Word of the day

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:47 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:It's management bolloxspeak, though, isn't it?

I think that would work anywhere.

e.g "I told you we should have turned right at the end of the lane."

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 9:39 am

Fortean

â€¢ adjective relating to or denoting paranormal phenomena.
â€” derivatives
Forteana plural noun.
â€” origin 1970s: from the name of Charles H. Fort (1874â€“1932), American student of paranormal phenomena.

And as a related item, taken from the Fortean Times website :

On this day........6 January.

Old Christmas Day, Epiphany and Twelfth Night, which was taken over many of the customs associated with Saturnalia, the Roman Winter Festival. Cakes are still made with a bean inside; whoever gets the bean is king for the day, and can behave as he wishes until midnight. Fava ('bean' in Italian slang) means female genitalia, a continuation of the ancient Roman association of beans with fertility. Christmas is still celebrated on this day on the Shetland Island of Foula, whose inhabitants didn't change to the Gregorian calendar with the rest of Britain in 1752.

sejintenej · Post by **sejintenej** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:36 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:
And as a related item, taken from the Fortean Times website :.

from the same source:

On Tuesday February 13, God was sent down for nine months in San Rafael, California for indecently exposing himself. God, 68, legally changed his name to Ubiquitous Perpetuity God in his search for 'women, gold and God'.
A psychiatrist said "God is simply too sick to be out on the streets".

and

A man called Stephane, aged 27, approached police in Montpellier on January 24 for help in tracing his spaceship which he claimed he had landed on Earth 350 years ago. It was black but he had mislaid its registration number. He needed to return to his planet to retrieve his guitar. {who wouldn't?}

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:23 am

Anyway, here's today's:

haylage

â€¢ noun [mass noun] silage made from grass which has been partially dried.
â€” origin 1960s: blend of hay and silage.

Silage - reminds me of my uncle's farm in Somerset. I still love the smell of the stuff.

Never heard of 'haylage', though.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:33 am

Richard Ruck wrote:

Anyway, here's today's:

haylage

â€¢ noun [mass noun] silage made from grass which has been partially dried.
â€” origin 1960s: blend of hay and silage.

Silage - reminds me of my uncle's farm in Somerset. I still love the smell of the stuff.

Never heard of 'haylage', though.

I have, and I hate the smell of silage, on this we wuill have to agree to disagree.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:37 am

Most people seem to hate the smell of silage. Can't understand why, myself. Oh well.......

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:44 am

I have to agree with EA, Silage smells revolting. Good quality hay is another matter. I don't know what hatlage might smell like. But I can't understand anyone liking the smell of silage (sorry Richard).

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:46 am

A minority of one again!

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:55 am

Perhaps a new poll should be started on this one, Richard! I think I know what the results would be though!!

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:01 am

Which reminds me - from time to time the whiff of muckspreading drifts into Horsham from the surrounding countryside. You should hear people squeal about it.

"Urrgh, can't the council do something about it?"......(everything's always the council's fault).

Well, I suppose the council could ban farming or control the direction of the wind.

AKAP · Post by **AKAP** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:03 am

Richard Ruck wrote:Which reminds me - from time to time the whiff of muckspreading drifts into Horsham from the surrounding countryside. You should hear people squeal about it.

"Urrgh, can't the council do something about it?"......(everything's always the council's fault).

Well, I suppose the council could ban farming or control the direction of the wind.

For one horrible moment I thought you were going to say you loved that smell as well.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:05 am

No, I don't 'love' it, but I can live with it!

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:18 am

Richard Ruck wrote:Which reminds me - from time to time the whiff of muckspreading drifts into Horsham from the surrounding countryside. You should hear people squeal about it.

"Urrgh, can't the council do something about it?"......(everything's always the council's fault).

Well, I suppose the council could ban farming or control the direction of the wind.

Sometimes theres an "interesting" smell around CH, particularly in a morning - not sure if it`s the drains or not.................

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:13 am

Todays word :

raki

â€¢ noun [mass noun] a strong alcoholic spirit made in eastern Europe or the Middle East.
â€” origin from Turkish raki.

Hmmm, not all that obscure, surely?

4/10, OUP. Must try harder.

sejintenej · Post by **sejintenej** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:37 am

and another for the day

Palimpsest

1. A manuscript, usually of papyrus or parchment, on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
2. An object or place whose older layers or aspects are apparent beneath its surface.

(The origin of my search was a reference to a brass grave plate dewscribed as palimpsest