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Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 7:47 pm
by Fiona T
(perhaps belongs in off-topic - feel free to move if too trivial!)
WILLYART
Scottish, , Irish English (, northern), and , English regional (, northern). Now , rare. Self-willed, obstinate; (of an animal) unmanageable.
(Oxford seem to have gone a bit mad with the commas!)
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:31 pm
by Mark Deeks
PREPUBES.
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:06 pm
by Ian Volante
RINGTOSS
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:08 pm
by Fiona T
Valid in apto, but not finding it in premium. PREPUBIS only. Anyone?
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:11 pm
by Mark Deeks
Plural of that, I guess.
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:12 pm
by Fiona T
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:11 pm
Plural of that, I guess.
mebbe, my non-existent latin isn't good enough
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:37 pm
by Callum Todd
DUMPLING
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:10 pm
by Steve Hyde
DRAINCOCK (noun): A valve for draining the water from a boiler. No verb form, surprisingly
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:30 pm
by Adam Gillard
SHAMPOO
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:41 pm
by Andres Sanchez
STOPCOCK
Re: Words with disappointing meanings....
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:03 pm
by Thomas Carey
bongrace