The thread of learning something new every day
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Why is it only today that I have learned of this fluffybunny:
Stumbled on to a podcast called "Real Dictators". This ... err ... example shows up.
Apparently Macias existed within my awareness of international news growing up in the 70s and 80s, but for some reason didn't feature in news reports that made my consciousness...
Seems his successor/nephew Obiang remains El Presidente since he took over in 1982, and according to said podcast is the longest serving President if any Country in the world (Wiki says 2nd longest, but that nay be semantics arounp "pres", "head of state", "leader", etc). Regardless, seems he must be universally loved by the populace...
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I mean it makes perfect sense, but still...
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Good find
Actually gruntled, whilst a word, is a relatively new one.
It was first used in the 1930's by P G Wodehouse of Jeeves and Wooster fame, as a deliberately humorous antonym of disgruntled. The original "gruntle" is a 16th century archaism meaning to grumble.
Similar in its creation to underwhelmed which has only been around since the 60's whereas both whelmed and overwhelmed have been in use for centuries.
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@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.
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@nonpartizan said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.
The classic case of you look at the picture one way you see this, the other something entirely different....
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@nonpartizan said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.
The classic case of you look at the picture one way you see this, the other something entirely different....
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It's like this one...when looked at upside down, looks like a robot having its way with a crab...
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B booboo referenced this topic on
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No idea if any of this is true, but interesting if so. Had no idea that smell has a name.
40 English Words You Never Thought Existed
- Petrichor | The pleasant smell after rain on dry earth.
- Agelast | A person who never laughs.
- Snollygoster | A clever, unscrupulous person (especially in politics).
- Zugzwang | A situation where any move worsens your position (from chess).
- Absquatulate | To leave suddenly or hurriedly.
- Wamble | The stomach rumbling or a feeling of nausea.
- Callipygian | Having well-shaped buttocks.
- Erf | A plot of land, especially in South Africa.
- Limerence | The state of being obsessively infatuated with someone.
- Quire | Two dozen sheets of paper.
- Defenestration | The act of throwing someone out of a window.
- Gardyloo | A warning cry before throwing waste from above (historical, Scottish).
- Cacodemonomania | The belief that one is possessed by an evil spirit.
- Jargogle | To confuse or muddle something up.
- Tittynope | A small quantity of leftovers.
- Crapulence | Sickness from excessive eating or drinking.
- Collywobbles | Butterflies in the stomach.
- Ultracrepidarian | Someone who gives opinions beyond their knowledge.
- Flummox | To bewilder or confuse someone.
- Griffonage | Illegible handwriting.
- Hoddy-noddy | A foolish person.
- Kerfuffle | A commotion or fuss.
- Pogonotrophy | The act of growing a beard.
- Bloviate | To speak pompously or boastfully.
- Gobbledygook | Language that is meaningless or hard to understand.
- Mumpsimus | A stubborn person who insists on an incorrect idea.
- Fudgel | Pretending to work while actually doing nothing.
- Bumfuzzle | To confuse or fluster.
- Nibling | A gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew.
- Nudiustertian | Pertaining to the day before yesterday.
- Ratoon | A shoot growing from the root of a plant (like sugarcane).
- Xertz | To gulp something down quickly.
- Yarborough | A hand of cards with no card above a nine.
- Cromulent | A made-up word from The Simpsons, now used to mean "acceptable".
- Bibliopole | A person who buys and sells rare books.
- Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of the number 13.
- Apricity | The warmth of the sun in winter.
- Fipple | The mouthpiece of a recorder or similar instrument.
- Nincompoop | A foolish or stupid person (yes, it's real!).
- Gubbins | Bits and pieces; odds and ends.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=729264876511387&id=100082836429460
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Bones have to trust Facebook.
There's enough in there that are recognisable that the rest are believable.
The internet is never wrong and mn5's memes are a beautiful combination of hilarious and original.
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Very interesting watch
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@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
No idea if any of this is true, but interesting if so. Had no idea that smell has a name.
40 English Words You Never Thought Existed
- Petrichor | The pleasant smell after rain on dry earth.
- Agelast | A person who never laughs.
- Snollygoster | A clever, unscrupulous person (especially in politics).
- Zugzwang | A situation where any move worsens your position (from chess).
- Absquatulate | To leave suddenly or hurriedly.
- Wamble | The stomach rumbling or a feeling of nausea.
- Callipygian | Having well-shaped buttocks.
- Erf | A plot of land, especially in South Africa.
- Limerence | The state of being obsessively infatuated with someone.
- Quire | Two dozen sheets of paper.
- Defenestration | The act of throwing someone out of a window.
- Gardyloo | A warning cry before throwing waste from above (historical, Scottish).
- Cacodemonomania | The belief that one is possessed by an evil spirit.
- Jargogle | To confuse or muddle something up.
- Tittynope | A small quantity of leftovers.
- Crapulence | Sickness from excessive eating or drinking.
- Collywobbles | Butterflies in the stomach.
- Ultracrepidarian | Someone who gives opinions beyond their knowledge.
- Flummox | To bewilder or confuse someone.
- Griffonage | Illegible handwriting.
- Hoddy-noddy | A foolish person.
- Kerfuffle | A commotion or fuss.
- Pogonotrophy | The act of growing a beard.
- Bloviate | To speak pompously or boastfully.
- Gobbledygook | Language that is meaningless or hard to understand.
- Mumpsimus | A stubborn person who insists on an incorrect idea.
- Fudgel | Pretending to work while actually doing nothing.
- Bumfuzzle | To confuse or fluster.
- Nibling | A gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew.
- Nudiustertian | Pertaining to the day before yesterday.
- Ratoon | A shoot growing from the root of a plant (like sugarcane).
- Xertz | To gulp something down quickly.
- Yarborough | A hand of cards with no card above a nine.
- Cromulent | A made-up word from The Simpsons, now used to mean "acceptable".
- Bibliopole | A person who buys and sells rare books.
- Triskaidekaphobia | Fear of the number 13.
- Apricity | The warmth of the sun in winter.
- Fipple | The mouthpiece of a recorder or similar instrument.
- Nincompoop | A foolish or stupid person (yes, it's real!).
- Gubbins | Bits and pieces; odds and ends.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=729264876511387&id=100082836429460
Number 36 on your list was/is Brian O Driscolls twitter handle.
Francisco Macías Nguema - Wikipedia
QI - Quite Interesting
