Words in your language that are just silly. - Page 2

Eichhörnchen · 04-09-16, 02:14 PM

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!"

"Ummm... diddle-iddle-iddle, um-diddle-i..."

Jimbuna · 04-10-16, 06:57 AM

METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL…ISOLEUCI NE

tomfon · 04-10-16, 08:50 AM

Oberon · 04-10-16, 09:16 AM

Jimbuna · 04-10-16, 09:43 AM

Bumfuzzle

Definition:
confuse; perplex; fluster.

Dan D · 04-10-16, 06:51 PM

"Butter-fly"

How can a civilised people call a Schmetterling "butterfly", that is beyond me, tossers.

Schroeder · 04-11-16, 05:14 AM

flabbergasted....

Jimbuna · 04-11-16, 06:36 AM

Cattywampus

Definition:
dialect : askew, awry, kitty-corner.

Dowly · 04-11-16, 12:35 PM

Kustantaa meaning "publish", but it's close to kusta antaa, which means literally "to give piss".

Eichhörnchen · 04-11-16, 12:37 PM

Same thing, where our newspapers are concerned

Jimbuna · 04-12-16, 01:26 PM

Gardyloo

Definition:
Used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets.

Eichhörnchen · 04-14-16, 12:07 AM

What's wrong with eichhörnchen?

Jimbuna · 04-14-16, 08:12 AM

Taradiddle

Definition:
1 : a fib 2 : pretentious nonsense

Schroeder · 04-14-16, 10:48 AM

Why is "pounds" abbreviated "lbs"?

Dowly · 04-14-16, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Why is "pounds" abbreviated "lbs"?

Because Romans, and Romans are always cool.

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04-09-16, 02:14 PM	#16
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!" "Ummm... diddle-iddle-iddle, um-diddle-i..." __________________

04-10-16, 06:57 AM	#17
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL…ISOLEUCI NE __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-10-16, 08:50 AM	#18
tomfon Grey Wolf Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: CK7662 Posts: 918 Downloads: 178 Uploads: 4	__________________ "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers which can't be questioned." - Richard P. Feynman [1918/1988] "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan Mods for SH3

04-10-16, 09:43 AM	#20
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Bumfuzzle Definition: confuse; perplex; fluster. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-10-16, 06:51 PM	#21
Dan D Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 9th Flotilla Posts: 839 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"Butter-fly" How can a civilised people call a Schmetterling "butterfly", that is beyond me, tossers. __________________

04-10-16, 09:16 AM	#19
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Snollygoster https://twitter.com/daily_politics/s...21152480649216

04-11-16, 05:14 AM	#22
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	flabbergasted.... __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

04-11-16, 06:36 AM	#23
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Cattywampus Definition: dialect : askew, awry, kitty-corner. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-11-16, 12:35 PM	#24
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Kustantaa meaning "publish", but it's close to kusta antaa, which means literally "to give piss".

04-11-16, 12:37 PM	#25
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Same thing, where our newspapers are concerned __________________

04-12-16, 01:26 PM	#26
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Gardyloo Definition: Used in Edinburgh as a warning cry when it was customary to throw slops from the windows into the streets. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-14-16, 12:07 AM	#27
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,773 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Squirrel What's wrong with eichhörnchen? __________________ Last edited by Eichhörnchen; 04-14-16 at 12:26 AM.

04-14-16, 08:12 AM	#28
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Taradiddle Definition: 1 : a fib 2 : pretentious nonsense __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-14-16, 10:48 AM	#29
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Why is "pounds" abbreviated "lbs"? __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.