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^^^^
touché
exclamation
used as an acknowledgement during a discussion of a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person.
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8th Jun 2023 9:44 am
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
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Moribund
adjective
(of a person) at the point of death.
"on examination she was moribund and dehydrated"
(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
"the moribund commercial property market"Richard
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8th Jun 2023 10:24 am
astonbuilder
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RRSTDV8 wrote:
^^^^
touché
exclamation
used as an acknowledgement during a discussion of a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person.
8th Jun 2023 12:27 pm
nigethecat
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Discombobulated
: characterized by confusion or disorder. He was discombobulated, utterly confused as to what had happened. Sums up a majority of politicians...
Vexed
Worried , angry or confused... the result of the aboveI want to see the sweets before I get into your windowless van... I'm not stupid!
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8th Jun 2023 8:26 pm
dantheman
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astonbuilder wrote:
^^^^^
pedant
noun
a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning.
"the royal palace (some pedants would say the ex-royal palace)"
beat me to it!! Today is the oldest you've been and the youngest you'll ever be again.
8th Jun 2023 9:11 pm
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Flabbergasted:
Adjective [usually verb-link, to-infinitive]
Meaning: The result of having ones flabber ‘gasted’.
...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
12th Jun 2023 6:06 pm
astonbuilder
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That’s exactly how I described my mate here his flabber was totally gasted at his surprise 50th, to compound it he was more gasted when our Italian friends arrived from Bergamo
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13th Jun 2023 7:09 am
RRSTDV8
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Ooh, I like Jackanape. I do use it now and then.
The others are just the names of well known historical people - are they in danger of being lost?
Montezuma will get his revenge, however... Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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Canute => Cnut
I meant Boadicea, which has gone to Boudica (see, I fallen for it already)
Montezuma => Motecuhzoma
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13th Jun 2023 7:19 am
RRSTDV8
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Oh, I see.
Well, Cnut is probably the correct spelling anyway - Canute is a romanisation of the name by the Latinate speakers from France/Normandy.
Likewise, Boadicea is likely to be incorrect and Boudica closer to the correct spelling of a name that was unlikely to be written down at the time. Tacitus, son-in-law of Agricola (who was in Britain during the Iceni Revolt), calls her Boudica in his writings.
As for Montezuma, isn't that just a European spelling of a name that the people that still speak the local lingo spell as Motecuhzoma (other spellings are available, unhelpfully)?
Are you just wanting to cling to the post-Imperial/colonial view of the world, Hugh?
[the above found by a quick google, thus reinforcing my Dunning-Kruger problem... ]Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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13th Jun 2023 7:42 am
Captain Crosscheck
Member Since: 03 Sep 2021
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Posts: 340
HWN wrote:
Canute => Cnut
Should be Knut. Common name in the Scandinavian countries. 🇧🇻
It was his name? I thought it was just that folks referred to him as being a right cnut. .
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