me, the way words are listed to the right hand side of the Zeitgeist page is a design disaster. It is an unnatural way to read a list and just deters me from wanting to scan it.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sweet tooth fairy
Three words where the first and second form a known expression and the second and third form a known expression and all three together make a credible expression.
Like sweet tooth and tooth fairy make sweet tooth fairy.
A 'perfect sweet tooth fairy' would, of course, be one where all three words together also formed a known expression.
October 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
It’s the fourth leg of the table that causes the wobble.
Barrie Pepper.
October 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fasten brastraps and remove dentures
I just have to get a sign made. The back lane past our house is poorly maintained and is riddled with potholes. Yet it is used muchly by motorists as a 'rat-run' from an city inner ring road into the centre. I'll put one at each end of the lane. HaHa!
October 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word church of the whispering comet topless bar, adult bookstore, and burger heaven
.... past the town limits of Pico Mundi, on a tract of desert land.
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the user super-george
I played with your name.
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word l’esprit de l’escalier
A spring in your step?
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the user reesetee
I played with your name.
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger.
Leonard Cohen.
October 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fungry
I may be fungry but I don't fancy spam.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word exodus
And unless it's an exodus to the exotic. That is, an escape from one place to another. Using basic definitions. Indeed if an exodus isn't exotic it won't be an exodus.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
'Just tell me what you want to tell me. I'm not going to judge you. My own eyes are fuller of beams than a mock-Tudor pub, so I can't even see your motes.'
Charles Paris in The Dead Side Of The Mike by Simon Brett.
October 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the user milosrdenstvi
I played with your name.
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the user rainedancing
I played with your name.
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the user pterodactyl
I played with your name.
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Your the top banana, 'boros!
October 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Brilliant, 'cry. Inadquacy it is then!
October 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the user frigga
I played with your name.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user kewpid
I played with your name.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user repsac3
I played with your name.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?
Robert Browning.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the list schadenfreudgeon
Perhaps see rfl.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word uo�?ƃpn�?ɹɟu�?p�?ɥɔs
My feelings about this are mixed. On the one hand I experience extreme pleasure at the immense beauty and artistry of the play. On the other I feel indignant humour at having my bum in the air to be able to read it! Hah! Brilliant, 'fy.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rid owe
All I ever get on the Wordie homepage Google ad these days is 'Debt Problems? Want to know if you can wipe out all the debt you can't afford?'.
I'm guessing that Google analytics is now resorting to an anagram model. And 'Wordie' does appear a lot on the home page.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user qroqqa
I played with your name.
October 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the user gangerh
Hey, everyone looks up to a microlight flying over, rolig!
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i think not
I don't think they're for 1am.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the user kjola
I played with your name.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the user plethora
I played with your name.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Only the present exists.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rfl
AhA! Fantastic idea, King of the Johngle. Here's my offer. LOGOF! You list one on mine and I'll list two on yours! List One Get One Free! Just contribute schadenfreudgeon to my list SCHADENFREUDGEON and I'll contribute two to yours.
October 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the user jmjarmstrong
GH played with your name.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user Telofy
I played with your name.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user thesaraheffect
I played with your name.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word for god's sake, don't set the piano on fire
Goodness gracious . . .
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word common cold cash cow catcher
I do like this, 'robo'. There's a better home for it on fbharjo's list 'sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)', though.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word carbon copy cat calling card carrying case closed circuit
I do like this, 'robo'. There's a better home for it on fbharjo's list sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
It’s never too late to be what you might have been.
George Eliot.
October 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the user dontcry
I played with your name.
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user rolig
I played with your name.
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word willow
:-)
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word willow
This wouldn't be a conspiracy emanating from your national summer game, would it, 'lby?
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user john
I played with your name.
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the user skipvia
I played with your name.
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wtf
Why the face?
October 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word griffin park
I used to live right next to it - I don't remember that it had a pub on each corner.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word psychopath
Son, this is the United States of America. Some would say it's unconstitutional to try to prevent psychopaths from fulfilling their potential.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stumpery
Slosh an occasional layer of old yogurt over them to encourage moss.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the user whichbe
I played with your name.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word proonette
Marry Onette? One for, one against.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word clean up the kitchen, plus midnight whistleberries with zeppelins
An order of hash, and an order of black beans with sausages.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the user seanahan
I played with your name.
October 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
People don’t change when they see the light, they change when they feel the heat.
Dr Jim Reeve.
October 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the user voyeurvoyeur
Spotted this under Wordiest Wordies just now.
VoyeurVoyeur (111/111)
Cute.
And welcome to the wonder that is Wordie.
October 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the user chained_bear
I played with your name.
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they are wondering why it shows up over and over again.
John Assaraf.
The Secret.
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word collector's item
'Every banknote I get these days seems to be a collector's item. As soon as I get one a debt collector calls round!'
HaHa!
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word physicist
Big-browed physicists tell us that two objects cannot under any circumstances occupy the same place at the same time. . . . .
. . . . a lot of fundamental physics is the solemn statement of the absurdly obvious. Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word falkland islands
Hah - gangerh actually says 'It's a ewe-boat'. Hah!
October 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the user oroboros
I played with your name.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
In order to get whatever it is you want, all you have to do is to stop performing the actions that don't bring about your desired result and start performing the actions that do.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word subjunctive case
His mother, Daphne, 'nach. He did name one of his sons Herzogovina.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word burn two british, send 'em to philly for fish
Two English muffins with cream cheese and lox.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word discovered rich veins of rumours of gold
......when prospectors with more dreams than common sense were drawn to the area by silver and rumors of silver. They discovered rich veins of the latter.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double spuds twice in hell
Two orders of French fries made extra crisp.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word subjunctive case
When I asked old Ronnie how he could possibly be so sure that Jasper (a Muscovy duck) was 29 years old, he said "Ee, lad, I've had 'im since 'e were egg".
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word launcheon
Perhaps ask whichbe if you can put it here, Milo'.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Life is a contact sport.
September 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the user yarb
I played with your name.
September 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word two cows, make 'em cry, give 'em blankets, and mate 'em with pigs
Two hamburgers with onions, cheese, and bacon.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word first screen kiss
Just got home from filming my first screen kiss. HaHa!
September 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word srljo
I don't believe in using long words when diminutive ones will do.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cardiac shingles
See one porky sitting, hash browns, cardiac shingles.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one porky sitting, hash browns, cardiac shingles
A 'Porky sitting' is fried ham. A pig sits on its abdomen, which is the source of bacon, so 'one Porky lying' would have called for a rasher with the eggs.
'Cardiac shingles' is an order of toast with extra butter.
Hash browns are merely hash browns.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eggs - wreck 'em and stretch 'em
..... I stretched an order of eggs, which means that I added a third egg to our usual serving of two. Then I wrecked 'em: scrambled them.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list txt
Hah! Yes, John, I'm going to use smtoe as often as I can. Please add it.
As for mass-tagging, I'm completely tagilliterate. But I'd be happy to attempt it should someone txt me through it.
Is there such a thing as smtoejam? (Sets my teeth on edge just as much)?
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word f2f
Far too far?
September 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the user vanishedone
I played with your name.
September 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bogap
Buy one get a pair.
September 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word his nobs
'twas always singular here - 'one for his nob'.
September 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Words are loaded pistols.
Jean-Paul Sartre
September 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word a sea since vanished
Behind the slumpstone wall lay a backyard, a swimming pool. Dappled with morning light and tree shadows, the water glimmered in shades of blue from sapphire to turquoise, as might a trove of jewels left by long-dead pirates who had sailed a sea since vanished.
From 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz.
Wow!
September 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
Sales Copy that doesn't SELL should carry a Government health warning!
Joe Robson, Copywriter
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word while my guitar gently weeps
Odd! After seeing your listing of this here, h'heir, Ive discovered that it's missing from my List 9. I found that it's actually missing from my Beatles lyrics book, which I understood had ALL of their lyrics.
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the list my-porches
That has to be the most intriguing comment I have read here on the internet.
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ain’t she sweet
Oh ain't she nice .....
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word aloha ‘oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo ......
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tip-toe through the tulips
Oh, tiptoe from the garden ....
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
'Beware of being in the hands of someone else’s ego.'
(Ganger H)
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word road conditions
Taxi radio speak for 'copper with a radar gun' or 'copcar hiding in wait'. Always followed by a location to alert other cabbies.
September 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word kingly brightness
Your Royal Brightness.
"As we gaze on your kingly brightness"
September 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word noli me tangere
yes, me have no bananas
September 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word blind cricket
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa...............
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the list little-miss-different
Wow, ptero! I'm delighted and humbled at your adoption. I don't believe there was a Little Miss Different in the Little Miss series, but it sounds as if there ought to have been. Anyway if there wasn't, for me, it reflects the delightful edge that this list employs.
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word gangrel
gangrelh
'A child of gangerh's who is just starting to walk.'
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word blind cricket
Oops! Buttered toast and landing conversations come to mind, 'by.
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word slender scratchdaisy
Beautiful.
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the list ponderable-plant-names
Dick Wunderlin? That explains everything! :-)
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ramgoat dashalong
Wonderful! (But are you sure you're not making some of these up, h'heir?)
September 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
(Relevant) comment from chained-bear some months ago on yes we have no bananas -
'Keep it up, gangerh. I'm going to love this page! :) Just think: A one-page, go-to reference for "Yes, We Have No Bananas" in almost any language! That's what Wordie is FOR!'
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word malist
Bad list idea, Silas! ;-}
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word agent orange crush
stf, h'heir!
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turkey tangle frogfruit
Maybe see turkey tangle fogfruit.
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the list ponderable-plant-names
A delightful list, h'heir.
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word downy maiden fern
Dentata? A toothsome downy maiden fern, is it? (She?)
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turkey tangle fogfruit
I love this name. I'd also love there to be a turkey tangle frogfruit.
September 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word celestial body language
stf, 'by!
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the list little-miss-different
Little Miss Different?
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word serendipity
It would be an unexpected stroke of luck to find that 103 other Wordies listed this word for the first time today before a certain other word was listed again.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word up to code
'....The other buildings were cited for asbestos and no one wanted the expense of bringing the buildings up to code.....'
From 'The Unseen' by Lee Driver.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word himofftelly
Heard in Yorkshire and around meaning 'The fellow who appears regularly on the television'.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word during death
Taken On Trust
(Terry Waite)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word today smiling
Take Action
(Stephen Joynes)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word renowned fish
Swimming With Piranha Makes You Hungry
(Colin Turner)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word within help
Swimming
(Amateur Swimming Association)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word attitude zoom
Success
It's As Simple As
ABC
(David Hannon)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word example things
Success In Your Pocket
(David Hannon)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one lipstick
Style Directions For Women
(Carol Spenser)
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cretan wildcat
This'll be the She that said to Tom 'Here we are on the verge of extinction and all you can think about is sex'.
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word salesman's shample
Spample!
September 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word something one!
Style Directions For Men
(Carol Spenser)
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word congratulations! come
do it!
(James R. Sherman, PhD)
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word why me
Stay In The Game
(Van Crouch)
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pinkie
plinkie!
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you was unlucky, yesterday. unfortunately, today is different.
Received today in 4 spam emails. Help! Can't work out whether I was luckier yesterday or more fortunate today. Certainly today was different.
Tally thus far then - 0/1/4.
September 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the warm and fuzzy feeling
Around here we abbreviate this to 'warm fuzzy', as in 'it gave me a warm fuzzy'. Maybe to avoid the full phrase, as it's too much of a cliché?
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word there are no gaps in your ignorance
I like this one, 'gus. At first I wondered where I'd got it from as I'd forgotten I'd made it an open list. Ta for the contribution. I'm eager to use it. Perhaps as a bit of sledging at our cricket match today.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dispeopler
And, hey, 'plausible, you have to think defrogsr, then you'll figure it.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dispeopler
Don't frighten the penguin, ptero'. Remember, to him you're a serious bird threat.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word manstruation
Hah! A singular event, uncle o.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tread softly because you tread on my dreams
HAD I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with the golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams...
William Butler Yeats
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
Aha! To wit, indeed! To woo, as well! It seems some fellow Wordies know of you already, 'luette, and hold you in good stead. I knew nought of you 'til now, am apprehensive, but your stock is rising. Be gentle with me. My days are in awe of the wonder that is Wordie.
'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' - W. B. Yeats.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you was unlucky, yesterday. unfortunately, today is different.
Received today in a spam email.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
Wow! You have an algorithm that segregates the uncool ones, 'luette? Wow!
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word imho
IMHonestO, Chuck.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word imho
Chuck Norris could humble a holy opinion.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lord shove a duck
I was applauding the frog. *stands and claps again*.
September 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lord shove a duck
HaHa! Bravo! More! More! *stands and claps*
September 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
I do hope 'We've been assimilated' turns out to be the wrong words.
September 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word boiled peanut butter bean soup kitchen appliance
Hey, 'esheir, I think this should be on fbharjo's clever list 'sweet tooth fairy (with braces and scaffolding)'. Though there are five stfs in there that would look good on the stf list.
September 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
I fear that the beautiful random growth that is Wordie is about to join something organised with a goal.
September 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the list prayerware--2
HaHa! Brilliant, 'cry.
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word böse
'mein ichPod', surely?
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word musing jmaestro
...please.
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word amplethorax
"Yeth. And I'm only thixteen."
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the kajoler
When urgent, has tendency to overegg.
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word provanity
I guess with the basic version you just get the high opinion?
September 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word qroqqadile
Never simile at one.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordnik
I'll probably be a dropout before I become a wordnik.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one-way cul-de-sac
Counter-clockwise it may be where you are, Asativum, but 'twould be clockunwise here.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word erection
"Never waste an erection". A fundamental tenet of my ex-brother-in-law's philosophy.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word repsaclicated
Not my screen name.
Not my screen name.
Not my screen name.
September 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one-way cul-de-sac
Such is traffic planning here in Wakefield, UK, that the appearance of one of these would be unsurprising.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word onan the barbarian
Hah! Very good, '111. And, of course, the playpen is mightier than the swordplay.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word reskew pidgeon
Rescue me!
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word helicopterodactyl
Especially beware of the funship models.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word imagineer
Oh! I always thought it was words from uneducated speech meaning 'It's me. I'm back'.
September 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mymmoshop fraud
I thought as much. Mymmos does have more than one leg.
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word governments
Why do we need governments when we've enough low energy in light bulbs?
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word feather bomb
The enemy are tickled to death with this.
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word molestation
Mornington Crescent! Hah! Nice one, 'ishedone!
September 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
It's happened, 'cry! frigga brought home the bacon.
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word international bacon day
What shape is European bacon ordained to be these days? (Maybe see governments).
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word governments
Answer: 1. Then 27 governments do what they're told. (450 million EU consumers, incandescent with rage, are now banned from buying 100w incandescent light bulbs ).
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word england miss out on dramatic win
Anyway, it's England and Wales, now. Apparently. Otherwise it should be 'mrs'! Ha! Work that one out! Ha!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word england miss out on dramatic win
We was robbed! That was definitely above waist height and should have been a no-ball! Hit him with your white stick, umpire! And did you see how wide that other one was? Anyway the only England Miss out on dramatic win that I saw was a couple of weeks ago when it really mattered! Now she was really something! So put that in your urn and smoke it! Oh, you can't, can you? Because it's not your urn! Ha!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •open-list-anything-bilby-wants-to-add
This is brilliant, chained_one. You just must close it to all but bilby. I'm feeling very possessive about this list and nervous about it's spoliation by others!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word marxists
Q. Is this why I am no longer permitted to buy 100w incandescent light bulbs here in the USSK?
A. None. But how many revolutions does it take to screw up?
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word well i'll go to the top of our porch
Hope this helps. Ha!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
What would it mean to you should our Wordie unique words count reach 250,000 on International Bacon Day?
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word motor vehicle registration
A perfect one, 'esheir!
September 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the loch uselessness monster
aka uselessnessie
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word international bacon day
Hey! International bacon! Where do I get some?
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word triveterinary surgeon
A specialist in menagerie a trois.
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word asatnavum
Not sure how I arrived at this one!
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sundaymoonshine
"Drinkin' buttermilk all the week,
........................."
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilbyword for quality
Also, of course, a bilbywordie of quality.
September 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •-wordies-talk-about-themselves
As promised, moved. To a list called The Wordie Banana Song. (I'd make this a link if I knew how.)
September 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •-wordies-talk-about-themselves
Sorry. Felt they were wrong but they just all came out and I didn't know where else to put them. I'll move them tomorrow.
September 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
539 to go
September 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word penis
Mightier than the sword, someone wrote.
September 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 1337
I'm listing this 'cause it's a number. I'd love to know why 12 other Wordies are. . . uselessness?
September 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 2t(f √e)
Oh Rudy! Of course! HaHa! Thanks seanahan.
September 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the user elephantesimal
Great name. Welcome to the wonder that is Wordie.
September 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tie the knot
Name of shop specialising in menswear hire. (Should that be men'swear?)
August 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word baghdad
Was it a Christmas present?
August 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word zircon
Aircon to Zircon
August 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 2t(f √e)
??
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word doubt
I don't think I'd believe it.
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 10!
frindley's right. 10! is exactly the number of seconds in 6 weeks! It's a fact. Orial.
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word doubt
Are you sure, 'vi?
August 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 1 wordie lists how sweet tooth fairy dust cover drive wheels around about there then nothing worthwhile
Ah! Thanks 'shedOne and 'by. I remember now. I obviously blocked '1 wordie lists' in error when I copied the phrase to paste sometime.
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word indefatigueable
sacre indefatigueableu!
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 1 wordie lists how sweet tooth fairy dust cover drive wheels around about there then nothing worthwhile
Anywordie recall what this was about?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 = i
Convinced yet, 'by?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
This may raise more questions than I thought it may answer. Or question more answers. Or raise more answers. Or less. Than I thought. Or not.
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 0000
Apparently, afore I wrote this, 1 wordie lists 0000 with 0 comments. Spooky 0 again? Or Four Nothings and a Fol-de-Rol?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word foots
Are those British, surely?
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word noncontortionist
Someone who, whatever the pressure being brought to bear, just will not bend
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mudlark
HaHa! What a load of mudlarkey.
August 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 0
I found it via the Browse feature which seems to be new. It was listed as '0 wordies list'. Nothing if not spooky.
August 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ruelle
"Oh, he got out of the ruelle side of the bed today."
August 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list mancy--2
WHAT A WONDERFULLY POLITICALLY INCORRECT LIST, FBHARJO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA!
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nomancy
As opposed to nowomancy.
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word enlarge your male dignity
Who's got dignity envy?
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word us
A synonym for our in Yorkshire.
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word human being silly
HaHa! Love this one 'by!
August 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word side of the road
I always understood verge was something on the ridiculous, not the side of the road.
August 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word french national anthem
parfait!
August 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
the busby stoop?
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
tortile
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
melancolia?
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
brazenly
August 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unique words
A quarter of a million looms. I'm gone for a week or so with Nicolina campervanning. Will the count have gone beyond this wordmark 'pon my return?
August 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
xat
August 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
effectlessness?
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
(Our Under 11s played Liversedge Cricket Club's Under 11s last week, yarb.)
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
apotheosized?
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
nerdgassing
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word a nation of garden lovers
A National Trust survey has revealed that one in three UK residents believes spending time in the garden can boost their love life.
??
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word preamble
PREEamble
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
facial hair?
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
This is an open word, anyone can contribute.
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
gettoistua
August 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word grind
A slang synonym for fuck. As in, when crashing gears, 'another grind like that and we'll have to get engaged'.
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poke
Interesting, 'oucho, as I see from your link that poke is also considered as 'local grind'.
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yeply
This word I like. From where does it come, peter_mit emordnilap?
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
citroensaus?
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
jovencel
July 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the list •open-list-you-re-invited-to-a-mandatory-picnic
Must be PERSONDATORY!!!!!!
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word doucitbag
HaHa, 'gus. Didn't get this the first few times I saw it, but today I just did. HaHa!
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquisitive crime
Ta, the 'by.
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the list euphemisms
Is acquisitive crime awful and/or political enough, kew?
July 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquisitive crime
And perhaps I'll start a list of useage of long words when diminutive ones will suffice.
July 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquisitive crime
I got this from the 'Your Police in Wakefield' newspaper. Motto - 'Making a difference locally'. I submit that acquisitive crime suggests a less severe offence than plain old theft. Acquisitive crime includes house burglary, robbery and vehicle crime. Now that's what I call making a difference. Outrageous. Who's got the list of euphemisms which would make a suitable home for this piece of soft brain tissue thinking?
July 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
maroons
July 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word table tennis ball
You are not mistaken, 'cry. 'Tis indeed a perfect one.
July 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the user PossibleUnderscore
(Schedule to read this in a few days).
I was about to make a comment on your comment on procrastination. I then realised it wouldn't be so clever to make it straightaway. Just thought I'd let you know it's coming.
July 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word personned personeuvering unit
Perhaps see manned maneuvering unit.
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word manned maneuvering unit
If it was married manned maneuvering and the wife was there doing married womanned womaneuvering would that be two units or would NASA refer to them as a unit?
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word reintarnation
Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list words-that-appear-on-wordie-org-that-i-d-like-to-start-using-in-casual-conversation
May I promote to you, missourigal, a word that will amaze and astound all those who hear you use it? It is the uber cool word to be seen uttering. It delights in the definition 'mixed feelings of extreme pleasure and indignant humour'. What a conversation starter! The ecstasy and the agony! And with Schadenfreudgeon Day 2009 coming up soon you should list your copy now, so that you have it ready for use. Ah, schadenfreudgeon, truly a word that came along just when its definition was seeking one. Start your list with schadenfreudgeon today!
July 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the list three-words
Aw, come on bilby. Why on earth would I want to call it 'Reflective Fuchsia Ping-Pong Paddle'? That gives no clue whatsoever what the list is all about.
July 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word solve
One of the simplest copy writing formulas is to state the customer's problem, tell them you can solve it and then tell them precisely how you're going to solve it.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word simple
People believe that their lives are very complicated so anything that simplifies the process will have their attention.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the list three-words
I could argue that any list longer than two words contains three words. But I won't.
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word limited
If there is a genuine limit to what you are offering or the number of people who can have it, it's worth making a big deal about that. Scarcity is an important marketing tool.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new
Everyone wants the 'new' thing. We may be bored with advertisements but if they promise us something 'new' that can get our interest.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word proof
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word proven
It's often useful to assume that people reading your message do not believe what you're telling them. It may not be the case for all of them but it's likely that a good proportion are skeptical. Offer proof wherever you can.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fast
We all want things to happen faster. If you can do it - tell them.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word person's name
In many contexts, the most important word you can use is the customer's name. The more personalised your letters are, the higher the response. Email autoresponders enable you to send hundreds or thousands of personalized messages at the same time.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word important
It's important to use the word important. People want to know about important things and it's a word that grabs the reader's attention. And that's important!
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yes
There's something about the word 'Yes' It just works wonders. When you speak to customers use it a lot. It's equally important to avoid the word 'no.'
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word guaranteed
The ultimate risk elimination is the guarantee. Just adding a guarantee to advertisements for example will often increase sales 30% or more.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word no risk
Anything you can do to reduce the risk for your customers will increase your sales. Your customers may not be consciously thinking about it but subconsciously they're worrying about risking money and possibly time by doing business with you. Risk elimination is one of the most effective Marketing strategies available to you.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tfi
That would be t*i, surely?
July 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word screenwalk
Tomorrow, I have an audition to do a screenwalk. More later. HaHa.
July 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word free
Very powerful. People love anything that's Free. Particularly useful to generate new leads.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the list oxymorons
I am considering creating an account with the user name 'anyone'. If I do will this would make 'open list' on Wordie into an oxymoron?
July 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy-with-braces-and-scaffolding
HaHa 'Harjo! This could be a great game! You really are away with the sweet tooth fairies, aren't you? I like it.
July 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schadenfreudgeon
No mixed feelings that the s-word is slipping down the most-wordied list again. Just extreme pleasure. HaHa!
July 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
bacalao?
July 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lack of swing mystifies england
'England swings like a pendulum do' - from a Sixties hit song. If it had been a Seventies hit song then it would have meant 'England wife-swaps like a ....'. Perhaps that's why we're mystified.
July 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lack of swing mystifies england
HaHa! Having watched your link to video, VO, I am reminded why I don't follow what players have to say about the cricket they've just played. I love cricket but I have more interesting things in my life than the inane chatter of people who are portrayed as interesting to listen to just because they are interesting to watch.
On a technical point, TWO nations 'are perplexed' as we are constantly told now that it is the 'England and Wales' cricket team contesting the Ashes.
I heard someone who hasn't grasped this yet (or just doesn't want to) ask why the first Test was being played on a neutral ground! Cardiff not being in England or Australia, like! HaHa!
July 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
smeg up
July 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
simlish?
July 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
muculent.
July 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
attle
July 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rass
Word for prince in Ethiopian.
July 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word happy scrapper
Heard today to describe someone pleased after taking advantage of the government's scrappage scheme.
July 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word orange
Else?
July 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
apothesize?
July 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
beauvois?
July 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
cuckcoo
July 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word now
There comes a point when you need to tell your customer what to do. They need to call you, or order from you or 'click here'. But you don't want them doing it tomorrow or next week. You want them to do it now - so tell them.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word glass eye
as in 'he could talk a glass eye to sleep'
July 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you
Hah, d, you are such a joy!
July 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you
The magic word in all good copy. Using the word 'you' forces you to have a personal conversation with the person reading it. Don't you agree?
'15 words that will make you money'
July 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word unfuck
The antithesis of fuck me stupid, EWarrior, is surely fuck you stupid.
July 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word easy
Everyone wants stuff that's easy. We want things to be easy to use, we want things to be easier to achieve, we want everything easy. If your product or service makes peoples' lives easier, make sure you tell them.
'15 words that will make you money'
July 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fredalo
I heard this word today used to describe the Andrew Flintoff (aka Freddie) pedalo incident.
July 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word seagullibility
Is this anything like red herring gullibility?
July 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word charisma vacuum
Heard today from a film critic about a film actor, as in 'He is a ......
June 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the list jack-of-all-trades
'Jack's home, put the kettle on'. This is an old family saying from my mother's side, sionnach. Listing it will cost you sixpence.
June 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word penis fencing
I can't seem to get excited about erecting penis fencing around my garden.
June 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word assuage my sorrows
"...He has held several jobs, been treated for psychological illness, travelled around Europe. Arrived in Russia from England on the eleventh of December. Since the New Year he has been working as a male nurse in the Assuage My Sorrows hospital for the insane."
From 'The Decorator' by Boris Akunin translated by Andrew Bronfield.
June 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
Hah! Heh 'jo! Sounds like prose in motion, eh? Did they beat you into a state of high conundrumdudgeon? Were you conundrumbludgeoned?
June 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word barbecue
I'm only telling this because I'm a being-polled Wordizen. I happen to think bbqurgers are good for putting under pineapple ketchup or under moutarde de Dijon or under piccalilli or under horseradish sauce or under rhubarb chutney. Unlike toast.
My condiments to the chef at The Verbal Arms.
June 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the list bio
'I would like you to dance -'
June 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
Hah, nearly missed it, fbh! Yes! Still poetry in motion. Nice conundrum.
June 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
.... like poetry in perpetual motion, c-b?
June 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word phantom limb of the lower parts
You wouldn't really be taking it, would you?
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the tin commandments
Of course! From the book The Holy Bliberal!
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the tin commandments
Can do, 'lig.
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
all that I adore
June 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
'via hates every movement
June 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
whoa
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
whooooooooa
June 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
Poetry in motion
See her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way
June 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
keeps my eyes open wide
June 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
her lovely locomotion
June 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word poetry in motion
walkin' by my side
June 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dial m for murder
Dial D for Dial M For Murder?
June 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toe-biter
When it takes a bite does it like jam on it?
June 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word duel access points
The first is a way out challenge, 'by. And you do, of course, need a second.
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word anecdotalist
Missed you guys. Love this conversation. Been away a bit. Walking in the Lake District avec famille. Swapped lots of fine anecdotes there - I'm an anecdoting father. If I go over to some social networking website and tell one or two, would it make me an anecdotcomalist?
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Dissynagogue?
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Padaek.
June 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word defenestrate
So if they're howling with laughter they're reeseteefenestrated then?
June 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He shoot Coca Cola'
May 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turnable
Don't seem able to, don't seem able to, don't seem able to!
May 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He got funny finger'
May 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He got toe jam football'
May 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word toejam
'He wear no shoe shine'
May 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilby
So Santa bilby is a scarcity?
May 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
so I lit a fire,
isn't it good?
Norwegian wood.
May 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
And when I awoke I was alone
this bird had flown,
May 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
Nonsense, nuxiy. I told her I didn't, and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
May 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wildermess
This is beautifully madeupical. In my opinion.
May 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eurovision
Norwegians would.
May 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word rubber rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus.
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dextrosinistral
As a natural lefty, Lamar
Only wrote with his right. How bizarre!
Someone trained him that way.
All his life they would say,
"Dextrosinistral—that's what you are."
(Chris J. Strolin)
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word candlesnuffer
I know a bold soul who, unplanned, 'll
Grab the wick when he puts out a candle.
But my fingers would suffer
If used as a snuffer—
I guess I'll use one with a handle.
(Sheila B. Blume)
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word corticate
I've developed a corticate roughness,
A cover like bark, and a toughness
To thwart the attacks
Of my foes—but relax.
There's a softie beneath all this gruffness
(Chris Doyle)
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word gorilla gorilla gorilla
Don't mistake it for a perfect stf, though.
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word memory
Not too sure whether I was supposed to leave a comment here.
May 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lie next to me
I wonder whether I'd believe you if you did?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word inadvertentlyclaim
One for your Euphemisms list, kewpid?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word inadvertentlyclaim
The new buzzword that keeps emanating from the Palace of Westminster. Can some one tell me how to inadvertentlyclaim £16000 for a mortgage that doesn't exist?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word screenager
Ha! I like that definition, Cf. Last year I did get a role as a body double for a 27 year old actor. Much flattered as I was 62. Is there a word for that?
Edit: sexscreenager, maybe?
May 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word passmasters
A driving school.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word too many brians, not enough bens
Heard from a Racing Correspondent today. Apparently this is the make-up of the racingoing public at the moment - brians are older people and bens are younger people.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word szczaw
I czczame, I szczaw, I czczonquered. (Soz, czczouldn't resist).
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word venetian blind date
Hah, rolig! I just thought of this one and word-searched it, and you've already done it.
May 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word apple shampoo
Banana shampoo makes no sense though. Yes, it's availability is unreliable.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ughten
ughone and ugheight are my favourites.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordieggtaggle
To waste time in the company of people who misbehave with words? Maybe see eggtaggle.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word muddle
And I didn't know 'til today that one definition of muddle is 'to make a puddle'. I like that.
"Everything's in a bit of a muddle today."
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word muddle
I heard somewhere recently that life's a muddle.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eggtaggle
Wordieggtaggle? To waste time in the company of people who misbehave with words?
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word elsewhen
Somewhen else.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bombinate
Bombinate gives me a buzz. However, to me, abombinate sounds repugnant.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word oxymoronic
I've heard of some really clever oxymorons, but they are still described as oxymoronic. How does that work?
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word free parking meter
HaHa! An oxymoronic false teeth fairy.
May 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word parmageddon
More like the end of the world from swine flu because it could no longer be cured.
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word plight of the whomless
Unlike superconductivity, which is plight of the ohmless.
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bugs
I'm just not getting used to the bright red rectangle that is the Google ads space on my Wordie home page. Am I the only one who gets this?
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word open lists
How come clicking to 'See all open lists' doesn't give you all open lists?
May 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
It is always easier to conquer a more humane people. (Odenigbo in ‘Half Of A Yellow Sun’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie).
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pabst schmear
This sounds great. But I've spent too long now researching it's relevance here on ftf. I need help, John, please enlighten.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word itdunbywhom
My current favourite mystery.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word life is hilariously cruel
Beware the s-word.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whom
Whomsoever, sounds a'pealing.
Edit: Whomsoever, sounds a'pealing. Not for very much longer . . . . Let's do the time warp again . . .
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whom
For whom such is the bell told, that it should not be asked?
Edit: For whom such the bell be told, ere it should be asked not?
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word guac
gangerh loves his guacamole but hates this abbreviation.
May 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word boiled owl
This one may be a hoot, but I don't get it.
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acquiese
Haha. I know who I go along with here! Hah!
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the user jlo0312
Didn't come across to me as bad-tempered, yarb. Seemed perfectly-tempered. Not fucking half! Stop it, now, jaylo, and welcome the wonder that is Wordie as 'tis. Cutsey name or no. What's cutsey mean anyway?
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word absolutely (as a verbal tic to emphatically agree with what was just said)
Not half!
May 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
Within the sound of Bow Bells, strifebeater, I guess.
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Alcoholidays.
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
These extracts are from Wikipedia:
In the UK, a lower ABV version is available called Stella Artois 4%. This variant was launched to compete alongside fellow Inbev lager Beck's Vier and to address negative associations of the brand;
During 2007, the "reassuringly expensive" slogan was dropped, and the word "Stella" has been avoided in the advertisements. This has been seen as a reaction to the lager's perceived connection with aggression and binge-drinking in the United Kingdom, where it is nicknamed "wife beater".
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
I suspect that few people here in England know of the trail from Brando's undershirt, his screen wife's name and a pint or so of Artois.
The more likely understanding, I believe, lies in the alcoholic strength and the quaffableness of Stella Artois. While being a premium strength pilsner, it is at the same time as quickly drinkable as a milder strength session ale. Without realising, it's possible to get drunk more quickly and lose control and all the other things associated with drunkenness, including a capacity for arguing and fighting. And who's at home to take the brunt of it?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national pi day
Not forgetting Pie Day.
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word paragon
Isn't this the prescription drug for parago?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word watch me disappear!
My name is Medis. Watch me appear!
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
Perhaps because it doesn't have a National Month, 'tee?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tortoise
When you put a tortoise on the front of a Formula One car, at what speed does it shut its eyes?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word trampoline
If you put a frog on a trampoline do they cancel each other out?
May 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
I don't think Brando beats my wife in a wet t-shirt.
May 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wifebeater
gangerh likes this linking!
May 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
We don't have to keep our halves sorted in this concept, 'ligger. Because it's not half!
I guess it's an easier way of saying 'not a quarter' or 'not nine sixteenths'. What we're saying is 'not partly', ie 'totally'.
Also we might say 'and some' if we agree with you even more.
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
Absolutely,yarb!
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word boutros boutros ghali
Boutros Boutros-Ghali was Secretary-General of the United Nations 1992-1997.
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
Here if you want to emphatically agree with something someone has said, you might say "Not half!". You would mean "Totally! I agree!".
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word not half
Suddenly, without her I am not complete . . .
May 5, 2009
gangerh commented on the word my dog died
I was at the Doctor's the other day.
He said 'Say ah'.
I said 'Why?'.
He said 'I thought so - dyslexic'.
May 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
So deja vu is the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before. Does anyone know of a word for the experience of that previous occurrence?
May 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word asymmetriphobia
HaHa! Very good JM! And you're right - if it was there'd be one less thing to worry about.
May 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the list thai-restaurants-i-ve-seen
Book your Wedding Breakfast at 'Thai Thek Not'.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word powdered water
Same as for concentrated water.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word phylactogy
You must be pro phylactogy, then.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cunt
I was born in Kent.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national sarcastics awareness month
Like I'd go national.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Leap Day is traditionally when the lady can propose marriage, r-t. And I'd love to know about it's specialness for you.
May 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word carafe
Caraff. Girahff.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bingo's birthday month
Too late. He's bingone now.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word spermology
I don't suppose it matters much, but I always understood it was more about observing the overcumming of the impregnability of 'La Triviata'.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word three
One - not good. Two - well, OK I suppose. Three - perfect. Four up to a hundred, no-no - too many.
May 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word what you
Start To Win!
(David Hannon)
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schlager
Hm. Sounds as if it should be on the drinks menu at the Verbal Arms, when it's place is actually on the jukebox.
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cherry kjola
Ha! I like it. And I thought I'd made it up!
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word glue
I'm reading a book about the history of glue. I can't put it down.
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word amatuer
Extract from an online freelancer job.
'The site neads to be no more complicated than something like http://www.insureassure.co.uk/ (We would prefer it to look less amatuer) but it's all about capturing the data.'
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
National Traffic Operations Center?
May 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pyramind scheme
Perhaps
"In a pyramind scheme, every 'investor' minds their own business." - "How to Ruin a Scam," ReWired
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pyramind scheme
OK. Now explain what a pyramind scheme is.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word carafe
Not where I come from.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wiremen
Yes, 'by, 'tis a piece of dizzying writing.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wiremen
So that's 4 redundant bulb-jockeys.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word swine flu
I'm finding all this news about swine flu to be a bit of a boar.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbanas
Yes ...
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national accordion awareness month
Accordioning to who?
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national accordion awareness month
And I am already more in accord with this than I want to be, SoG.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the list one-person-s-holiday-is-another-s
Is there a National Girlfriends Avoidance Day somewhere? You know - on February 29th.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word national on-hold month
Only Procrastistan observes this as a national event.
Edit: Only Procrastistan intends to observe this as a national event.
April 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbeing a little shit
Oh.
(No, then).
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word squash players
Squash Rackets
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word how squad!
Sporting Disasters
Great Balls-Ups In Sport
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you style!
Sponsor With Style
(Robert A. Rohm, Ph.D. and Stewart W. Cross)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whether prosperity
Soft Sell
(Tim Connor)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word reading rest
Soar To The Top
(Shawn Anderson)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word eagles eagles
Soaring With Eagles
(Bill Newman)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word human shipping
Skill With People
(Les Giblin)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word all prosper
Seven Strategies For Wealth And Happiness
(Jim Rohn)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word hi warden
Theatre Of Dreams
(David Robinson and Alex Edwards)
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbeing a little shit
I really don't get this. Do I want to?
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list the-whole-nine-yarbs
And there are 22 yarbs in a chair.
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list the-whole-nine-yarbs
I believe that 22 yarbs make a cricket bitch.
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word banana slug
Yes, we have no large latex banana slugs
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yarbara ann
Ah, Ya Ya Ya Ya Yarbara Ann
April 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Articulating companion doll?
April 27, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
The People of Procrastistan.
April 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastistan
The country of the Procrastis. Maybe go to www.ProcrastiNationState.now - or not now.
April 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word features
Greetings, John. I find that I often decide not to click on the 'more...' link after a comment on the home page to see the whole comment because of the delay in loading the word/list page and the delay in reloading back to the home page.
I'd love a hover window feature that opened the whole comment while the cursor is, say, over the 'more...'. I know it's generally possible as I've done it on, admittedly lesser, applications.
April 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the user pterodactyl
What's all this about ptropaganda?
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word myspacebook
Hah! Soz, 'be, seems yourspacebook is already another's.
'Myspacebook is a main source of communication and gossip between friends
and acquaintances.
Myspacebook allows people to:
▪ display information about themselves (basic info, activities, classes, interests)
▪ post messages
▪ post pictures
▪ comment on messages and pictures'
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the pirate gay
Sweet, 'gus. I like this. Had to research, though, 'cos I'd never heard of the 'bay'. I googled 'the pirate guy' as first guess! Hah!
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word craigslust
Hah! No porn aloud.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word saints alive
There must be an appropriate list somewhere for this?
*singing 'somewhere a list for this'*
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word submarino
Very wrong. It's really the Royal San Marino Navy.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word moogle
Hah!
Would you like to win the lottery more often?
Would you like to increase your chances of winning the lottery by 36 times?
moogle.co.uk.
Shirley you're not spamming, clarice?
:-)
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word direfox
HaHa! And what about their new search engine, direfoxhunting?
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wednesday
That can't be right, 'by - today is 11, yesterday is 7, and tomorrow is 16. And so forth.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wednesday
Most, second, forth. What comes thirred?
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
Maybe May may be a good time to start procrastinating.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
Yea. May be next week.
April 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word paradise syndrome
In which the patient suffers a feeling of dissatisfaction despite having achieved all their dreams.
April 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word moral rectitude
And the cocky moll' alone has tude. Or is that cockly?
April 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word procrastination
Funny, I was going to start some tomorrow.
April 24, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mou
Now, I don't quite get it. Remind me.
April 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word scrappage
UK Budget Day and our Car Scrappage Scheme is born to boost our motor industry and our economy. Scrap a 10+yr old car and get £2000 towards a new one. Good news for all the countries we buy 80% of our cars from! (?)
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ibopu
I'm ready to make a substantial deposit.
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word googly
Darren Gough now keeps calling this a 'google'. Why? Search me.
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word daisy
Used by Darren Gough to describe Chris Gayle. When asked 'why daisy' Darren said that it's a term used to describe some cricketers who 'some days they do and some days they don't'.
April 22, 2009
gangerh commented on the word by hook and by crook
I've always known it as 'by hook or by crook'.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word dedicatee
'As to the dedicatee of the book, he went on to win a large amount of money on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Funny old world, isn't it?' Ian Rankin.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word laughing owl
Hah! Reminds me of the cartoon where a lion is mounting a zebra in an 'amorous tryst', when a lioness appears. The lion says to the antelope "Good grief, it's my wife!! Pretend that I'm trying to kill you . . "
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word last page
Sideways, ptero', you'd stall.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word last page
In the beginning was the word ......
...... and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nanshiungosaurus
Wordie word #600,000 by my timeline. Open to dispute like Formula 1, though.
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the user gangerh
Hey, shane wanna'by, would love to bat to your bowling! As I'm a fan of yourn, then, you've a good chance of your flip hitting! (What are you doing retiring from Test cricket when you do THAT in the IPL?)
'Twas the first match of the season here Saturday just gone and am still getting selected for the 2nd team. At 63, wow! Us 137 for 7, them 131 all out with 4 overs to spare. Very exciting game and I scored 6. So without me it would have been a tie! HaHa!
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flatly
What I really want to share with you all is Stavros Flatly. But I can't work out how to put an external link on Wordie like you all seem able to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gHvATmUsSg
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bible tripe
What's that got to do with the price of fish?
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the list jukebox-the-verbal-arms
I see we have the top 100 here now. Any nominations for Number 1?
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word turf moor
Burnley FC
April 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the word kleptomania
Yes! A friend of mine has this. When it gets really bad, he takes something for it.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word okey dokey
I was asked to join a 'Compulsive Rhyming' group. I said 'okey dokey'.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word 600,000
Not long now.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word caster sugar
Ta, kjola. I've always wanted to know this. Sincerely.
April 20, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bible tripe
The best wine for this dish would be something from the Sacramental Valley region. That'd line the stomach nicely before eating.
April 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wantum
wantumdudgeon.
April 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word spam bank
I'm ready to make a substantial deposit.
April 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the list fake-ones
Would priornologist fit on this list, fetjuel? As in 'a forecaster'.
April 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tech knowledgey
HaHa! And I like this too.
April 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word time-space continue 'em
HaHa! I like this.
April 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word geezer
Cannot speak for the US, yarb, but as an eccentric old geezer myself, I generally concur. Only generally, though, for I am also a good geezer. Signed gangerh, aka geezerh.
April 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word margarine fingers
HaHa! Wouldn't melt in your mouth, then.
You're lucky, anyway. At least your belief system should be intact.
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word in all fairness
without prejudice...
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ink-spill
So you cry about spilt ink. You cry over spilt milk. It's like a flyover above a roundabout somewhere in a metaphorest. Any suggestions for what we might cry under?
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
Clumsy? No! Not sure what I was doing, mainly. Just all fish fingers and thumbs, really.
April 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
Don't you mean oleaginoichthydigitalist?
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
Hah! I can't believe it's not any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish fingers
Catch butterfish.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word butterfish
When you've cast your line and fail to catch these, do fellow anglers call you a butterfish fingers?
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word clever trevor
As sung by Ian Dury and The Blockheads.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nailed down by his own ribs
I've just found the thread. See schadenfreude for 11 months ago.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nailed down by his own ribs
Yes, VO. I noticed the missing listing on mint chocolate chip. I seem to recall when you list your least favourite word it gives it a vote. Do not list schadenfreude as such if you don't want to add to its popularity. I believe there was also an issue whereby if you removed your least favourite word it did not reduce the wordies listing it count.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word puddy tats
I tawt so too.
April 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word first best
As in "They're not available and I am. So you'll just have to put up with first best".
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mint chocolate chip
mollusque, I did consider not acknowledging this as a perfect sweet tooth fairy because it's chipped, but I then noticed that it's firstly mint.
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Hah! Sweet! Was it one of your Easter eggs, moll'?
I haven't tracked the perfect ones, but I notice someone has a tag 'perfect stf'. I'll have to go through the list sometime and identify them all. 'Tis a long list though.
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word a up
Selling To Win
(Richard Denny)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word self taxed
Self Assessment
How to Fill In Your New Tax Return
(Niki Chesworth)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word perhaps yourself
See You At The Top
(Zig Ziglar)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word from too
Seeds Of Greatness
(Denis Waitley)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the potential
Say Yes to Your Potential
(Skip Ross with Carole C. Carlson)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word how true
Reject Me - I Love It!
(John Fuhrman)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word one assets
Rich Dad's The Business School
(Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter, C.P.A)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word i smart
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
(Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter C.P.A.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word it $12.95
Real Money
(Julia Hastings)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word it's read
Read & Grow Rich
(Burke Hedges)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word since products
raving fans!
(Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowers)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word like it!
Questions are the Answers
(Allan Pease)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word for humanity
P T Vol I
(Dr W. G. Hill J.D.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word during you
Psycho-Cybernetics
(Maxwell Maltz, M.D.,F.I.C.S.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fortune you
Pro-sumer Power!
(Bill McQuain, Ph.D.)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word monday family
Positive Impact
(Gregory Scott Reid
Charlie "Tremendous" Jones)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word being child
Positive Parenting
(Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer)
April 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word die fröger
'twas die fröger, die flödger, the sod!
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word liberty stadium
Swansea City FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word griffin park
Brentford FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word selhurst park
Crystal Palace FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word vicarage road
Watford FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word withdean stadium
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fratton park
Portsmouth FC
April 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the list nanomore
More than a little.
April 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the user fbharjo
I am truly humbled.
April 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schmuck
Except that one of them is ceremonially circumcised.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nou camp
Bloody continentals. Arse about face as usual.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the list bookends
HaHa. That's lovely, arcadia. I missed that at the time. (8 months ago). 'The Bookends are playing nicely'. Hah! Priceless.
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word fat shout
Polar Bear Pirates
(Adrian Webster)
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word for action
Perfect Public Speaking
(Paul McGee)
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word everyone us
Personality Plus
(Florence Littauer)
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word san mames
'the football cathedral'
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word san mames
Athletic Bilbao
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word nou camp
FC Barcelona
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ewood park
Blackburn Rovers FC
April 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the list all-the-angles
detangle?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the list embellish
highlight?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the list plato-s-plate
bristol's bristles?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the list plato-s-plate
chile's chillies?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word beforeshock
And 'shock' is short for 'duringshock', yes?
April 8, 2009
gangerh commented on the word apple-tree
don't fly over the cuckoo's nest with anyone else but me
April 7, 2009
gangerh commented on the word disgruntled employee benefits
*yowls*
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the list 50-ways-to-leave-your-lover
Paradigm shift?
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilbao
Or, if you have more time and want more fun, select from pterodactyl's list 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover to finish with Grace, then sidle over to the Verbal Arms and finish with economy by buying us all a drink!
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bilbao
HaHa! Cute.
And to finish with 'grace and economy' just leave off the full stop at the end.
April 6, 2009
gangerh commented on the word m@
Clever, mirthfulw@age.
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word no8do
eh?
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pantoffle
Oh, no it isn'tffle.
April 4, 2009
gangerh commented on the word disgruntled employee benefits
It's a disgrice.
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
If a man speaks in a metaphorest and there's no woman around to hear, he's still as wrong as the idea that a tree falls noiselessly unless there's someone around to hear it.
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word swine flu over the cuckoo's nest
Oh yeah, and pigs might fly?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
Did someone shout TIMBRRRRRRRE!!?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
If a simile falls down in a metaphorest and there's no-one around to hear it, does it make a sound like a felled tree?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
'Looks like reindeer.'
'Yes, dear.'
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word you're welcome...
I don't understand this being on this list, dontcry. Am I missing something or do we have a gatecrasher?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word metaphorest
What in the name of a lumberjack shelling peas in a metaphorest are you mixing now?
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word disgruntled employee benefits
Can't grumble, r-t. A gruntle is generally happy.
April 3, 2009
gangerh commented on the word joewood
Actually, joewoodn't.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
. . . I don't give a dam. Doh!
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
. . . I don't give a ram.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word frankly my deer
. . . I don't give a lamb.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word smoothy chops
President Obama as described by Jeremy Paxton tonight after his beautifully diplomatic response to a question about his dinnertime sat next to the German Chancellor at the G20.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word handful
You've got your hands full with this one, Lampbane.
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word april floo
Oh, oh! Perhaps one floo over the cuckoo's nest, did one?
April 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word april floo
HaHa! There is no office, r-t. April Fool!
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word april floo
I phoned the office this morning and told them I wasn't coming in because I had April Floo and was feeling well.
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word goat
I can't believe it's not goat!
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word natsinistan
PS. The palindromedary, at least, holds water!
April 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word mount redoubt
Here in Yorkshire The Redoubt pub is pronounced 'Tha Ridout'.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled
I note here that, curiously, double-barrelled is double-elled and single-barreled is single-eled.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled fudge-gun
And isn't this a tautology. After all, named fudge-gun it's obviously double-barrelled.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word double-barrelled fudge-gun
Shouldn't this be on An Arsenal for Civil Defunse?
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word natsinistan
A beautifully symmetrically cultivated country. The sun lies in a geostationary position directly overhead. You wouldn't notice anything different going east-to-west or west-to-east. The natives go to and fro on a palindromedary.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tardistan
Even Mercator couldn't project this one correctly.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word afgangerhstan
Hah!
My country, 'tis af thee.
March 31, 2009
gangerh commented on the word acc
Not enough access.
March 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wellheresanothernicemessyouvegottenmeintostan
Popularly known as 'wellthatsanotherfinemessyouvegottenmeintostan'
March 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word walking stretched limo
Maybe see walking bus.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word walking bus
My daughter is going to her school prom in a walking stretched limo.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flation
Inflation in the UK is now at 0%. But we're not into deflation yet.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the list animal-identity-crisis
Thanks for the plaudit, yarb. Words failed me for a while. Am humbled that you noticed me gone.
March 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word piredise
Vampire Heaven.
March 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word coconspire
Also a conspire's stooge.
March 26, 2009
gangerh commented on the word conspire
A vampire known for tricking prisoners out of their blood cells.
March 25, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flatly
Tom stamped his foot and said "That's enough flatly".
March 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word flatly
Penelope Black said "Flatly, I was first".
March 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word red flag
Why do I have a red flag on my screen whenever I'm on the home page these days? Was it decided democratically in my absence? Can't believe it's Google.
March 18, 2009
gangerh commented on the word best football manager
'I wouldn't say I was the best football manager in the world, but I'm certainly in the top one.' Brian Clough.
March 16, 2009
gangerh commented on the word more taxi sex victims 'to emerge'
Is all black humour black?
March 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word ripperologist
Someone who makes a study of Jack The Ripper.
February 17, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the faster you act, the more of a person you save
Ad promoting awareness of the signs of stroke.
February 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word cuban cigarden of iniquity
This is just too good to shout "foul".
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word palindromedary
Very clever, plethora, well spotted.
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word stained glass eye
I was just goalhanging again. Some wonderful s' t' fairies there, fbharjo and sionnach.
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wooden stake through the heart
Ha Ha! Brilliant, 'by.
January 30, 2009
gangerh commented on the word homogenous
All men are born equal.(-:
January 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word sine vita ars mors est
You've screwed up the home page, artoparts.
January 29, 2009
gangerh commented on the word tourniquet round the neck
Emergency treatment for a bad head wound?
January 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word outstanding in all fields
Slogan for a brand of wellingtons.
January 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word snelpaardelooszoondeerspoorwegpetroolrijtuig
Ha! Fitted, no doubt, with four vandanbladderstiddles.
January 28, 2009
gangerh commented on the word easy peasy
Hey, sionnach! You lay yourself open to a lot of teasy peasy.
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word credit crunch crime
An increase in violent armed robbery in the UK was described today as a credit crunch crime wave.
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word aim
"And do you miss your wife?"
"Yes, but my aim's improving."
From 'Lost' by Michael Robotham.
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word easy peasy
Lemon squeezy!
January 23, 2009
gangerh commented on the word bizzare
Ha Ha! I had a business once called Bizarre Bazaar. It was a kind of Joke Shop.
January 21, 2009
gangerh commented on the list noughty-words
Welcome to the last year of the noughties.
January 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word .cop
Domain extension of the internet police?
January 19, 2009
gangerh commented on the word how do you like them bananas
Always assuming you can get some today.
January 15, 2009
gangerh commented on the word if you're not becoming to him, you should be coming to us
My suggestion for a follow-up line for his Beauty Salon upstairs, which specialised in facial treatments, was not taken up. "If you're not being squeezed by him, you should be being squeezed by us"
January 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Izpostavljati?
January 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word more reliable than the british weather
A radio ad for a 'heat for hire' firm. A dubious boast, I'd say.
January 14, 2009
gangerh commented on the word whippoorwill
s call, evening is nigh
January 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Oxalm?
January 13, 2009
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Dick Dastardly?
January 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word pronking
Hasn't someone got a list for words that sound rude but aren't and isn't this a delightful candidate?
January 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word lottizen
An inhabitant of a lottie.
January 12, 2009
gangerh commented on the word quantitative easing
Is this a sort of 'comfort mechanism'. You know, like 'quantitative eating'
January 11, 2009
gangerh commented on the word elland road
Leeds United FC
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word goodison park
Everton FC
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the hawthorns
West Bromwich Albion FC
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word waca
Western Australia Cricket Association stadium.
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schadenfraude
Is this how the S-word got where it is today?
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word burn the ships
Surely he was quoting Julius Caesar?
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word gustatory
I love Sentient Creature Thermidor when market prices allow.
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Well, frogapplause, 'twas 3 months ago but how about hair today, shone tomorrow?
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
OK. What is a fancy way of saying an Edinburgh barber shop? Eruditely, please.
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word yeah but no but yeah
I do.
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word the chuck norris of inanimate objects
Hah! This word could start a great list! KayBallard, maybe you'd like to do the honours?
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
I thought, garyth123, you were looking more specifically for a word for an 'Edinburgh barber shop'!
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the list whichbe-hosts-the-2008-wordie-awards
I'd like to add the word which be just used by whichbe - 'anticipatorily'. But I'm not ALLOWED!
January 10, 2009
gangerh commented on the word madejski stadium
I'm sure I heard this called the Mad Stad on the radio this morning.
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Thank you, whichbe, for your splendid orchestration of this year's 'Oties'. Your awesome commentary is particularly pleasing. I eagerly await the Oty Award Ceremony. Can I be Toastmaster, please?
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word hair miles
Hah! Good one!
And, garyth123, why not try my list lost for word to discover the fancy word you're looking for?
(PS. I'd link you to it if I knew how.)
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word oanistic
Actually a misspelling of loanistic which is what we apparently owe . . . the current economic situation to.
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word oromancy
See floromancy.
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word floromancy
From oromancy - the belief that owers have feelings.
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the word schadenfreude
How can you laugh,
when you know I'm down? (How can you laugh?).
Oh yeah.
January 9, 2009
gangerh commented on the list weirdly-pronounced-british-family-or-place-names
And Mousehole, in Cornwall, pronounced 'mouzell'.
January 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the list weirdly-pronounced-british-family-or-place-names
And Rocester, pronounced 'roaster', HQ of the JCB.
And there's Keighley, pronounced 'Keethlee'.
January 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new year
New Year. New Year.
So good they blamed it twice.
January 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word barnoldswick
'Barlick' is the pronunciation locals of Barnoldswick use. These locals, of course, are known as 'Barlickers'.
January 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the word barnoldswick
Colloquially, 'Barlick'.
January 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the list weirdly-pronounced-british-family-or-place-names
And also Meopham in Kent. Pronounced 'Meppum'.
January 2, 2009
gangerh commented on the list weirdly-pronounced-british-family-or-place-names
Barnoldswick, sionnach? Pronounced 'Barlick'.
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the list global-stupidity-alert
Got a screw loose?
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new year
Miss ye not the New Year's Day concert from Vienna this morning.
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word precrastinate
Like precreation is also free.
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new year
Or should that be precrastineaten?
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new year
Then tomorrow we'll have precrastinated, drunk and been merry!
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new year
Precrastineat, drink and be merry!
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word new year
Wait a second! :-) I'm about to start celebrating my first Wordie-enriched New Year. Happy Twenty-O-Nine to all.
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word precrastinate
Precrastinate is the free version.
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word vife
Mein Frau.
January 1, 2009
gangerh commented on the word wordie list of the year 2008
I wish to nominate Words and phrases that I would love to have on a Wordie T-shirt by 'gus.
December 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ally pally
Alexandra Palace. Venue for the World Darts Championships.
December 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Rototiller?
*bidding for a nomination on woty08*
December 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the list jukebox-the-verbal-arms
Oops! Soz, rolig, there is one - reesetee merry gentlemen.
December 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the list jukebox-the-verbal-arms
What! No Christmas Number Ones on the Jukebox?
December 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word wordie word of the year 2008
Schadenfreudgeon, schurely?
December 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word juxtaterrestrial
Next door neighbour.
December 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word unknown unknowns
He's got a knows for it.
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the list playgrounds
Charlton Athletic ('The Addicks') still play at The Valley, bilby.
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word belle vue
Wakefield Trinity Rugby League
'Wildcats'
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word valley parade
Bradford City FC
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word the crucible
World Championship Snooker
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word grace road
Leicestershire CCC
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word nurburgring
Can somewordie tell me how to put the umlaut on
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word nurburgring
Motorsport race track in Nürburg, Germany
Known as 'The Ring'
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dragons live forever, not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word you're shaking my confidence daily
Celia, you're breaking my heart
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word you're shaking my confidence daily
Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word white hart lane
Tottenham Hotspur FC
'Spurs'
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word madejski stadium
Reading FC
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word anfield
Liverpool FC
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word molyneux
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
'Wolves'
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word the jjb
Wigan Athletic FC
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word the reebok
Bolton Wanderers FC
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word royal ascot
Can I ask you to amend this one, dear bilby? Royal Ascot is an event. The venue is Ascot Racecourse, or 'Ascot' for short. Ta.
December 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the list playgrounds
Universal, 'by.
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the list playgrounds
Hey, bilby. You're always so sharply onto everything! Gi's a chance! I wanted this to be an open list - just needed a few minutes to kick-start it with some examples to format the list idea. Done that. So I hereby declare this Playground officially open!
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the list playgrounds
It was demolished in 2003. Derby County now have Pride Park.
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word pride park
Derby County FC
'The Rams'
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word badminton
Horse Trials
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word the riverside
Durham CCC
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word silverstone
Motor racing circuit
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word emirates
Arsenal FC
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word stadium of light
Sunderland AFC
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word headingley
Yorkshire CCC
England Test ground
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word stamford bridge
Chelsea FC
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word theatre of dreams
Manchester United FC
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word lord's
The Home of Cricket
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Middlesex County Cricket Club (MCCC)
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)
European Cricket Council (ECC)
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word quange
Cockney rhyming slang for orange. :-)
December 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poth
I went potholing once. Does that count?
December 12, 2008
gangerh commented on the word retroliteral
Didn't retroliteral just return Wordie on a Google search last time round?
December 9, 2008
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Ha! Waisting away?
December 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word warmageddon
Particularly good when spoken with a Yorkshire accent. That is 'warm' as in 'arm'.
December 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fünf
. . and without any gratuitous sex, also . .
December 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word where do you go to my lovely
I know the thoughts that surround you.
December 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fandango
Will you do the fandango
December 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word apantomancy
Oh, 'tee, you incurable apantomantic, you.
December 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word pthalo
Ptero''s headgear.
December 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word frell
What you did after you were defrenestrated.
December 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word woo
Also means pseudo-science, in the slang of sceptics.
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word unsinkable rubber ducks
It was coined by James 'The Amazing' Randi, a Canadian magician and world-renowned sceptic, to describe people who are determined to go on believing in woo, no matter how much evidence to the contrary you present them with.
From 'Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks' by Christopher Brookmyre.
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word centrally-driven local anarchy
A description I heard today of the way that the UK's National Health Service works. Cute. (In my opinion).
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word features
John, the way things are going
(they're gonna crucify me)
we may need an option on comments to select between, for example, gangerh 'said:' and gangerh 'sang:'.
Strike, you know it ain't easy
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word under the boardwalk
(tentatively)
...the happy sound of a carousel...
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the list nanomenclature
Ta again, 'be
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word under the boardwalk
Googledastray again! Result #1 = 'palms'. Results #2 to #92000 = 'park'!
December 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ma, he's kissing me
Ma, he's making eyes at me
December 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ever so much
You're welcome.
December 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word under the boardwalk
From the palms you hear ...
November 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the word under the boardwalk
People walkin' above
November 30, 2008
gangerh commented on the word pan-breid
See defenestration.
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word defenestration
My name is Jack Parlabane and I'm pan-breid. Aye, that's right, don't kid on you can't understand the rhyming slang. And let me finish before you laugh - you'll get more out of it once you hear the details. Killed in a typically foolhardy endeavour (let's avoid the word 'undertaking', shall we?), death by defenestration, gravity finally delivering the ultimate skelp in the arse in revenge for my years of insolent defiance. A four-storey fall out of my own living room window. Ironic? Inevitable? Hilarious? Take your pick. Surprising? Not my call. I guess you could call it the ultimate humiliation. Certainly looked pretty fucking ultimate from my perspective. Actually, truth be told the fall itself isn't so bad, no matter the height. It's that last inch that's a cunt.
From 'Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks' by Christopher Brookmyre.
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dunlendish
On a 21st Century recession.
Lament.
To me you lent
I went and spent.
To mend the trend
Am urged to spend.
I haven't a cent,
Over'n'above the rent.
I've no stipend,
And you won't lend.
End of Spend.
World's End?
(Ganger H Burgess 2008)
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word lame duck v blame duck
Maybe hobble over and find fault with the list lost for word.
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
And 'game duck period' when it was Ford?
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
And when it was Reagan was it 'fame duck period'?
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Indeed, if Hillary had succeeded would it have been 'dame duck period'?
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Of course, last election wasn't it 'same duck period'?
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the list lost-for-word
Not lame duck elect period, then?
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
And use the Batnanaphone!
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Wholly oranges, 'nachman! Read her her Miranda wrongs!
November 29, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Not in the current bananking system.
November 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Well, without bananas you'll have to think of another technique to accelerate the ripening of your avocados.
November 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dirty old man
His sister Pam works in a shop,
She never stops, she's a go getter.
Takes him out to look at the Queen,
Only place that he's ever been.
Always shouts out something obscene,
Such a dirty old man, dirty old man.
Mean Mr Mustard
November 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the list nanomenclature
Ta, whichbe.
November 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the user uselessness
And in my hour of uselessness
November 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the user she
Citing Wordie wisdom, is it she
November 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word carry his bat
Ha, bilby! You are a true leader. Nevertheless, you make quite the silliest point I've ever wordplayed against.
November 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word carry his bat
You've disappointed me, bilby. As opening bat I have thought that I carried my bat on a number of occasions. However your condition of '10 fallen wickets' is new to me. But I checked with a reputable source to find that you are right.
Shame, this, when virtually all grass roots level matches are limited overs and the majority of innings end without all 10 wickets falling. Slim chance of carrying your bat, then, in most cricket played.
November 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word chuck norris
Chuck Norris watches 'Air Crash Investigation' whenever he's on a plane.
November 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word nutelling
Nu telling where that might be.
November 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
When all the broken hearted people living in Wordie agree, kewpid.
November 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
?
November 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Whisper Wordie wisdom, let John be.
November 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
ptero' be, qroqqa be,
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
yarb will see arcadia, let it be.
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
kewpid be, rolig be.
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Speaking jenn'renn's wisdom, SoG.
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Mother dontcry comes to me,
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
asativum to the sound of mollusque,
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
pleth' until oroboro', 'lagus be.
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
frogapplause a Lamp that banes on me,
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word t20
Dara Torres! Hah! Correct! That answers everything, then! Mornington Crescent!
(Sidenote - when I posted this, 'lagus, your 'bizarre' comment was recorded as '42 minutes ago Prolagus said:'. Scary ......)
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word t20
Spooky. And 20 is the twentieth number.
November 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word quatopygia
Is this deliberate shaking/jiggling or unavoidable shaking/jiggling?
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
And when the One is Vanished,
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There'll be fbharjo, suzyg.
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
trivet be, let skipvi ah.
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will seanahanswer, let arby.
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word blipcore
Mm, yes. Milady would be a good catch.
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
there is sionnachance johnmperry
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
For though the _bear be chained
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word blipcore
Ha, 'shedone. I'm fascinated with your spelling of Grauniad. Presumably intended as an anagram of that historically typo-infested organ the 'Guadian'. Nice double. Double. One.
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word trannie
Or my old radio.
November 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word t20
Ha! Pwobably. I know that Nottingham is famous for having a high ratio of young females to young males. And that it has statues of lions in the city centre. They used to say that these lions roared every time a virgin walked past.
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the list s-word-variations
Mixed feelings about this list!
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word t20
Shorthand for twenty-twenty, I believe, 'by.
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word iniminity
I'd better not respond to that.
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word iniminity
If I had made this up I'd likely have preserved my anoniniminity.
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word grandiloquent
Quentessentially, yes.
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word circumjovialists
Jolly Jupiter, 'nachman! That's a good one!
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 29
Pardon me, boy
Is that the Chattanooga choo choo?
Track twenty-nine
Boy, you can gimme a shine
I can afford
To board a Chattanooga choo choo
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
There will be a sarra, eh bilby?
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
And when the palooka hearted people living with Misterpolly
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
whichbe's Wordie wisdom, reesetee
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
O slumry, telofy
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Speaking Wordie wisdom, 'tis frindley
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
TheSuperiorBeing right in front of me
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
And in my hour of uselessness
November 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word five comments rule
Ha! Just been singing solo then!
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 31
P.C. thirty-one said, we've caught a dirty one,
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures oh oh oh oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
say he must go free.
The judge does not agree and he tells them so oh oh.
But as the words are leaving his lips, a
noise comes from behind,
Bang bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon his head,
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 2
We talked until two,
and then she said,
'It's time for bed'.
She told me she worked in the morning
and started to laugh,
I told her I didn't, and crawled off to
sleep in the bath.
And when I awoke
I was alone
this bird had flown,
so I lit a fire,
isn't it good?
Norwegian wood.
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 19
Let me tell you how it will be,
There's one for you, nineteen to me,
'cos I'm the Taxman,
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 5
Yeah, I'm the Taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don't take it all,
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 3
He roller coaster
He got early warning
He got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say one and one and one is three
Got to be goodlooking 'cos he's so hard to see.
Come together right now over me.
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 2
Two of us riding nowhere
Spending someone's hard earned pay.
You and me Sunday driving,
Not arriving on our way back home.
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 17
Well, she was just seventeen,
You know what I mean,
And the way she looked was way beyond compare,
So how could I dance with another,
oh when I saw her standing there.
November 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word five comments rule
This for bilby. How do you drop a comment five feet onto a floor without breaking it?
November 16, 2008
gangerh commented on the word thaicopsyndrome
'I have to decide what kind of knock to use. Too hard, and I fear I will awaken that farang mind-set called Thaicopsyndrome: he could start shivering in his boots and replaying every horror story he's ever heard about our legal system, which is not what I want. Too soft, though, and I could get insolence. I opt for the middle path, which brings him to the door in a pair of knee-length walking shorts, nothing else.'
From 'Bangkok Haunts' by John Burdett.
November 15, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Citing Wordie wisdom, is it she
November 15, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Another Wordie comes to me
November 15, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
When I find myself with time to dabble
November 15, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
rees et ee, rees et ee,
rees et ee, rees et ee,
Speaking Wordie wisdom ...
November 15, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let It Be.
November 15, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
let bil by
November 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word pressure
Gosh, bongiee, I never thought of that! Thanks for the tip. I'll never use my own name ever again. Just in case I'm ashamed of how I seem. Brilliant. Now back to the word pressure. Wot's your favourite definition? Mine's 'the act of applying farce in order to move something away'. Minted.
November 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
For though they may be parted there is
November 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree
?
(This is it, then. The last entry on List 9).
November 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word i said move over honey i'm travelling on that line
My baby says she's trav'ling on the One after Nine-O-Nine,
I said move over honey I'm travelling on that line.
I said move over once, move over twice,
One After 909.
November 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the user bilby
Truly lovely 10,000th comment, 'by. And felicitations - you are currently single-pouchedly responsible for 8.3663105% of Wordie's comments! I feel so honoured to have been endowed with your only typo. :-)
November 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the user frogapplause
I see you've listed 404 words. Are you sure that's correct, frogapplause?
November 13, 2008
gangerh commented on the word snooze button
The Big Chooze.
November 12, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ev'rybody pulled their socks up
Ev'rybody let their hair down'
Ev'rybody pulled their socks up,
Ev'rybody put their foot down.
I've Got A Feeling.
November 12, 2008
gangerh commented on the user dontcry
Happy birthday to you.
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
I would like you to dance - Birthday
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance - Birthday
I would like you to dance - Birthday dance
November 11, 2008
gangerh commented on the word pack of cards
Heard on the radio today talking about privileged starts in life, or not:
"Well, we all get a pack of cards to start and have to decide how we play them".
November 11, 2008
gangerh commented on the word will you walk away from a fool and his money
Did I hear you say that there must be a catch
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
If you want it, here it is,
Come And Get It.
Released by Badfinger, December 1969.
November 11, 2008
gangerh commented on the word but i gotta get a belly full of wine
I wanna tell her that I love her a lot.
but I gotta get a belly full of wine.
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl,
Her Majesty.
November 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word all you've gotta do is call
Brilliant promo, 'gus.
November 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word chuck norris
Who was it changed their name to Chuck Norris just because they could?
November 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word incomprehensible
Or unread.
November 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word decifurlong
Two legs please, umpire.
November 10, 2008
gangerh commented on the word i never give you my pillow
Carry that weight a long time.
I never give you my pillow,
I only send you my invitations,
Carry That Weight.
November 9, 2008
gangerh commented on the word seniorhood
www.plannedspammerhood.com??
November 9, 2008
gangerh commented on the word stimthought
On A Bad Singer
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
November 9, 2008
gangerh commented on the list propose-a-toast-the-verbal-arms
HaHa! Got all your bread in it, has it?
November 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word well you know i nearly broke down and cried
When you told me you didn't need me anymore,
Well you know I nearly broke down and cried.
When you told me you didn't need me anymore,
Oh! Darling.
November 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word barack obama
Obamatopoeic.
November 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word square root
Ta muchly, John.
November 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word 2t(f √e)
?
November 8, 2008
gangerh commented on the word square root
Can anyone tell me please how to put a square root sign in a word?
November 7, 2008
gangerh commented on the word e,f,g,h,i,j
Can I bring my friend to tea,
E,F,G,H,I,J,
I love you.
All Together Now.
November 7, 2008
gangerh commented on the word drugstore v chemist's v pharmacy
Apothecary, heal thyself.
November 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word now the sun turns out his light
Good night sleep tight.
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night sleep tight.
Good Night.
November 6, 2008
gangerh commented on the word we tripped a light fan dangle
Whiter. Unless it was Procol Harump.
November 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word come and show me the magic of your hollywood song
Oh honey pie my position is tragic.
Come and show me the magic of your Hollywood Song.
You became a legend of the silver screen
Honey Pie.
November 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word when the revolution comes
Will revoltage equal recurrent times resistance?
November 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word linguify
Linguifry, Stephen.
November 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word english reasearch paper
Don't think it'll be your Atholton, dontcry. It'll be somewhere else spelt differently. ;-)
Neat bit of reasearch, telofy.
November 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word crescendo v climax
Is this about to crescendo from #10 to #2 on most commented?
November 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word we gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
Sexy Sadie ooh you'll get yours yet.
We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
Just a smile would lighten everything
Sexy Sadie.
November 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word shepherdesslessness
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them
Leave them alone and they will come home
Shepherdesslessness behind them.
November 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word shepherdesslessness
Yes, bilby, that's a must. A degree of shepherdesslessnessessentialness is always necessary..
November 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word when the revolution comes
I'll check which number it is before I commit.
November 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word english reasearch paper
Could've waited 'til we found out the point about the secret, John!
November 4, 2008
gangerh commented on the word your outside is in and your inside is out
Your inside is out and your outside is in.
Your outside is in and your inside is out.
So come on come on
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey.
November 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word crescendo v climax
Who'll rise to this one?
November 3, 2008
gangerh commented on the word listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies
Sit beside a mountain stream - see her waters rise.
Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies.
Find me in my field of grass -
Mother Nature's Son.
November 2, 2008
gangerh commented on the word givething
The preacher steps over the porch and maneuvers his flab past the kitchen screen. "This glorious Saturday smells of joy cakes," he booms. I swear the Lord giveth and just keeps on fucken givething to Pastor Gibbons.
From 'Vernon God Little' by D B C Pierre.
November 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party
Yes we're going to a party party.
I would like you to dance - Birthday
Birthday.
November 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word vastated
I get waves of sadness, not for me but for them, all mangled and devastated. I'd give anything for them to be vastated again.
From 'Vernon God Little' by D B C Pierre.
November 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word no one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us.
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
November 1, 2008
gangerh commented on the word honey pie
Honey pie
Honey pie
Honey pie
Wild Honey Pie.
October 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word anathematician
I was never one of these. I always loved maths.
October 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word billy joel - an innocent man
As is Bill(y) Stickers.
October 27, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ask a policeman on the street
and I told them where to go
ask a policeman on the street
there's so many there to meet
Blue Jay Way.
October 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the word banana
"It's like a banana saying 'I don't want to be a banana'. You're Spanish. Be Spanish."
Simon Cowell on The X-Factor.
October 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the user bilby
I've just learned that you're Australia's answer to the Easter Bunny, bilby.
October 26, 2008
gangerh commented on the word we're sorry but it's time to go
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
We're sorry but it's time to go.
Sergeant Pepper's lonely
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise).
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word oozey pubmachine fun
Find anything out, reesetee? Or are you still locked in?
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the list •an-arsenal-for-civil-defunse-open-list
Hah! Lovely! "And for today's exercise, soldier, we're going to learn how to blow up a tank".
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
I love you, Jean Dimmock, and I know you love me too. Please don't let whomever slap me.
Pumpkin Coach.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word plighthearted
We have fun here on Wordie, whichbe, and we concoct words at times. Many are clever, funny, beautiful, poignant, cumbersome, awkward, obtuse, etcetera .. you know what I mean .... but this one is outstanding. Hate the emotion, love the sentiment. This is truly an X-factor word.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
This is the most enthralling comment I've seen on Wordie but you must explain, you should explain, we need to know, pray tell, what means ....??? 'tcry....???
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word m'm'ry
'ltzh''m'rs?
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word silly billy
And of silby bilby?
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
You don't get rid of jean dimmolayck that easily. Hah.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
bottle-arse squidimmock
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word sissies
And that's just dimmockesque.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
clown control to jean dimmock
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
hold me closer, jean dimmock
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Jean Dimmock could mind mice at a crossroads.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word deja vu
Ha! Thought I had.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
we're sorry but it's time to go
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Proust?
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
we're sorry but it's time to go
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word the meek shall inherit
... the earth.
After the rest of us have done with it.
October 25, 2008
gangerh commented on the word the games begin to drag me down
When I get near to you,
the games begin to drag me down,
it's alright, I'll make you maybe next time around.
I Want To Tell You.
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word slitch
Sly scratch of an embarrassing itch?
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word could mind mice at a crossroads
Well done, 'cry. Keep us informed. Haha.
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word ohmygod...
Do you mind? You're borking up the page. Have a heart, 'ichbe.
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word could mind mice at a crossroads
you could trot a MOUSE across it
you could trot a MOUSE across it
you could trat a MOUSE across it
you could trat a MOUSE across it
MOUSE
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
Pallmallemaroking - the behaviour of a drunken Sub-Lieutenant Wales staggering home in midwinter.
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word could mind mice at a crossroads
Can't wait, 'cry! You must tell immediately! And, remember, mouse, not rat. Be great.
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
I'd never heard this word before last week. I climbed into my car today and the radio came on at the start of a discussion about mallemaroking with the definitions and history of the word.
(Well, that's better than my usual contribution to this page!)
October 24, 2008
gangerh commented on the word could mind mice at a crossroads
I do think it has a better nuance of meaning than that. I see 'minding' here as caring for, keeping safe, and maintaining order and control. Quite a feat at a crossroads, which conjures up an image of busy traffic movement in all directions, creating all manner of terror in the mice there.
You'd have to be particularly sharp and astute to manage.
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word could mind mice at a crossroads
Chuck Norris could mind mice at a crossroads in history.
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word don't pay money just to see yourself
My friend works with the National Health, Doctor Robert,
don't pay money just to see yourself with Doctor Robert,
Doctor Robert, you're a new and better man,
Doctor Robert.
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Coco the clown in conversation with the Pope
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
a dog doing push-ups with an ant in attendance
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Jean Dimmock of Leicester, UK, also holds the record for the most bizarre interpretations of a Rorschach inkblot test.
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word could mind mice at a crossroads
I did, yes, bilby, but not recently. Thank you for the reminder.
October 23, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
*sigh*
Perhaps it's time to tell what Jean Dimmock also holds the record for.
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word i've got something i can laugh about
Doesn't that just make you feel better already?
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word i've got something i can laugh about
I need to laugh, and when the sun is out,
I've got something I can laugh about.
I feel good in a special way,
Good Day Sunshine.
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
(You called? That's me. I propose toasts.)
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word sissies
That's just borkesque.
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word clown control to mao zedong
Oh! You mean Gilbert O'Sullivan, yarb. I can see that wouldn't scan. I'd assumed Mao ZeDong was a pornstar.
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word sissies
Did you say Colin Dexter, of Morse fame?
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word clown control to mao zedong
May be pointloss, I know, but who's Mao Zedong?
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the list luggage-tags
?
dsa
Robin Hood Airport.
October 22, 2008
gangerh commented on the word sissies
There. Back to normal.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word sissies
Your dotted line determines the position of the right column on the front page. Your comment is about to drop off the end anyway so the page should right itself. Watch.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word sissies
Maybe make do with a few less dots or insert a line return, 'by? They're borking the home page.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Bay of fundy?
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Quadrigrade.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and she's making me feel like i've never been born
I know what it is to be sad,
and she's making me feel like I've never been born,
I said who put all those things in your hair,
She Said She Said.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word punchs hotel
On the Great North Road near Doncaster.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word long pull
Used by pub landlords to keep their pubs full. After getting their first pint, the customer would drink about three-quarters of it and offer back the glass. The landlord would fill it up but charge only for half a pint.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word accommodation inn
Upper Accommodation Road, Leeds. Known locally as 'The Granny'.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word did you read my book
The movie? I thought not reading the book was better.
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Woof Doof?
October 21, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Abortuary?
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Dormir.
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word many more of them live next door
And our friends are all aboard,
many more of them live next door,
and the band begins to play.
Yellow Submarine.
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
Oh, dear. Sorry, frindley and all others affected. I wasn't aware of this situation. Was just trying to correct an ugly screen situation caused by the 'o-word' being in the top 10 most commented.
I think I've found a simpler, 'one-comment' solution. Hope that doesn't adversely affect your mobile screen.
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry VIII
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry VII
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry VI
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry V
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry IV
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry III
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry II
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemaroking henry I
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
not very mallemaroking funny
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
very mallemaroking funny
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word witches' knickers
Need some help, sionnach?
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the user palooka
Just been to your 'jacklouis' pages and have to tell you that I haven't seen such exciting images for a long time. Ta for sharing.
Particularly, I've fallen in love with 'into the heart'.
Wow!
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word killer diller
when she's dressed to the hilt
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Alienation clause?
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Forbidden passion fruit.
October 20, 2008
gangerh commented on the word brioche
Wasn't it "Allow me to throw them a cupcake"?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Orthoceras?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Polyominoes.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word running everywhere at such a speed
I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed,
Till they find there's no need (there's no need),
I'm Only Sleeping.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Yippee! The fairy strikes again. Another superb waste of time.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Yes, sionnach, HELP!!
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
deborking soon?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
fairy
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
I said ...
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Picked the wrong word, maybe.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
One more.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Please.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
No?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Again?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
And again?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
And again!
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fernando poo
fernandeborko poo
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
And again!
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word panmnesia
deborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word panmnesia
deborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word panmnesia
deborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word panmnesia
deborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word panmnesia
deborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemarodeborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemarodeborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemarodeborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word mallemaroking
mallemarodeborking
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fernando poo
Fernando airpood.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Alcove?
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Decerebrated.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
Appearances, dear bear, can be dasteptive. I just wished to debork your front page for you.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poop
Poetry In Motion, Asa'.
October 19, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Hah, 'by! Fairy, indeed! Nicely! Well, at least this poodle-faker fairy dropped the osseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullfairy!
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poop
Well, pooetry, anyway.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word poodle-faker
Fernando poodle-faker.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
z
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
y
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
x
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
w
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
v
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
u
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
t
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
s
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
r
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
q
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
p
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
o
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
n
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
m
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
l
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
k
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
j
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
i
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
h
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
g
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
f
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
e
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
d
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
c
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
b
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alphabet
a
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
osseocdastrnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
osseocarnisanguieoviscericartildastginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
osseocarnisanguieoviscericardastilaginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
dastosseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
osseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedastullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word airpod
osseocairpodnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word airpod
airposseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word airpod
osseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullairpod
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fernando poo
osseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullary poo
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fernando poo
fernando poosseocarnisanguieoviscericartilaginnervomedullary
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Atair?
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Away.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and sip their lemonade
When the sun shines they slip in to the shade,
And sip their lemonade,
When the sun shines, when the sun shines.
Rain.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Lady Macbeth.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Vacuums?
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word suck
I am reminded of the comment heard of an ante-tooth baby - "He doesn't bite, but he's got a nasty suck".
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Scrappier?
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Slumgullion.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the user bilby
ntssmrtstht, surely.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word welcome seriously
PCs For Dummies 3rd Edition
(Dan Gookin & Andy Rathbone)
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word you're you
Overcoming Time Poverty
(Bill Quain, Ph.D.)
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word several attitudes
Optimistic Thinking: The Key To Success
(Rob McCarter)
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word how piece
Opportunity Knocks
(Pat Mesiti)
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word have yourself
On Beimg A Dog With A Bone
(Peggy McColl)
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word i forever
Now Is Your Time To Win
(David Dean)
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Bum?
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word hawaiian shirts
I have a bowler hat.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the list jumbo-shrimp
"then with real chocolate"?
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word dast
Excellent, 'vum, excellent.
October 18, 2008
gangerh commented on the word cheesed off
Sorry.
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word fernando poo
Fernando Pooruvian?
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word and should you take your time and tell me
I need you to be my woman.
And should you take your time and tell me
when we're alone love will come home
Woman.
Released by Peter and Gordon, February 1966.
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Recursion�?�
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word jean dimmock
Floater.
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word cheesed off
Off or on? I feel a list coming from someone.
October 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word alley-oop
Makes a topical palindrome!
October 16, 2008
gangerh commented on the word debeers
Ha! But they'd warm up there.
October 16, 2008
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