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Posted February 11, 2015
Another good thread to learn new stuffs. Thanks.
Posted February 11, 2015
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snowkatt: ftaghn !
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
Posted February 11, 2015
sternutation
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sternutation

sneezing in other words

and fratricide
the act of inhuming* one's brother

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fratricide

inhuming
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/inhuming?s=t

( * not strictly correct inhuming means to bury )
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snowkatt: ftaghn !
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Potzato: Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!
yoog sogoth !

jubilation
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jubilation?s=t
Post edited February 11, 2015 by snowkatt
Posted February 11, 2015
The 'In a Word' posts under http://www.futilitycloset.com/category/language/ have some good (but usually pretty obscure) ones.
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ZFR: to ball up (v. tr., slang) to ruin, to make a mess of

e.g. I really balled up my game by giving my sorcerer high intelligence instead of charisma. Now I have to start all over.
Offhand, I don't think I've ever heard 'ball up' used in that sense, only 'balls up'. Maybe it varies with geography.

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Nirth: Capricious - Sudden or unpredictable change.
Prone to sudden or unpredictable change. It's an adjective.
Posted February 11, 2015
betwixt
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/betwixt?s=t

incinerated
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incinerated?s=t
Posted February 11, 2015
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ZFR: to ball up (v. tr., slang) to ruin, to make a mess of

e.g. I really balled up my game by giving my sorcerer high intelligence instead of charisma. Now I have to start all over.
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VanishedOne: Offhand, I don't think I've ever heard 'ball up' used in that sense, only 'balls up'. Maybe it varies with geography.
The way I heard it (from my English teacher, who's Indian), balls up is the noun (this game is turning into a complete balls-up), or an adjective (this is one balls-up game) or third person singular present tense (it's my friend's fault; he balls up my game every time). The infinitive verb is "to ball up".

Maybe as you said it is a regional thing. I don't think I've come across it being used like in the example in your link ("He really ballsed up that paint work"). But then again I hear it rarely, so you're probably more accurate having lived in the UK longer then me.
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Posted February 11, 2015
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VanishedOne: Offhand, I don't think I've ever heard 'ball up' used in that sense, only 'balls up'. Maybe it varies with geography.
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ZFR: The way I heard it (from my English teacher, who's Indian), balls up is the noun (this game is turning into a complete balls-up), or an adjective (this is one balls-up game) or third person singular present tense (it's my friend's fault; he balls up my game every time). The infinitive verb is "to ball up".

Maybe as you said it is a regional thing. I don't think I've come across it being used like in the example in your link ("He really ballsed up that paint work"). But then again I hear it rarely, so you're probably more accurate having lived in the UK longer then me.
I just checked the OED. It says 'to ball up' is 'orig. and chiefly U.S.' It doesn't seem to recognise 'balls-up' as a verb at all, but has the noun as 'chiefly Brit.' and 'balls' as a verb on its own as 'Brit. slang.'
Posted February 11, 2015
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ZFR: The way I heard it (from my English teacher, who's Indian), balls up is the noun (this game is turning into a complete balls-up), or an adjective (this is one balls-up game) or third person singular present tense (it's my friend's fault; he balls up my game every time). The infinitive verb is "to ball up".

Maybe as you said it is a regional thing. I don't think I've come across it being used like in the example in your link ("He really ballsed up that paint work"). But then again I hear it rarely, so you're probably more accurate having lived in the UK longer then me.
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VanishedOne: I just checked the OED. It says 'to ball up' is 'orig. and chiefly U.S.' It doesn't seem to recognise 'balls-up' as a verb at all, but has the noun as 'chiefly Brit.' and 'balls' as a verb on its own as 'Brit. slang.'
Personally I've never heard 'ball up' used, it's always 'balls-up', as in "that was a complete balls-up" or "he made a complete balls-up of that".
Posted February 11, 2015
Fudgel
To fudgel is an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."

Quoting this from some website or other. But it's something that I'm a grandmaster at doing.
Posted February 11, 2015
Swashbuckling.

Engaging in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or flamboyance.
Posted February 11, 2015
Word of the day - there's no better way:
http://www.oed.com/emailupdates
Posted February 11, 2015
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sunshinecorp: Fudgel
To fudgel is an eighteenth-century term meaning "Pretending to work when you're not actually doing anything at all."

Quoting this from some website or other. But it's something that I'm a grandmaster at doing.
Awesome word. Every GOG forum post of mine is a fine example...
Posted February 11, 2015
Yep,it's ball's up...
Here's one (nounce) we used to use a lot in Australia...I'll let you figure out.....
Posted February 11, 2015
Funny thread to read as a native English speaker.

Can I just throw in one of my favorite English words? I'm always looking for an excuse to use it:

Brobdingnagian

"Marked by tremendous size"
Posted February 11, 2015
Shenanigans

Defenestration
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