What word is on the tip of your tongue but you just can't think of it? - Page 3

wolf · 10-22-2008, 09:58 AM

The not-secretary (she doesn't type, file, organize, or make coffee) at work got stuck on canoodling yesterday. I mean, she wasn't doing it at work, she couldn't recall the word. Once she came up with it out of the dusty reaches of her brain and announced her success, I had to offer a definition to another confused-looking cow orker.

Treasenuak · 10-22-2008, 11:49 AM

I love that word... canoodling. It's just so fun to say

dar512 · 10-22-2008, 12:17 PM

"Anecdotal" That word does not want to stay in my head.

DanaC · 10-22-2008, 07:01 PM

Bizarrely enough one word I often struggle to find is ...fuck, no it's gone again. When you use someone, take advantage of them...wtf, how can i have forgotten that fucker again?

Cicero · 10-22-2008, 07:08 PM

Heh. I have the same problem with the word asshole. But I seemed to have remembered it quite loudly at 6 this morning....

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 07:13 PM

What I've been trying to remember for years is the name the french give to lambs brains when they serve them up at restaraunts.

If someone could help that'd be awesome.

DanaC · 10-22-2008, 07:16 PM

Cervelle?

Mine's really bugging the shit out of me.

DanaC · 10-22-2008, 07:17 PM

Ha! no it's not! I remember it!

Exploit *smiles*

Writing essays about early industrialisation and labour history it's a word I find myself reaching for from time to time...and I always have a problem

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 07:17 PM

I think it starts with M or has M's in it. Cervelle isn't the word I've heard though.

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 07:19 PM

I was just going to tell you yours was exploit. lol

DanaC · 10-22-2008, 07:19 PM

Hmm. Actually I think cervelle might just mean lambs brains or something, rather than the name of a dish of lambs brains.

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 07:23 PM

I'm sure if UG ever looks in here he'll be 'worldly' enough to tell me. lol

Aliantha · 10-22-2008, 07:27 PM

I just looked up the menu for a french restaraunt in Melbourne and it calls lambs brains 'cervelle'. So you're right Dana. I wonder if the word I'm thinking of is for a particular way of cooking them or something.

Now I guess I'll always wonder. Maybe the word I've been trying to remember just simply doesn't exist!

ZenGum · 10-22-2008, 07:44 PM

Dana, I thought you were looking for "capitalism"...

Chocolatl · 10-22-2008, 08:09 PM

I forget the words "water fountain" on a regular basis, and end up saying something along the lines of: "You know, one of those things... and you press the... the bar, or sometimes it's a button, and water comes out and you drink it? And it's free? Free water-button-come-out-y-thing?"
"...You mean a water fountain?"
"YES."

10-22-2008, 09:58 AM	#31
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The not-secretary (she doesn't type, file, organize, or make coffee) at work got stuck on canoodling yesterday. I mean, she wasn't doing it at work, she couldn't recall the word. Once she came up with it out of the dusty reaches of her brain and announced her success, I had to offer a definition to another confused-looking cow orker. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-22-2008, 12:17 PM	#33
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	"Anecdotal" That word does not want to stay in my head. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

10-22-2008, 07:08 PM	#35
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Heh. I have the same problem with the word asshole. But I seemed to have remembered it quite loudly at 6 this morning.... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-22-2008, 07:13 PM	#36
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What I've been trying to remember for years is the name the french give to lambs brains when they serve them up at restaraunts. If someone could help that'd be awesome. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2008, 07:17 PM	#39
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think it starts with M or has M's in it. Cervelle isn't the word I've heard though. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2008, 11:49 AM	#32
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	I love that word... canoodling. It's just so fun to say

10-22-2008, 07:01 PM	#34
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Bizarrely enough one word I often struggle to find is ...fuck, no it's gone again. When you use someone, take advantage of them...wtf, how can i have forgotten that fucker again?

10-22-2008, 07:16 PM	#37
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Cervelle? Mine's really bugging the shit out of me.

10-22-2008, 07:19 PM	#40
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I was just going to tell you yours was exploit. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2008, 07:23 PM	#42
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm sure if UG ever looks in here he'll be 'worldly' enough to tell me. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2008, 07:27 PM	#43
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I just looked up the menu for a french restaraunt in Melbourne and it calls lambs brains 'cervelle'. So you're right Dana. I wonder if the word I'm thinking of is for a particular way of cooking them or something. Now I guess I'll always wonder. Maybe the word I've been trying to remember just simply doesn't exist! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-22-2008, 07:44 PM	#44
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Dana, I thought you were looking for "capitalism"... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-22-2008, 08:09 PM	#45
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	I forget the words "water fountain" on a regular basis, and end up saying something along the lines of: "You know, one of those things... and you press the... the bar, or sometimes it's a button, and water comes out and you drink it? And it's free? Free water-button-come-out-y-thing?" "...You mean a water fountain?" "YES."

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