One of my favorite juggling/busker troupes of the late '70s, early '80's in New England, a la 'Brothers Karamozov', predecessors to Blue Man Crew stuff.
cymbalom - Hammered dulcimer with many different names. There are actually oriental versions. Sizes range from small trapezoidal table top instruments through large self-standing concert grand Romanian/Hungarian instruments. A predecessor of the Piano Forte. The so called 'Appalachian Dulcimer' has no true relation to this one. It is one of many misnamed instruments.
From Wikipedia: 'most commonly refers to the act of inserting a piece of fresh, skinless ginger into the anus or rectum. The ginger causes a strong burning sensation in the anus without causing permanent damage.'
Phtholognyrrh pronounced: Turner, According to a Mr. Turner who insisted on signing his name that way according to Robert M. Rennick in I Didn't Catch Your Name, Verbatim® Vol. XXix, No2. Mr Turner explains: " Look, the phth is like phthisic, which is pronounced t; olo is like colonel, which is pronounced ur; gn as in gnat is pronounced n; and yrrh as in myrrh, is pronounced er. So you have Turner. Nothing could be simpler." Reader's Digest, Jan . 1941, p. 42
There is also Phtholognyrrh pronounced: Turner, According to a Mr. Turner who insisted on signing his name that way according to Robert M. Rennick in I Didn't Catch Your Name, Verbatim® Vol. XXix, No2. Mr Turner explains: " Look, the phth is like phthisic, which is pronounced t; olo is like colonel, which is pronounced ur; gn as in gnat is pronounced n; and yrrh as in myrrh, is pronounced er. So you have Turner. Nothing could be simpler." Reader's Digest, Jan . 1941, p. 42
Let it be noted that of the twelve resource icons listed above only Google Book Search lists anything with three book citings of the word polysemania. One is a compilation of articles from Verbatim® Quarterly!
Thank you whichbe for a first comment on one of my word postings!
From an article Polysemania, Semantic Taint, and Related Conditions by John Ellison Kahn, appearing in Verbatim®, The Language Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 3 Winter 1986.
Comments by donricklin
donricklin commented on the word concrastinator
Potentially the opposite of a procrastinator. One who rushes to be the first to do something or does not wait to do what ever it may be!
December 16, 2008
donricklin commented on the word articulated
An often misused word.
November 16, 2008
donricklin commented on the word binary
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November 15, 2008
donricklin commented on the word sisbot
opposite of brobot
November 8, 2008
donricklin commented on the word brobot
So the a sororal robot would be a sisbot?
November 2, 2008
donricklin commented on the word coulrophobia
We're all Bozos on this bus.
October 23, 2008
donricklin commented on the word slaphappy
One of my favorite juggling/busker troupes of the late '70s, early '80's in New England, a la 'Brothers Karamozov', predecessors to Blue Man Crew stuff.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word troglodyte
Delicatessen is full of them!
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word stop, drop, and roll
duck you sucker
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word jib
also a kind of sail.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word genoa
also a kind of sail shape and rigging.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word square
also a kind of sail shape and rigging.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word bermuda
also a kind of sail shape and rigging.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word bermuda rig
also a kind of sail rigging.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word marconi rig
also a kind of sail rigging.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word marconi
also a kind of sail shape and rigging.
October 11, 2008
donricklin commented on the word doesn't know how she feels about dung
I was trying to see how many I could remember without referring to his page.
October 10, 2008
donricklin commented on the word beebopadop
a jazz alternative to paradiddle.
October 10, 2008
donricklin commented on the word coprolite
really old shit
October 10, 2008
donricklin commented on the word doesn't know how she feels about dung
fewmet, feces, scat, spoor, crap, number 2, turd, shit, coprolite
October 10, 2008
donricklin commented on the word purple sage
and the Lost Riders of said sage.
October 9, 2008
donricklin commented on the word this is not my beautiful wife
How can you be in two places at once , when you are nowhere at all?
October 9, 2008
donricklin commented on the word or should i say she once had me
and with these words 'Norwegian Woods' becomes Oedipus Rex's theme song.
October 6, 2008
donricklin commented on the word suddenly, i'm not half the man i used to be.
brings to mind too many vets returning from Iraq.
October 5, 2008
donricklin commented on the word what you please.
quod·li·bet
October 4, 2008
donricklin commented on the word quod·li·bet
quod·li·bet\Quod"li*bet\ (kwo^d"li^*be^t), n. what you please.'>L., what you please. 1. A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Also quodlibertarian and quodlibetic - purely academic!
October 4, 2008
donricklin commented on the word the crown v three pigs
Seems this happened after the Big Bad Wolf was turned into the Big Bad Despot! and now the Wicket Woof! LOL.
Not!
October 4, 2008
donricklin commented on the word pooking
What a Pooka or Pookie does.
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word pookie
The object of a pooka's pooking!
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word cymbalom
cymbalom - Hammered dulcimer with many different names. There are actually oriental versions. Sizes range from small trapezoidal table top instruments through large self-standing concert grand Romanian/Hungarian instruments. A predecessor of the Piano Forte. The so called 'Appalachian Dulcimer' has no true relation to this one. It is one of many misnamed instruments.
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word moshe
moshe Boontling dialect for Machine. See kimmies of the codgy moshe.
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word codgy
codgy Boontling dialect for for Old as in Codger. See kimmies of the codgy moshe.
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word kimmies
kimmies Boontling dialect for Men. See kimmies of the codgy moshe.
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word kimmies of the codgy moshe
kimmies of the codgy moshe, meaning "Once-Young Men and their Old Machines." found at by Dale the publisher of MAKE: Magazine.
September 17, 2008
donricklin commented on the word figging
It started with horses! See first comment citing. Seems it is now an S&M thing.
September 8, 2008
donricklin commented on the word figging
From Wikipedia: 'most commonly refers to the act of inserting a piece of fresh, skinless ginger into the anus or rectum. The ginger causes a strong burning sensation in the anus without causing permanent damage.'
September 7, 2008
donricklin commented on the word figging
figging see Figging
September 7, 2008
donricklin commented on the word phtholognyrrh
Phtholognyrrh pronounced: Turner, According to a Mr. Turner who insisted on signing his name that way according to Robert M. Rennick in I Didn't Catch Your Name, Verbatim® Vol. XXix, No2. Mr Turner explains: " Look, the phth is like phthisic, which is pronounced t; olo is like colonel, which is pronounced ur; gn as in gnat is pronounced n; and yrrh as in myrrh, is pronounced er. So you have Turner. Nothing could be simpler." Reader's Digest, Jan . 1941, p. 42
September 1, 2008
donricklin commented on the word ghoti
There is also Phtholognyrrh pronounced: Turner, According to a Mr. Turner who insisted on signing his name that way according to Robert M. Rennick in I Didn't Catch Your Name, Verbatim® Vol. XXix, No2. Mr Turner explains: " Look, the phth is like phthisic, which is pronounced t; olo is like colonel, which is pronounced ur; gn as in gnat is pronounced n; and yrrh as in myrrh, is pronounced er. So you have Turner. Nothing could be simpler." Reader's Digest, Jan . 1941, p. 42
September 1, 2008
donricklin commented on the word crwth
crwth, a 5 letter word with no vowels (except in pronunciation).
August 30, 2008
donricklin commented on the word aeaea
aeaea a 5 letter word with no consonants, the myhtical home of Circe.
August 30, 2008
donricklin commented on the word polysemaniac
polysemaniac: This what I am! 'I can not stop committing polysemania!' said with a glint in my eye and intent on my tongue!
August 7, 2008
donricklin commented on the word polysemania
Let it be noted that of the twelve resource icons listed above only Google Book Search lists anything with three book citings of the word polysemania. One is a compilation of articles from Verbatim® Quarterly!
Thank you whichbe for a first comment on one of my word postings!
August 3, 2008
donricklin commented on the word polysemania
polysemania pol·y·se·ma·ni·a n POLYSEMY + MANIA ; syncope of polyseimania: compare mineralogy (1985) an abnormal awareness of possible ambiguity; an uncontrollable tendency to bring to mind the inappropriate or unintended sense of a word in any context.
From an article Polysemania, Semantic Taint, and Related Conditions by John Ellison Kahn, appearing in Verbatim®, The Language Quarterly, Vol. XII, No. 3 Winter 1986.
My Favorite Word!
August 3, 2008
donricklin commented on the word muggly
muggly from muggy and ugly in reference to weather.
July 30, 2008