"QUOCKER-WODGER"
The term QUOCKERWODGER, although referring to a wooden toy figure which jerks its limbs about when pulled by a string
Troglodyte.. cave dweller.. hermit.. or as I use it.. a person who doesn't understand simple social skills and adheres to subjective common sense..
I love learning new words and phrases but I especially love 'minced oaths' or 'pseudo-profanity' which is/are expressions based on a profanity that have been altered to reduce the objectionable characteristics of the original expression e.g. darn,dang, shoot, heck, flipping, freaking, frigging, fricking, frakking, fecking, goodness, golly, gosh, gee, geez, geeze, or jeez, crikey, criminy and cripes.
I tend to use them in my writing and in real life quite a bit. In fact I didn't even know there was an actual phrase for them.
Shoot Louise.. I didn't know you were so danged into those fricking metaphors for good ol' cusswords.. crikey one could lose his flipping mind trying to figure out whether he's being asked to frigging leave or whether he's gonna get fecked.. goodness it is such a quandary nowadays trying to score.. heck I guess I'll just stick to poetry and the shopping channel..
Giggles - to snicker, snigger, chuckle.
Mumfumbler....a "pseudo-profanity" often used by a former boss of mine...
It is basically a "minced oath" for a common cussword that refers to the frigging of the matriarch of the family...
I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...
Zenzizenzizenzic.... very strange word that I do not know the exact meaning of, but my high school math teacher used it often when he was having one of this tantrums. A mathematical term I think, but goes over my head.
“Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare at the walls all day. Others are called writers and they do pretty much the same thing.”
oxymoron - two words or phrases used together that have the opposite meaning, such as jumbo shrimp, short sleeve dress shirt, army intelligence
We don't know how much we don't know.
nemophilist - one who loves the woods
We don't know how much we don't know.
blatherskite: may either be noisy talker of blatant rubbish or the foolish talk or nonsense that such a person spouts.
"No one knows when the final grain of sand will plummet through their own personal Hourglass." ~ CKAcres
"If you really want to make a difference, don't over think it, just do it..."
"Scars of life are deeply etched within the minds of curious old souls."
hamartia - flaw in a character leading to his downfall
We don't know how much we don't know.
Flockynockynihilipilification - to render something as useless and can also be spelled floccinaucinihilipilification, but I prefer the first spelling.
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz
A German word that means, "A beef labeling regulation & delegation of supervision law".
Or... for an English word...
tittynope- a small quantity of something left over.
ostentatious - > marked by a vulgar display of wealth and success designed to impress people
"No one knows when the final grain of sand will plummet through their own personal Hourglass." ~ CKAcres
"If you really want to make a difference, don't over think it, just do it..."
"Scars of life are deeply etched within the minds of curious old souls."
ohheckydarn....for when I can't say what's REALLY on my mind to say...usually when I've done something really 'dumb and stupid" and have managed to hurt myself! lol!!
sesquipedalian- given to or characterized by the use of long words.
"love"...now isn't THAT weird and wonderful how simple that can be as well as how complex it can be. Be sure to tell someone today that you "love" them...make it someone who will be surprised to hear you say it, too.
I'm surprised no smartarse has said the two most weird and wonderful words ever. In fact, they are so weird and wonderful, that nothing even comes close to either of them. Are you ready? Word number one:
Weird. Truly the weirdest word ever created.
Word number two:
Wonderful. Truly the most wonderful word ever created.
"cherish" ... on the surface we all kinda/sorta know the meaning of this word. But just how deep is the meaning? Is 'cherish' more meaningful than 'love'? Does that word take superiority over love?
crepitaculum [krep ih TAK yoo lum] this is the technical term for the rattle of a rattlesnake. Of course, by the time you’ve said “I think I perceive a crepitaculum” it’s probably way too late. From a Latin word meaning ‘rattle.’
"No one knows when the final grain of sand will plummet through their own personal Hourglass." ~ CKAcres
"If you really want to make a difference, don't over think it, just do it..."
"Scars of life are deeply etched within the minds of curious old souls."
mischievous - definition - able or tending to cause annoyance, trouble, or minor injury
Why does a word that means harmful sound like a woman.
You can't get there from here, because when you get there you're still here and here is now there. Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
