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Old 12-01-2009, 06:15 PM
 
Location: 39 20' 59"N / 75 30' 53"W
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Which reminds me...

'Twas brillig and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe
Fred took his ball and went home, no one would let him play in the sandbox!
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Old 12-01-2009, 07:27 PM
 
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Some Irish words and sayings:

Boyo
Eejit
"He'd get up on a cracked plate."
"She'd get up on a stiff breeze."
Gobdaw
"If he went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening."
He'd put the heart crossways in you."
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Old 12-01-2009, 07:32 PM
 
Location: where the moss is taking over the villages
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"Hot Mess"
Those two words should be my new middle name... to replace my current 3 name plus surname ensemble.
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Old 12-01-2009, 07:35 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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Originally Posted by xGrendelx View Post
Some Irish words and sayings:

Boyo
Eejit
"He'd get up on a cracked plate."
"She'd get up on a stiff breeze."
Gobdaw
"If he went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening."
He'd put the heart crossways in you."
Good ones. Somewhere I have a book of Irish sayings. I'll have to find that. Moved recently, and I'm not sure where everything is yet.
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Old 12-01-2009, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Elsewhere
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seaside restaurant restroom signs : 'buoys' and 'gulls'
Restroom signs I saw in Niagara Falls years ago:

"Pointers" and "Setters"
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Old 12-01-2009, 08:51 PM
 
Location: On the dark side of the Moon
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"Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky"-T. S. Eliot

"Let's swim to the moon"-Jim Morrison

Awe-inspiring

Moonstruck

Spectacular

"Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars."-?

The moon's an arrant thief,

And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.
”-Shakespeare

Last edited by saucywench; 12-01-2009 at 10:08 PM..
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Old 12-01-2009, 11:03 PM
 
Location: Houston
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words i like, used in sentences:

jujubes - "won't jujube my valentine?"
twizzlers - "twiz-ler, not him!"
twix - "twix a rock and a hard place"

other fav food words:
spumoni
tutto bene (not really food, but describes good food, and it feels good to say)
gelato
caneloni
spaghetti
mochi
edamame
ikura
nebayaki udon
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:20 AM
YAZ
 
Location: Phoenix,AZ
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Good stuff, everyone.

Boozehound.

It's just another funny word that I like.
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Old 12-02-2009, 09:31 AM
 
Location: Limbo
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I'm just getting started!

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knick-knack

knock-kneed

ambisextrous

razzmatazz

henchwench

spellbound
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Old 12-02-2009, 02:03 PM
 
Location: On the dark side of the Moon
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Razzmatazz, razzledazzle,...like them all actually.

laconic

lycanthropic metamorphosis
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