Word of the day.

[mungo57]

my word for the day after speaking to my boss this morning - good thing he is a bit of a space geek, like me!

astrobleme

 

 

NOUN

Geology 

• An eroded remnant of a large crater made by the impact of a meteorite or comet.

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

18 minutes ago, mungo57 said:

my word for the day after speaking to my boss this morning - good thing he is a bit of a space geek, like me!

astrobleme

 

 

NOUN

Geology 

• An eroded remnant of a large crater made by the impact of a meteorite or comet.

 

Top word. I'm useless at remembering anything nowadays but will try to remember this one, and even see if I can use it in a post or email. I have a mate who is in to space and sci fi, so he may well be on the receiving end soon of an email using this word.

[mungo57]

59 minutes ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Top word. I'm useless at remembering anything nowadays but will try to remember this one, and even see if I can use it in a post or email. I have a mate who is in to space and sci fi, so he may well be on the receiving end soon of an email using this word.

We were talking about the Rosetta probe that crashed last week and my boss said something about astroblemes..... amazes me that he knew what one was! I didn't in the slightest and had to google it. Space/sci fi/anything of that ilk has some excellent vocabulary

 

 

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

21 hours ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

You'll possibly not believe this but many years ago in a pub in Wales I was introduced to a bloke (Welsh, I'm afraid feral) who had freely admitted to shagging a cow. To make matters worse he had burnt the barn down (with the animals in it) to destroy the evidence. I asked around about this from others to see if he was pulling my leg (and to judge to see if they were pulling my leg too) but apparently he wasn't and was actually facing criminal charges about it. I never did find out what happened to him because I stopped going to that village. Thinking about it, I know someone who still visits the village - I'm going to ask him what happened. Watch this space........

Well, this is a first - actually quoting myself. My friend didn't know about whether he got convicted of shagging the cow / burning the barn down or not. What he did know was that the bloke was put inside for a number of years for raping a woman. In addition to this he told me that the bloke died prematurely of cancer this summer.

[feral chile]

1 hour ago, Yoghurt on a Stick said:

Well, this is a first - actually quoting myself. My friend didn't know about whether he got convicted of shagging the cow / burning the barn down or not. What he did know was that the bloke was put inside for a number of years for raping a woman. In addition to this he told me that the bloke died prematurely of cancer this summer.

Wow.

Edited October 6, 2016 by feral chile

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

9 minutes ago, feral chile said:

Wow.

That was pretty much my reaction when I read my mates email.

[CHRLY]

On 5 October 2016 at 8:14 PM, feral chile said:

Welsh words that slipped into English speaking Welsh people (Wenglish)

Cwtch

Welsh word for an affectionate hug. There's no literal English translation, but its nearest equivlent is "safe place". So if you give someone a cwtch, you're giving them a "safe place".

It can also be used as a place to store things safely (usually a cupboard under a staircase)

"Give me a cwtch"

"Put your jacket in the cwtch"

 

My family also used to tell the dog to cwtch (settle). And 'cwtch down' is to crouch.

 

We like getting a lot of use out of our words

 

My Great Auntie used to own a flat on the Dorset coast that we called the Cwtch. We used to have big family holidays there, some of the best memories from my childhood. Never known what the word meant until now, it's brought back a ton of memories that've made me happy and sad. That one hit hard. Thanks for this, Feral.

Edited October 6, 2016 by CHRLY

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I was going to try to let this thread die (because it needs to) but then this word just popped in to my head;

 

onomatopoeia

ˌɒnə(ʊ)matəˈpiːə/

noun

noun: onomatopoeia

1. the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

   • the use of onomatopoeia for literary effect.