The PH learn a new word thread.
The PH learn a new word thread.
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xiphias

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5,889 posts

248 months

Wednesday 9th April 2008
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I thought it might be a good idea that seeing as most people's vocabulary consists of "innit" (this may or may not be true), the more educated amongst us might teach the great unwashed some rather infrequent words. Henceforth new words can be used to bamboozle in management meetings or whatever other use tickles your fancy (is that a euphemism for flicking the bean incidentally?). I suspect most of the words will probably end up as insults...

So two I've discovered today:

  • saprophyte /sap-ruh-fyt/ - A plant, fungus or micro-organism that lives on decaying matter (adj - saprophytic). Greek sapros - putrid + phuton - plant.
  • virago /vi-rah-goh/ - a domineering, violent or bad tempered woman.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

276 months

Wednesday 9th April 2008
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Snotgobbler....

Gobbler of, errr.......snot

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

276 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Best thread ever....

XMES RUS

1,318 posts

245 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Insult: Take piss out of OP on PH

plasticpig

12,932 posts

246 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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xiphias said:
  • virago /vi-rah-goh/ - a domineering, violent or bad tempered woman.




scratchchin

Harry Flashman

21,099 posts

263 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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cocksmoker - anyone voting for Red Ken in the forthcoming elections.

Flying Toilet

3,621 posts

232 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Choad.

tigger1

8,440 posts

242 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Ccensoredt


Jon C

3,214 posts

268 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Contrafibularities

Flange

Reginald Maudlins Elbow

Blib

46,983 posts

218 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Reggie Maudlin was our MP when I was a kid. He used to canvas the area pissed out of his mind come general election time. And each election the good people of Southgate voted him back in for another term smile.

911motorsport

7,251 posts

254 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
Best thread ever....
rofl indeed! being handed out like confetti hehe

xiphias

Original Poster:

5,889 posts

248 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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tigger1 said:
Ccensoredt

I think most of ph is familiar with this word already hehe

MK4 Slowride

10,028 posts

229 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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mybrainhurts said:
Snotgobbler....

Gobbler of, errr.......snot
Also

Cockgobbler...

Gobbler of the cock.

bigTee

5,546 posts

242 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

XMES RUS

1,318 posts

245 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Mods = (come on who wants to finish it?)

Bing o

15,184 posts

240 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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discombobulation

Phone_Monkey

1,969 posts

230 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Sausage.









the blackadder fans will get it

Mattygooner

5,302 posts

225 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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xiphias = Sexualy transmitted Disease past by the process of docking....

The Excession

11,669 posts

271 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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911motorsport said:
mybrainhurts said:
Best thread ever....
rofl indeed! being handed out like confetti hehe
Already this thread has got too much floccinaucinihilipilificatiousness oh yes

MentalSarcasm

6,083 posts

232 months

Thursday 10th April 2008
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Defenestration.