by new hope and happiness 41 Replies latest jw friends
I mean " courting" certainley sounds more dignified than " Hanging out with a new squeeze"
" comely" is a word i think should be used more often"
I am going to try and use " jabberwockey" in a sentece today.
Anyway do you have any favourite words, in any language?
Je t'adore!
Jabooba. It means crazy and nonsensical in a deformed, f-d up, mentally ill, whacky way. For instance, the gb's new light on overlapping generations is totally jabooba. 'The Jabooba Home' means the nut house. For example, "if I hadn't have left that cult, I'd be in the Jabooba Home by now".
Shanglos - UK Romany gypsy word for police.
Goolies - Slang for testicles.
Geezer - Slang for bloke which in turn is slang for a man.
Didlow - UK Romany gypsy word for crazy.
Bumboclaat - Jamaican for .......
Punk here are two words you will hate if your book becomes succesful.
Tax Audit:
Anway one and all with such a Plethora of words at our disposal !
We shall all soon sound quite erudite......
Lol. NH&N we will soon speak the pure language
Malaka - Greek word for wanker.
Ok i might regret posting this,andyou may think a man calling his Cat" cooking fat" a little odd. Then" cooking fat" does sound like " f,,king cat"
Its interesting how language can change according to time and place. I remember a thread once " who will win the super bowl". I woke up and my first thought was i wonder who won the " Hyper bowl"
Gemuetlichkeit
My favoured language comparison: from the book 'how we die':
'Sterben' german 'to die' from the word 'starving' we always die of starvation like in a heart attack, the body, brain dies from lack of oxigen when blood flow stops.
Can not be related: BANAL philippino: HOLY European: very ordinary
And what about Mr Wright who married Miss Burke:- I guess that made him a " right burke"
