I don’t have much to report, so here’s a new set of fabulous words Urs Truly is trying to get to land and stick to his lexicon flypaper.
Brummagem – (adj.) cheap, showy, or counterfeit.
Cadge – (v.) to ask for get something to which one is not strictly entitled
Chicanery – (n.) The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.
Euphonious – (adj.) pleasing to the ear.
Harridan – (n.) a strict, bossy, or belligerent woman.
Noisome – (adj.) having an extremely offensive smell.
Prolix – (adj.) Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
Sapiosexual – (n.) a person who finds intelligence to be sexually attractive.
Sequacious – (adj.) lacking independence or originality of thought.
Tetchy – (adj.) bad-tempered and irritable.
BONUS ADD ON <<<
A Gowpen is the cup formed by putting your hands together to make a bowl. A Yepsen is the amount you can hold in your Gowpen.
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32 comments
August 12, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Raybeard
I score 7/10 for those I already knew.
‘Noisome’ is as interesting as it is deceptive. I’d have been erroneous in guessing (painfully obviously) the sense to which it referred whereas, as you say, it rather surprisingly relates only to the olfactory – as well as (so my Chamber’s says) the visual.
August 13, 2017 at 7:44 AM
Urspo
I like this word too but it doesn’t ‘sound like it means’ it sounds too close to noisy. So I may not keep it.
August 13, 2017 at 1:57 AM
lavadamalone
Sapiosexual- Absolutely… a few of these are used in the south on a regular basis… mostly old school folk tho. Young’uns these days like slang better than actual words. Shame, that….
August 13, 2017 at 7:45 AM
Urspo
I am always glad to hear you thoughts on a matter!
August 13, 2017 at 3:26 AM
David
I only knew a couple of those, and I didn’t know I was a sapiosexual until now. You learn something new every day (if you keep an open mind and open eyes.)
August 13, 2017 at 7:46 AM
Urspo
I too find intelligence a turn on. Or maybe it is more ‘bright’ that does it.
I’ve known many intellectuals who were intensely stupid; they were tedious.
August 13, 2017 at 3:54 AM
wfregosi
So, you have given me a defining word; I have always found brains in a man to be very attractive sexually. And I note from the above comments that I am not alone in being aroused by intelligence!
August 13, 2017 at 7:46 AM
Urspo
Call me the Whore of Mensa
August 13, 2017 at 9:14 AM
Paul
Given your liking for words, the Whore of Babel?
August 13, 2017 at 4:13 AM
anne marie in philly
several of those words apply to donald dump.
I am not a harridan; I am a sapiosexual. brains/eyes/smile are my turn-ons.
August 13, 2017 at 7:47 AM
Urspo
LOL from what I see over at Fearsome beard I would think Paul Bunyan types surpass sapiosexuality.
August 13, 2017 at 8:16 AM
anne marie in philly
well, I DO have a passion for hairy bears…but without those attributes I mentioned above, the fur is meaningless.
August 13, 2017 at 4:39 AM
Mitchell Block
I always liked noisesome, although the confusion about the meaning could be so annoying.
August 13, 2017 at 7:47 AM
Urspo
Almost all my fancy words are annoying; this is one of the fun reasons to use them.
August 13, 2017 at 5:54 AM
mcpersonalspace54
Great words! I like chicanery. It is fitting for the times we live in.
August 13, 2017 at 7:47 AM
Urspo
Yes it seems apt.
August 13, 2017 at 7:42 AM
Ron
New words are always welcomed in my vocabulary. Salacious!
August 13, 2017 at 7:47 AM
Urspo
And not too inimical
August 13, 2017 at 8:10 AM
itsmyhusbandandme
Give me sexy and dumb any time as long as he’s not smelly.
JP
August 13, 2017 at 8:22 AM
Urspo
I remember a tune with the lyrics along the line of “Give me the dumb ones cause the dumb ones know how to make love”.
August 13, 2017 at 5:55 PM
Freckles
August 13, 2017 at 8:24 AM
Paul
I was born in Brummagem (locals’ name for Birmingham, England, often shortened to Brum; locals being Brummies).
So I am Brummagem ware.
I am neither cheap, showy, or counterfeit.
August 13, 2017 at 8:30 AM
Urspo
Dear me! I hope the English fellow who taught me the word wasn’t pulling my leg and giving me a derogatory slang term!
August 13, 2017 at 9:09 AM
Paul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brummagem
and (as an example of local usage)
http://www.stopbullyinginbrum.co.uk/
August 13, 2017 at 10:07 AM
Raybeard
Nah! In our home country ‘Brummie’ is as non-judgmental and matter-of-fact as ‘Scouse’ or ‘Geordie’.
August 13, 2017 at 10:56 AM
Joel
Just dropped by to say hi.
Also, didn’t know you had your own store.
https://www.urswearbear.boutique/english/
lol
Have fun!?
August 13, 2017 at 10:57 AM
Urspo
I am absolutely delighted to hear from you!!
August 14, 2017 at 1:41 AM
Old Lurker
I can’t find the links now, but there is an online backlash against people describing themselves as sapiosexual. It is seen as pretentious, and some smart women view it as a warning flag online.
August 14, 2017 at 7:19 AM
Urspo
Funny that it would cause a backlash viz. people generally don’t judge/condemn another person’s sexual tastes, only to not find them personally attractive. I wonder too if this is another expression of ‘dumbing down’ viz. people’s general distrust of intelligence
August 14, 2017 at 9:43 AM
Old Lurker
No. My recollection is that people who describe themselves as being sapiosexual appear to be positively correlated with people being jerks, and thus not appropriate dating material (present company excepted, of course).
August 14, 2017 at 3:59 AM
Todd Gunthert
Warrior Queen is denying that she is a harridan. Okay, but can the rest of us reserve other adjectives such as cranky and bitchy for her? (She will probably agree to this compromise).
In any event thank you for these new set of words. It has taken my mind off this brummagemian (?) presidency.
August 14, 2017 at 7:17 AM
Urspo
I am glad I was able to do the latter for you