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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #120 on: January 26, 2025, 09:08:40 pm »
Sonntagsleerung  [ZOHN-tahgs-lee-rung]
(n.)
- The impending sense of dread, gloom, or depression that builds up each Sunday in anticipation of the upcoming Monday.
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #121 on: January 26, 2025, 09:24:54 pm »
Great word….but unfortunately unpronounceable

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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #122 on: January 27, 2025, 01:41:44 am »
Great word….but unfortunately unpronounceable

Only because you've used it less than schadenfreude.
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #123 on: January 27, 2025, 07:57:24 am »
It sounds welsh, koz can we get a ruling
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #124 on: January 27, 2025, 08:01:25 am »
From German - literally “Sunday emptying” which refers to the Sunday collection of mail, an important postal service.
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #125 on: January 27, 2025, 08:18:06 am »
I knew it was German, was a joke
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #126 on: January 28, 2025, 04:35:30 pm »
Agentify

You may learn to hate this word as it makes you an obsolete human
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #127 on: March 05, 2025, 03:24:43 pm »
Am chuffed!!
interesting as I had thought it was a negative...but TIL it's both

The word "chuffed" has an interesting etymology with two distinct origins and meanings:

Positive meaning (pleased, delighted):
This usage originated in the 1850s, with the earliest known use in the 1950s15.
It likely derived from the dialectal (northern England) word "chuff," which originally meant "puffed with fat"2.
The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for this usage is from 1957, in the writing of Peter Wildeblood1.

Negative meaning (displeased, gruff):
This usage dates back to 1825-18357.
It comes from an older meaning of "chuff" as "a coarse or stupid fellow" or "rude fellow
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #128 on: March 05, 2025, 06:14:53 pm »
Am chuffed!!
interesting as I had thought it was a negative...but TIL it's both

and i've only ever known it as being a positive.  i heard it mostly as part of the expression "chuffed to bits", which means really pleased, over the moon, etc.
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #129 on: March 17, 2025, 01:47:33 pm »
A “butt load” is a slang term often used to mean “a large amount” of something, but it actually has historical origins! The term comes from the old English unit of measurement called a “butt,” which referred to a large cask used for storing liquids, typically wine or ale.

A butt could hold about 126 gallons (or 477 liters). So technically, a “butt load” would refer to the volume of liquid that fits in a butt cask, though today it’s mostly used informally to mean a large quantity of anything.


How many giraffes are in a butt load?
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #130 on: March 17, 2025, 03:11:16 pm »
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #131 on: March 21, 2025, 03:56:18 pm »
Hypnagogic


refers to the transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. This state is characterized by various mental phenomena, including hallucinations, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis.



Hypnagogic pop (abbreviated as h-pop) is pop or psychedelic music that evokes cultural memory and nostalgia for the popular entertainment of the past
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #132 on: March 26, 2025, 01:34:50 pm »
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Re: The Best Words (Fisticuffs Edition)
« Reply #134 on: April 10, 2025, 02:13:28 pm »
Many nuggets in this review of a recent Ryan Adams show in Belfast but this rises to the top

This did at least spark a moment of levity, albeit not one the singer appreciated. After another bored fan implored him to “sing one of your songs”, Adams screeched “Who said that? What’s your name?”.

 A defiant voice from the other side of the auditorium then shouted: “I am Spartacus!”, causing a welcome outbreak of laughter to ripple through the crowd.


Ryan Adams Belfast gig was a horror show and one folks won't want to see again
"He performed with a mixture of petulance and self-pity that was unpleasant and uncomfortable to witness"

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-opinion/ryan-adams-belfast-gig-horror-31371698

From the linked review:

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