Wedged on top of the hill was the catawampus hut. Catawampus – crooked, askew, awry, or positioned diagonally. Slumgullion – a stew of meat, vegetables, often with tomato and macaroni.Ģ0. It was a most unusual sight, in the midst of winter a nelipot traversing the cobblestones to town.ġ9. Nelipot – a person who walks without shoes. His tight jeans did well to emphasise his callipygian figure.ġ8. Callipygian – having a nicely shaped bum. He had the wherewithal, but did he have the courage?ġ7. Wherewithal – the means or money for a purpose. She wound the dial widdershins, satisfied once she heard the soft click.ġ6. Widdershins – in counterclockwise or contrary direction. From funny comments to random stuff to make friends laugh, this list of funny stuff has you covered. Wilfred felt there was skullduggery afoot.ġ5. Make everyone around you LOL when you bust out one of these 100 funny things to say. Skullduggery – underhanded dealing, dishonest behaviour. Snickersnee – a long sword-like knife, or a knife fight. ‘What godwottery is this? It’s balderdash! Codswallop!’ġ3. Codswallop, Godwottery, Balderdash – all wonderful words for nonsense. Snollygoster – a shrewd, unscrupulous person, who can’t be trusted.ĭespite his grandiose claims and rich upholstery, Rudolf knew he was dealing with a snollygoster.ġ2. ![]() She heard the morning call Gardyloo! And side-stepped gracefully as the deluge hit the gutters.ġ1. Read your stuff out loud to anyone who will listen. Gardyloo – a warning shouted before throwing water from above Why use the words yell, say, talk, or point when you could say screech, yammer. ![]() Gawain looked sideways at his companion, who was still talking though Gawain had not engaged. Flibbertigibbet – a flighty or whimsical person, chatty and frivolous. She gripped the tiny hand and dragged its person onwards, her only semblance of control over the obstreperous child flailing on the ground. Obstreperous – boisterous, noisy and difficult to control. Her explanation of the giraffe in their living room had him thoroughly discombobulated.Ĩ. Discombobulate – to confuse or disconcert a person. ‘I can’t possibly go boating today, I have the collywobbles.’ħ. Collywobbles – a stomach ache or pain in that general area. Not a trip, but a lollapalooza, never to be repeated.Ħ. Parties with flashing eyes and teeth, music and dancing that came from hell itself. He arrived with tales of wild men and animals, of death and emeralds. May relate to an event, person or thing or an exceptional example or instance. She was a keen gongoozler, never hampered by the need to join in.ĥ. Gongoozling nowadays is considered in some circles as the equal to trainspotting but with canal boats. Can also be a general term for those that watch others work while standing idly by. ![]() Gongoozler – one who watches canals (origin UK), spectating on the activity on the water. He was awoken by jentacular musings on bacon and crumpets.Ĥ. Jentacular – pertaining to breakfast eaten early in the morning, or on first getting up. Mulligrubs – grumpiness or a state of depression.Įven Fitzwilliam’s terrible jokes could not clear her mulligrubsģ. ‘I need that top-secret file whoopity-scoot please Johnson.’Ģ. An American regional phrase similar to the equally fun ‘lickety-split’. Whoopity scoot – to do something quickly. More word lists here: 50 words that didn’t exist 100 years ago, 20 words that have disappeared, and how many ways can you kick the bucket?ġ. ![]() Or your dad.Here’s a word list that rolls around the tongue words that you’ll want to use in conversation just for the pleasure of saying them. Lmbo = I'm laughing, but I'm also a teacher who forgot I'm not near students. Lmfao = I had to add a "fuck" in there to make sure you knew just how serious I was about me laughing. Lmaoooo = I smiled to myself in public but my ass is still in tact and I didn’t even laugh out loud, tbh. LMAO = I laughed, but only for like three seconds. The noise i just made = What you said was so legitimately funny that I snorted while laughing and it was kinda weird, so I'm glad I can text-describe it instead. Hahahaha = I am laughing to myself alone in a room.īahah = I'm laughing, but also stuck in 2007. Hahah = I think it’s funny, but not funny enough for me to laugh out loud, so I left one “a” off as to not seem too dramatic. HAHAHAH = I laughed out loud for once in my life. = I'm still not laughing, but the period lets you know just how much I'm not laughing.
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