great central Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Does anyone else have random words, often names, or phrases pop up in their head with no apparent connection to anything? I regularly find myself with words in my head first thing in the morning, oddly enough often when cleaning my teeth or other morning ablutions. Today's seems totally off the wall, how the heck did the name Evadne Price arrive in my head? I had a vague recollection she was some sort of TV astrologer but what depths of my memory have suddenly regurgitated that? Is it just me, if not feel free to add your word or words of the day. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2021 Cummerbund. A thing that has never featured in my life, ever… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted July 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2021 Hi everyone, In a place I once worked a colleague came across an old home nursing book from during WW2. The game became that each morning one of us would randomly open the book, and the first word our eyes alighted upon had to be used appropriately in as many situations as possible around the office that day. My 'lucky' word was 'purulent' - fifteen years later it continues to pop into my head for no apparent reason. (Left that place shortly after the game began.) Regards, Alex. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Cummerbund. A thing that has never featured in my life, ever… 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Here's a word for you - uppehållstillstånd - you didn't say it had to be an English word! My father had to report to the kriminalpolis in Jokkmokk for that every 3 months, before Sweden joined us as members of the EU. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Systembolaget is the only word I remember.... An off licence type of place that was more like an Argos. I think it's changed now, but you couldn't buy beer or wine in normal shops. You had to go to the till, order what you wanted, then wait for about half an hour before they brought out your order. No service if you have been drinking and you needed ID no matter how old you were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2021 Concatenation - which is not a con, has little to do with cats, and probably occurs in most nations. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2021 Rogation: a solemn supplication consisting of the litany of the saints chanted on the three days before Ascension Day. It reminds me of my name and next year, it falls close to my birthday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 Today for no apparent reason the name Greg Biffle turned up in my head. Looking him up he's a semi retired NASCAR driver. I do have a passing interest in NASCAR but I didn't think it was enough to bring up any driver's names. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2021 Which brings to mind that, in the early stages of the Afghan war, there was a rather unpleasant Taliban warlord called Mullah Naki Bullah, which always made me smile a little. Word of the day from me, though, is ‘cromulent’. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Lunar libration: which I am given to believe is the proper term for what news reports today are calling a "wobble" which with rising sea levels is predicted to cause higher tidal flooding in the 2030s. How this is different from axial precession (historically called precession of the equinoxes) I'm not sure - other than "precession of the equinoxes" is explicitly related to the earth rather than the moon. Edited July 14, 2021 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2021 What a fascinating word! I vaguely remembered that the moon rotates slightly (wobbles!) to periodically reveal parts of the lunar surface that are ordinarily not seen so I looked at the Wikipedia article for Libration and was not much the wiser! It seems that the Earth has a tidal effect on the moon, causing the "wobble", which may have confused journalists. Perhaps rising sea levels will cause more Lunar Libration events by 2030? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2021 Are we allowed place names. If so, Longwoodswidger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2021 I'll just park this here. Logorrhoea I introduced it to the Jokes forum and I must say I feel very proud! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tankerman Posted July 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 19:28, The Johnster said: Are we allowed place names. If so, Longwoodswidger. I read this and the word Lansenwith came into my head. It's the name of the farm in Cornwall I lived on between the ages of 6 and 17. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2021 Scethrog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted July 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) On 14/07/2021 at 03:37, Ozexpatriate said: Lunar libration: which I am given to believe is the proper term for what news reports today are calling a "wobble" which with rising sea levels is predicted to cause higher tidal flooding in the 2030s. How this is different from axial precession (historically called precession of the equinoxes) I'm not sure - other than "precession of the equinoxes" is explicitly related to the earth rather than the moon. Libration is just seeing a bit to either side because the moon's orbit isn't exactly circular, so the angle you view it from changes very slightly (it rotates once per orbit but that means when the moon's slightly further from the Earth so moving slower the rotation goes slightly ahead, and the other way around when it's at its closest). Axial precession is a much slower process, it's where (true) north moves around, in the same way as the top of a spinning top slowly (at least relative to the rate the thing's spinning) circles around. On to other words, one I once noticed in the dictionary and made a note for future Scrabble games - "zax" (a tool for splitting slate). Edited July 20, 2021 by Reorte 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 08/07/2021 at 19:57, The Johnster said: Cummerbund. A thing that has never featured in my life, ever… part of my morris dancing kit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, 62613 said: part of my morris dancing kit! I used to think the spelling was Maurice dancing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryscapes Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 13/07/2021 at 16:51, The Johnster said: Which brings to mind that, in the early stages of the Afghan war, there was a rather unpleasant Taliban warlord called Mullah Naki Bullah, which always made me smile a little. Word of the day from me, though, is ‘cromulent’. I see your 'Cromulent' and raise you 'Embiggen' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 20, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 'See that train of Jebediah Springfield Watch those covered wagons roll! That a people might embiggen, America, That a man might embiggen his soul, his soul, hah! (whipcrack), his soul (fading)'. As good an anthem for Manifest Destiny as any... Edited July 20, 2021 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: I used to think the spelling was Maurice dancing. Wasn't that Disco? Comes from Moorish or Moresca dancing. Morris dancing is not something that is popular around here in the grim North. What we know as Morris Dancing is more a thing for young girls rather than the proper folk stuff where they hit each other with sticks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Gimboid..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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