A Conversation for Ask h2g2
useless facts
Proudwart, AKA Connorchap. Posted Jan 30, 2006
>>Spell it<<
Sorry, but I'd grow old by then, and besides, there's a new Strong Bad email that I haven't seen, However, I can tell you what my favorite word is: floccinausinihilipilification; the study and catagorization of unimportant and worthless things. (Which, coinsidentally, is what this conversation forum is all about.)
Proudwart (who was #3000!)
useless facts
Baron Grim Posted Jan 30, 2006
Floccinausinihilipilification... Yea, that's a good 'woody' word.
I like Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words. Especially when you break the word down.
useless facts
The_Admiral(aka Avatar) Posted Jan 30, 2006
And here I thought that was the fear of hippopotomi.
useless facts
Baron Grim Posted Jan 30, 2006
Very loquatious hippopotomi that like foot and half long words.
useless facts
A Super Furry Animal Posted Jan 30, 2006
Hippopotamus means "river horse".
I am, unfortunately, woefully ignorant of their ability to vomit underwater.
RF
useless facts
The_Admiral(aka Avatar) Posted Jan 30, 2006
Is there a long word that means "to vomit underwater"?
useless facts
The_Admiral(aka Avatar) Posted Jan 30, 2006
no, but that would make the act of vomiting underwater explungification, wouldn't it? Not too bad.
useless facts
Pinniped Posted Jan 30, 2006
Underwater Vomiting...
This is quite probably already in the thread somewhere (apols if so), but in case we all missed it, here's a classic piece of the masterful Bywater on the eternal subject. See note 2 :
A144910
useless facts
Wilma Neanderthal Posted Jan 30, 2006
I have it on good authority that these arabic words vomit underwater: bint, alchemy, algebra, alcohol... but these ones can't as they are the same as spanish - and spanish doesn't count coz it needs a translation in parentheses: kalset (socks), zaytoon (olive)
W
useless facts
pffffft Posted Jan 31, 2006
<>
Isnt it
hughgagarinblublubblblublblubblblblblubblubblblblublbl?
useless facts
Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Jan 31, 2006
<<The word Naff used by ronnie barker in porridge is part of an underground language used by gay people & it means Not Available For F**king.>>
Isn't this 'fact' from the same school of thought which suggests that 'f**k' itself was an acronym of Forced, Unlawful Carnal Knowledge?
Some more facts about words:
Bloody is not a contraction of 'by our lady'.
'Octopi' is not a valid plural of 'octopus' (the word is Greek in origin, therefore the plural is 'Octopodes').
The word c**t (thought to have first been written down by Chaucer who spelt it 'Queynte') originally referred to a full scabbard for a sword or dagger.
useless facts
WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Jan 31, 2006
I think that's a bit of red herring Mr D, while your scabbard my have evolved from Chaucer, my little ole OED gives kunta, from middle English and kunte from French. I take it your're improving a tad, what.
useless facts
Shhhhh Posted Jan 31, 2006
Mr D and WA - maybe you should watch "Balderdash and Piffle" - BBC2 every Monday evening - they discussed the scabbard v the French version last night
Key: Complain about this post
useless facts
- 3021: Proudwart, AKA Connorchap. (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3022: Baron Grim (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3023: The_Admiral(aka Avatar) (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3024: Baron Grim (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3025: A Super Furry Animal (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3026: Galigan (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3027: A Super Furry Animal (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3028: Galigan (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3029: The_Admiral(aka Avatar) (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3030: Galigan (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3031: Baron Grim (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3032: Galigan (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3033: The_Admiral(aka Avatar) (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3034: Pinniped (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3035: Wilma Neanderthal (Jan 30, 2006)
- 3036: pffffft (Jan 31, 2006)
- 3037: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Jan 31, 2006)
- 3038: Beatrice (Jan 31, 2006)
- 3039: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jan 31, 2006)
- 3040: Shhhhh (Jan 31, 2006)
More Conversations for Ask h2g2
- For those who have been shut out of h2g2 and managed to get back in again [28]
3 Weeks Ago - What can we blame 2legs for? [19024]
Nov 22, 2024 - Radio Paradise introduces a Rule 42 based channel [1]
Nov 21, 2024 - What did you learn today? (TIL) [274]
Nov 6, 2024 - What scams have you encountered lately? [10]
Sep 2, 2024
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."