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flibbertygibbet

you just made that up, surely

nope...a very ancient word which has evolved in spelling over the years!

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.o ... ibbet.html

It just seems to roll off the tounge!! LOL

A

well you learn something new everyday

I'll have to remember that one, I like it.

cordwangler
gruntfuttock
greeb
nerk
lallies
omipalone

take yer pick...

faberge and also....!
chopalopa (pigeon english and shona in zimbabwe spoken by leonardo di caprio in blood diamond) ......a cute zimbabwean told me this
.......hahahaha acute zimbabwean now thats a nasty condition (gedit hurumph)

For all of you enjoying this thread... I would highly recommend playing the the Parker Brothers "Balderdash" or "Beyond Balderdash" board games.

amazon.com link: http://www.amazon.com/Parker-Brothers-Beyond-Balderdash/dp/B00000IWEX

The premise of the game is to make up definitions to words similar to those found in this thread (99% of which are completely unknown to even the most well-versed in language) to get fellow players/adversaries to pick YOUR definition as the REAL definition when all the definitions (including the correct one) are read aloud.

I've had a lot of fun playing this over the years! Easily my favourite family game.

Im sure you've all heard of the riddle about word ending in -gry. Well, next time someone asks you, here's an answer:

gry

Simple as that. It's a real word that means, "the name for a hundredth of an inch in a long-forgotten decimal system of measurement devised by the philosopher John Locke ." Interesting...

I was once babysitting for a much older friend. she came in really late and totally drunk and decided she wanted to play scrabble. She invented a totally amazing word 'Woopizee' i still find myself using it nearly 10 years later

abraxus wrote:cordwangler
gruntfuttock
greeb
nerk
lallies
omipalone

take yer pick...

Kenneth Williams fan by any chance?

chillebains and buck futter