Fun with words.
13 years ago
General
ओम श्री गणेश फिर नामा.
सब जो पढ़ने इस धन्य हो और शांति पता चलो.
चलो मुझे तैयार है और तैयार बातें मैं जरूरत
हम सभी पर समृद्धि और शांति की चमक चलो
सब जो पढ़ने इस धन्य हो और शांति पता चलो.
चलो मुझे तैयार है और तैयार बातें मैं जरूरत
हम सभी पर समृद्धि और शांति की चमक चलो
19 Outstanding Words You Should Be Working Into Conversation
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/110995
15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/94828
14 More Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102722
25 Words You Might Not Know Are Trademarked
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/93858
20 Obscure Words to Describe Collectors
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/93753
From Barbies to Maggots: The Nicknames of 25 Fan Bases
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/101653
17 Vowel-Free Words Acceptable in ‘Words With Friends’
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102828
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/122638
this last one I am pretty sure is going to have to have another forty followup articles.
hell Pittsburghese alone should be two of them
some of my favourite regional words or phrases not mentioned
Wollybooger - to roll around or fidget on the floor. (lower ohio)
Crackling Good - To eat something so foul it defies logic (lower ohio)
Nebbie - a very nosy person. also verb. to be nosy as hell. sticking your nose where it does not belong (pittsburghese)
Allegheny Whitefish - Condom floating down the river - (pittsburghese)
Beer garten - Bar (pittsburghese)
Chipped Chopped Ham - ham sliced thin enough to read through. (pittsburghese)
Jaggerbush - A plant with thorns. (pittsburghese)
Pittsburgh Toilet - a toilet usually by itself in the middle of the basement with no enclosure. (pittsburghese)
and more on Pittsburghese at http://www.pittsburghese.com/
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/110995
15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/94828
14 More Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102722
25 Words You Might Not Know Are Trademarked
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/93858
20 Obscure Words to Describe Collectors
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/93753
From Barbies to Maggots: The Nicknames of 25 Fan Bases
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/101653
17 Vowel-Free Words Acceptable in ‘Words With Friends’
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/102828
19 Regional Words All Americans Should Adopt Immediately
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/122638
this last one I am pretty sure is going to have to have another forty followup articles.
hell Pittsburghese alone should be two of them
some of my favourite regional words or phrases not mentioned
Wollybooger - to roll around or fidget on the floor. (lower ohio)
Crackling Good - To eat something so foul it defies logic (lower ohio)
Nebbie - a very nosy person. also verb. to be nosy as hell. sticking your nose where it does not belong (pittsburghese)
Allegheny Whitefish - Condom floating down the river - (pittsburghese)
Beer garten - Bar (pittsburghese)
Chipped Chopped Ham - ham sliced thin enough to read through. (pittsburghese)
Jaggerbush - A plant with thorns. (pittsburghese)
Pittsburgh Toilet - a toilet usually by itself in the middle of the basement with no enclosure. (pittsburghese)
and more on Pittsburghese at http://www.pittsburghese.com/
FA+

blind mullet: floating fecal matter where it doesn't belong, like a ruptured sewer leaking out across the sidewalk.
en-gan-sen: very much or a great deal, yiddish, probably from german. engansen fah-iched: very crazey. kind of the 80 years ago version of wtf. but i also like to think can be in a positive way too.
(i have no idea about what would be the propper spellings of those)
mazel-toff; good luck. kind of like gazumtight when someone sneezes, only this is for when something is dropped or falls.
that pitzburgh tolet. i was house sitting for a place to live, for some people. anyway they were remodeling themsleves and didn't have the then new upstares bathroom plubing in yet, and the place where the old bathroom had been, was now the middle of the much expanded kitchen dining are. and that was where the tolet that actually worked was still located. this was in portland oregon.
i had thought this was an everywhere thing but evidently not. but it specifically refers to that sitting out in the basement toilet. sometimes there will also be a shower down there.