Unusual words and their definition

Dottewell - A fool of the highest order (derives form Olde English in its West Germanic roots) As in "You're such a dottewell!"


Any other old or unusual words?

Originally posted by Vladamir no1
Dottewell - A fool of the highest order (derives form Olde English in its West Germanic roots) As in "You're such a dottewell!"


Any other old or unusual words?

Surprisingly plagiarism has nothing to do with plagues.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Surprisingly plagiarism has nothing to do with plagues.

Originally posted by dottewell
Two edits?

Talk about polishing a turd.

Decimate, originally meant to kill one in every ten, now it means to annihilate

Originally posted by Vladamir no1
Ah lack of self love ....explains alot....but you'r not a turd, just a fool 🙂

Originally posted by dottewell
As a bit of "clever" wordplay, that doesn't actually work.

Two more edits, perhaps?

Here's another one ....'Smaug'
It's an old Sicilian word meaning cretin..... incorparated in England during the Roman occupation. The Sicilians were particulary cruel in comparison to to other Italian Roman soldiers and the oppressed Brit's favourite retort was 'You Sicilian Smaug'......strange but true

Originally posted by Vladamir no1
Here's another one ....'Smaug'
It's an old Sicilian word meaning cretin..... incorparated in England during the Roman occupation. The Sicilians were particulary cruel in comparison to to other Italian Roman soldiers and the oppressed Brit's favourite retort was 'You Sicilian Smaug'......strange but true

Originally posted by Vladamir no1
No other unusual words?

A buttload is the contents of a barrel.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
but did you know that "cope" means to beat senseless



so to cope with something doesnt mean to handle it well, it means to beat it into submission.

Originally posted by Frank Burns
And after that everything will be;

copesetic

adj : completely satisfactory


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