History Schmistory: September 4. La La Land!
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
1781: Los Angeles, California is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula, (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola), which seems like a silly name for a city, until you see this…
Photo by Eyreland (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Here are some more ridiculously long city names. Shouldn’t there be a limit? How irritating would it be to have to send a package to Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu?
Deadword of the Day: Quackle
Monday, September 19, 2022
Quackle: The noise one makes when choking.
As in: Your quackling is futile.
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Deadword of the Day: Haspenald
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Haspenald: A ridiculously tall kid.
As in: Our haspenald is bigger than your haspenald!
Deadword of the Day: Cupidity
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Cupidity: When people are so crazy in love, they behave abnormally.
As in: I’m not sure how much more of this cupidity I can take…
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Deadword of the Day: Begrutten
Friday, September 16, 2022
Begrutten: The way one looks when they have been crying.
As in: The begrutten macho-man could no longer tolerate being a vegetarian.
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Art by Jose Cabrera
Deadword of the day: Buzznack
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Buzznack: An old broken musical instrument, particularly an organ, with a ridiculous price tag because it’s “an antique”.
As in: You have been trying to sell that buzznack for years!
Deadword of the Day: Minnock
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Minnock: To mock the manners of ones superiors.
As in: How dare you minnock me, young man!
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Deadword of the Day: Frout
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Frout: A word for an animal’s reaction when they are suddenly scared poopless.
As in: The puppy frouted and ran to the nearest exit.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/This_was_a_timely_capture_(3926001309).jpg
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Deadword of the Day: Barking-iron
Monday, September 12, 2022
Barking-iron: Another word for gun.
As in: “Put down the barking-iron and let us settle this like gentlemen…”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jking89/1363983280/
Deadword of the Day: Holm
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Holm: A low, flat stretch of land on the banks of a river.
As in: Say, you think that’s Ian’s holm?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Ian_Holm.jpg
