Words or phrases you love (British, quote)

[bjh]

Glad you think so.

(When finding someone in agreement, not sarcasm.)

[artemis agrotera]

open your aperture

[Ragazza2011]

Fecundity

[bjh]

Originally Posted by artemis agrotera

open your aperture

Sort of the opposite of: "Close your cakehole!"

[Sonic_Spork]

Discovered a cool word recently!! YAY VOCABULARY EXPANSION!!

"FOSSICKING"

I found it in a fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier. The context was along the lines of "beetles fossicking in the loam" so I took it to mean scuttling or burrowing.

Then I looked it up online, seems that it was originally an Australian term for people who browse about sites where mining for precious metals or gems has taken place, hoping to find something of value to take home, and specifically not to sell...so like tourists would probably do this. The activity is "fossicking." Then at some point I guess it expanded to generally mean "rummaging."

I LOVE THIS WORD!

[Tantalust]

^Good one!

I have a (bad) habit of instantly assigning my personal definitions to unknown words (before I learn the real one).

i.e., Fossicking = elderly people having 'relations'.

and

Fecundity = smelling really bad (well, babies often.. um.. do.)

[artemis agrotera]

Originally Posted by bjh

Sort of the opposite of: "Close your cakehole!"

we say "shut ya piehole"

Originally Posted by Sonic_Spork

Discovered a cool word recently!! YAY VOCABULARY EXPANSION!!

"FOSSICKING"

I found it in a fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier. The context was along the lines of "beetles fossicking in the loam" so I took it to mean scuttling or burrowing.

Then I looked it up online, seems that it was originally an Australian term for people who browse about sites where mining for precious metals or gems has taken place, hoping to find something of value to take home, and specifically not to sell...so like tourists would probably do this. The activity is "fossicking." Then at some point I guess it expanded to generally mean "rummaging."

I LOVE THIS WORD!

yes it's used as you said - rummaging around
"I'm fossicking around"

[bjh]

Pick your battles.

[ShipOfFools42]

"I burn the candle at both ends, and it gives a lovely light."

That's the late Christopher Hitchens.

[Inebriated Duck]

Originally Posted by ShipOfFools42

"I burn the candle at both ends, and it gives a lovely light."

That's the late Christopher Hitchens.

I miss him already. He's sorely needed now than ever before. The world has so few good polemicists as it is.

Personally I like the phrase "Haven't the foggiest."