Odd Seldom used Words

[Horse]

Wife just contributed...

Persiflage (banter or flippancy).

Better start using it again, otherwise she'll be all mulligrubs.

[cheb]

Quincunx: The name for the pattern of five dots, four in a square and one in the middle.

[Count Steer]

Today I learned that buffalo/bison dung is called 'chip'.

Adds a whole new dimension to 'fish and chips'.

Oh and the output of otters is 'spraint', cattle generally is 'tath', sheep is 'buttons'.

[Count Steer]

Grandiloquent.

(For worked examples see the Politics forum ).

[Taipan]

Grandiloquent.

(For worked examples see the Politics forum ).

This is a FB page, if you use FB, that may amuse...


https://www.facebook.com/GrandiloquentWords

[ZRX61]

This is a FB page, if you use FB, that may amuse...


https://www.facebook.com/GrandiloquentWords

I have a few of their TShirts, one of which states "Feculence Betides", another is "Those who tarry too long in the arms of Morpheus are subject to forfeiture"

[gremlin]

Somewhat fitting for my weekend: Roistering

roister
in British English
(ˈrɔɪstə IPA Pronunciation Guide)
verb (intransitive)
1. to engage in noisy merrymaking; revel

[Screwdriver]

Remigration.


Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

[Horse]

Remigration.

Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

I wasn't sure whether you'd made it up, so Googled.

Apparently:

The act of migrating back to one's original home after a period of migration. The term comes from the Classical Latin word remigrāre, which means "to return home". It was first used in English by Andrew Willet, a theologian in the Church of England in the early 17th century.

So if we take its Latin root (first Roman invasion of 55BC)
as a starting point in this island, how far do you want to go back?

Romans, Vikings, Normans, Angles, Saxons ...

Walking along the town's high street (although it's not called that), we have Lebanese, Indian, Ghurka and Thai restaurants all within 200m.

Before my neuro surgery, I saw four consultants. None were of long UK 'history'.

And, FWIW, my surname dates back to the Crusades and my wife's can be traced back in parish records to the 1500s.

Who do you think should go or stay, how is it decided?

[demographic]

Remigration.


Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

Why? Who is it you want back in the country.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Somewhat fitting for my weekend: Roistering

roister
in British English
(ˈrɔɪstə IPA Pronunciation Guide)
verb (intransitive)
1. to engage in noisy merrymaking; revel

And, presumably, eating lots of bubbly crisps.

[mangocrazy]

Somewhat fitting for my weekend: Reoystering

So - returning to your previous incarnation as a bivalve?

[Cousin Jack]

Cabotage.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Cabotage.

Breaking machines by throwing leafy greens into them?

[Cousin Jack]

Cabotage.

Breaking machines by throwing leafy greens into them?

Transport between 2 places in the same country.

[cheb]

Galimaufry. No it's where Dr Who came from.

[Horse]

Remigration.


Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

Why? Who is it you want back in the country.

Not Noggers. The NHS can't afford her

[Cousin Jack]

Remigration.


Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

Why? Who is it you want back in the country.

Not Noggers. The NHS can't afford her

OTOH she would make an excellent case study for surgeons.

[Taipan]

Remigration.

Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

I wasn't sure whether you'd made it up, so Googled.

Apparently:

The act of migrating back to one's original home after a period of migration. The term comes from the Classical Latin word remigrāre, which means "to return home". It was first used in English by Andrew Willet, a theologian in the Church of England in the early 17th century.

So if we take its Latin root (first Roman invasion of 55BC)
as a starting point in this island, how far do you want to go back?

Romans, Vikings, Normans, Angles, Saxons ...

Walking along the town's high street (although it's not called that), we have Lebanese, Indian, Ghurka and Thai restaurants all within 200m.

Before my neuro surgery, I saw four consultants. None were of long UK 'history'.

And, FWIW, my surname dates back to the Crusades and my wife's can be traced back in parish records to the 1500s.

Who do you think should go or stay, how is it decided?

It's a word still in use. Are we not allowed to use words of older origin then, as that's going to slaughter our vocabulary!

[demographic]

Remigration.


Not a word we come across very often. Let's hope it starts becoming more common...

Why? Who is it you want back in the country.

Not Noggers. The NHS can't afford her

Yorick?