Can't find the old WU thread, so I'll just make a new one

Properpro · Post by **Properpro** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:01 pm

dmac wrote:twat

Should have learnt my lesson on this thread - the rapier wit of a wordsmith gets me again!

ops:

cool · Post by **cool** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:10 pm

twat - you dont score many points for that!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:22 pm

words; ooh.

as i understand it, c**t means coot and b*****d is buzzard.

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K_Oranj · Post by **K_Oranj** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:48 am

Just a quick link for any words fans. Pleased to see what jostles to be my favourite lexical item making an appearance on the very first line.

The first paragraph contains a link to Mr Shea's epic undertaking (one way, it seems, to forget the word for that 'cold white stuff' from mammals' mammaries).

I didn't know about the Collins policy of dropping démodé vocab (I think 'twat's still in there though). I suppose obsessive completists can rest easy with the OED.

ggdr · Post by **ggdr** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:40 am

I've now eked my PB up to 2131 on a Z-friendly board in Finsbury Park. Longest word I managed was only eight letters long, interestingly/pathetically/utterly uninterestingly enough.

Also continued my medical specialism with INFARCTION in a subsequent game.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 1:32 pm

i was eyeballing this in the pub and noticed that each time you make a word, a pleasing little +xx points graphic pops up and floats upwards. it was mesmeric.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 11:35 pm

UNCONTANIMATED.
not heroic but it ticks a box. no vulgar Qs or Zs in the way.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:38 am

Istenem wrote:UNCONTANIMATED.
not heroic but it ticks a box. no vulgar Qs or Zs in the way.

In the way of what?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:00 am

i was thinking about this: what is the best letter in English?
the conclusion i came to was N. not EN but the n sound with the tongue behind the top teeth before an explosion of something wonderful like NAPKIN or NITWIT or NUTMEG.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:47 am

barneybear · Post by **barneybear** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:42 pm

extenuation

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:33 pm

was pleased with SYRINX.

roberto la vigna · Post by **roberto la vigna** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:51 pm

Istenem wrote:was pleased with SYRINX.

Blimey - never heard of this one!

Got YOUTHQUAKES, SEMIQUAVERS and XIPHISTERNUMS with Ernest recently.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:14 pm

if only the obvious HEMIDEMI prefix had been there

cp999 · Post by **cp999** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:33 pm

roberto la vigna wrote:
Istenem wrote:was pleased with SYRINX.
Blimey - never heard of this one!

A bird's voice box (also part of a song title on Rush's 2112 album if my memory is correct).

Continuing the medical theme of a few posts back, XYSTER and (amusingly) PARAPHIMOSIS.

Was quite surprised to find that CARJACKINGS was accepted.