Whats the word?

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Originally posted by ericbear+Dec 20 2004, 11:01 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ericbear &#064; Dec 20 2004, 11:01 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Pecker@Dec 20 2004, 08:55 PM
Roebinks (roh&#39; binks) - n. Those mysterious chimes you always hear in department stores.
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Goodness&#33; That brought back something from my childhood&#33; I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve heard paging chimes in 20 years. Do they still have them? I thought they vanished not long after metal department store charge plates...
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We still hear roebinks at Hecht&#39;s and Dillard&#39;s at the local malls.

BTW - have you ever noticed that when a message is announced on the store&#39;s p.a. system that if it&#39;s for an employee it&#39;s clear as a bell but if it&#39;s for a customer you can&#39;t understand but one or two words?

"CSM to the shoe department for a fat lady who insists her size 10&#39;s are really 8&#39;s."

"Attention, Customers - creedadeeb blicks foodle yog pharlactomy."

That&#39;s called Mushcast
 

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Geez&#33; EVEN I don&#39;t remember metal charge plates&#33;?&#33;?&#33;?&#33; And I&#39;m old enough to remember when Penny&#39;s was JC Penney and Company and sold appliances and tires&#33; My very first Junior High School supporter was from JCP and I don&#39;t think I ever wore anything buy "Towncraft" tightie-wighties" until I was.......oh never mind, I&#39;m giving myself a headache.



Oh, and to stay on topic, the word is "jockstrap".....love that word.
 

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Originally posted by KinkGuy@Dec 20 2004, 10:20 PM
Geez&#33; EVEN I don&#39;t remember metal charge plates&#33;?&#33;?&#33;?&#33;
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When my grandmother would take me shopping as a small child, I remeber her still using her charge plates. They were little metal tags, like army dog tags, with the store account number, etc. embossed on them. She kept a bunch of them, each for a specific store, on a keychain. A machine at the counter made an impression. They were phased out by the mid 60&#39;s, as standardized plastic credit cards became commonplace. I&#39;ve know a number of older people to still call their plastic credit cards "charge plates."

To get back on topic, I&#39;ve always liked the sound of this word:

Thixotropic adj. Referring to a fluid which becomes thinner when it is flowing or under pressure, and thicker when it sits. Examples include ketchup, bisque, and semen.
 

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As long as we&#39;re on the department store nostalgic trip, I&#39;ll bet very few of you can recall the days when the clerk sent orders through the store via wire baskets on overhead ropes. Don&#39;t think horses and buggies, you youngun&#39;s. One store near here was still doing that in the early 1960&#39;s.

Phewspurter n. The annoying department store&#39;s fragrance counter employee who copiously sprays noxious fumes on unsuspecting passersby.
 

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Originally posted by jonb+Dec 21 2004, 06:45 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jonb &#064; Dec 21 2004, 06:45 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-madame_zora@Dec 20 2004, 10:59 PM
Fucktard&#33; Designated specifically for internet trolls.
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But how much of a fucktard are you?
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apparently i&#39;m completely normal with no sense of humor, and i have no friends.
 

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Originally posted by ashlar+Dec 22 2004, 02:31 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ashlar &#064; Dec 22 2004, 02:31 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>
Originally posted by jonb@Dec 21 2004, 06:45 PM
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Fucktard&#33; Designated specifically for internet trolls.
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But how much of a fucktard are you?
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apparently i&#39;m completely normal with no sense of humor, and i have no friends.
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Bah&#33; I&#39;m normal too&#33; :ph34r:
 

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Peespot n. The area above a urinal where men lock their gaze to keep from seeming too interested in who&#39;s using the next urinal.
 

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Originally posted by intheloop+Dec 21 2004, 09:35 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(intheloop &#064; Dec 21 2004, 09:35 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>
Originally posted by ashlar@Dec 22 2004, 02:31 AM
Originally posted by jonb@Dec 21 2004, 06:45 PM
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Fucktard&#33; Designated specifically for internet trolls.
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But how much of a fucktard are you?
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apparently i&#39;m completely normal with no sense of humor, and i have no friends.
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Bah&#33; I&#39;m normal too&#33; :ph34r:
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Ahh well loopy, looks like we are MFEO. :lol:
 

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It&#39;s so great to read a thread about words themselves. I teach Latin and Greek (remnants of two cultures that were TOTALLY obsessed with penis size) and so all these posts are delightful. One favorite portmanteau word (I think the coinage won a nationwide contest is:

sarchasm: the gap that exists between your ironic sense of humor and your unironic listener

other favorites:

fascinate (b/c it comes from a Latin word for a phallic charm, like a totem--penises ARE fascinating)

olisbos: the Greek word for dildo

ulu, qiviut, qintar, sheqel, and other scrabble favorites . . .
 

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Originally posted by lisztless2004@Dec 22 2004, 01:55 AM
*Leaving the world of lurkers*


It&#39;s so great to read a thread about words themselves. I teach Latin and Greek (remnants of two cultures that were TOTALLY obsessed with penis size) and so all these posts are delightful. One favorite portmanteau word (I think the coinage won a nationwide contest is:

sarchasm: the gap that exists between your ironic sense of humor and your unironic listener

other favorites:

fascinate (b/c it comes from a Latin word for a phallic charm, like a totem--penises ARE fascinating)

olisbos: the Greek word for dildo

ulu, qiviut, qintar, sheqel, and other scrabble favorites . . .
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Damn, i&#39;ve never wanted to learn geek and latin so bad. ;)
 

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Originally posted by ashlar@Dec 22 2004, 02:01 AM

Damn, i&#39;ve never wanted to learn geek and latin so bad. ;)
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aww, ashlar, was geek a freudian slip or a savage indictment of everything i hold dear?

There is a great quote in Petronius&#39; _Satyrica_ [pleeeeease don&#39;t call it Satyricon], a Roman novel in which both male protagonists are well-endowed: an old erudite lecher is recounting a specimen he saw in the baths:

"[the guy] had such a weight of schlong, that you&#39;d say that HE was hung from IT"

[Latin follows for the faithful]

Habebat enim inguinum pondus tam grande, ut ipsum hominem laciniam fascini crederes
 

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Originally posted by SurferGirlCA+Dec 22 2004, 02:05 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(SurferGirlCA &#064; Dec 22 2004, 02:05 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-ashlar@Dec 21 2004, 11:01 PM
Damn, i&#39;ve never wanted to learn geek and latin so bad. ;)
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Hmmm, have you mastered French already, cutie? ;)
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Nope ... I had french one about 7 years ago and I have french II next semester *LOL*
 

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Originally posted by lisztless2004+Dec 22 2004, 03:08 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lisztless2004 &#064; Dec 22 2004, 03:08 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-ashlar@Dec 22 2004, 02:01 AM

Damn, i&#39;ve never wanted to learn geek and latin so bad. ;)
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aww, ashlar, was geek a freudian slip or a savage indictment of everything i hold dear?

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Neither. it was yet another prffect example of my inability to properly type. For once, I wassnt being catty :p