Originally posted by lloydkAwesome - had forgotten Blackadder.
[Dr. Samuel Johnson presents his comprehensive English dictionary to the Prince Regent.]
Johnson: This book, sir, contains every word in our beloved language!
Prince George: Hmmm.
Blackadder: Every single one, sir?
Johnson: Every single word, sir!
Blackadder: Oh. Well, in that case, sir, I hope you will not object if I also offer ...[text shortened]...
[Blackadder leaves to fetch the tea.]
Blackadder: I shall return… interfrastically.
At some point in that episode Bladder also says 'anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous extramuneralizations'.
And Lloyd, not wanting to seem nit-picky but I think instead of 'andyspeptic, transmotic' he says 'anespeptic, frasmotic'. Must ask my brother who has the scripts.
Originally posted by chewieHey Chewie, how've you been? I lifted the quotes from Wikipedia. Here's a little more:
Awesome - had forgotten Blackadder.
At some point in that episode Bladder also says 'anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous extramuneralizations'.
And Lloyd, not wanting to seem nit-picky but I think instead of 'andyspeptic, transmotic' he says 'anespeptic, frasmotic'. Must ask my brother who has the scripts.
[Dr. Johnson, storming out, comes upon Blackadder.]
Blackadder: Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pendigestatory interluditude?
Johnson: No, sir! Show me out!
Blackadder: Certainly, sir! Anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous exteriorilisation.
Originally posted by lloydkBeen good thanks - coming back to RHP bigtime for a while 🙂 How about you?
Hey Chewie, how've you been? I lifted the quotes from Wikipedia. Here's a little more:
[Dr. Johnson, storming out, comes upon Blackadder.]
Blackadder: Leaving already, Doctor? Not staying for your pendigestatory interluditude?
Johnson: No, sir! Show me out!
Blackadder: Certainly, sir! Anything I can do to facilitate your velocitous exteriorilisation.
I think whoever wrote the wiki on Blackadder needed to clean out their ears - 'interluditude' should be 'interludicules'.
Some other good words are snarky and brambish (Hobbes describing a bonfire smell) - spring to mind as we're having a bonfire this afternoon while we're clearing one of the trails through our woods.
1 edit
Originally posted by lloydkStrangely enough I have something that tackles the problem from the other side. Written by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd, called "The deeper meaning of Liff"
It's hard to get good help nowadays. What is needed is a really good dictionary of imaginary words!
"Liff (n): A common object or experience for which no word yet exists."
To solve the problem, the authors borrowed spare ones found loafing about on signposts.
For example, the first entry is "Aalst" which is "one who changes his name to be nearer the front."
The other day I embarrassingly happened upon a "Grinstead" which according to the Book is "The state of a woman's clothing after she has been to powder her nose and has hitched up her tights over her skirt, thus exposing her bottom, and has walked out without noticing it."
But think of all those beautiful place names:
"Aberystwyth" : "A nostaligic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for."
"Lindisfarne" : "The pleasant smell of an empty biscuit tin."
"Zeerust" : "The particular kind of datedness which afflicts things that were originally designed to look futuristic."
"Bishop's Caundle" : "An opening gambit before a game of chess whereby the missing pieces are replaced by small ornaments from the mantelpiece."
If you know what it is but can't find the word, this is the book for you...