made up words - Page 4

dar512 · 08-16-2006, 07:03 PM

A woman I worked with came up with a useful one - hingent.

It's a mixture of hinges on and contingent.

JayMcGee · 08-16-2006, 10:56 PM

lol!

ignoranus works....

that should definitlay go into the lexicon

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-18-2006, 03:39 PM

[Garry Owen] "There is no truth to the rumor that Hingent sang 'Hold Your Head Up.'"[/Garry Owen]

Early Amber series was tasty stuff, wasn't it, Dar512?

dar512 · 08-18-2006, 04:18 PM

Yup. It's yet another set of books I reread every couple of years. The man had a way with words.

Boss Hogg · 08-23-2006, 03:17 PM

From the mind of Will Ferrell

"Scrumtralescent"

Shawnee123 · 08-25-2006, 10:17 AM

My co-worker just had a good one: belignorant.

dar512 · 08-25-2006, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

My co-worker just had a good one: belignorant.

Excellent! I suspect everyone has met a belignorant person or two.

Shawnee123 · 08-25-2006, 12:20 PM

In our work (financial aid) they run rampant!

08-16-2006, 07:03 PM	#46
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	A woman I worked with came up with a useful one - hingent. It's a mixture of hinges on and contingent. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-16-2006, 10:56 PM	#47
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	lol! ignoranus works.... that should definitlay go into the lexicon __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

08-18-2006, 03:39 PM	#48
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	[Garry Owen] "There is no truth to the rumor that Hingent sang 'Hold Your Head Up.'"[/Garry Owen] Early Amber series was tasty stuff, wasn't it, Dar512? __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

08-18-2006, 04:18 PM	#49
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Yup. It's yet another set of books I reread every couple of years. The man had a way with words. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

08-23-2006, 03:17 PM	#50
Boss Hogg Complex Simpleton Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 18	From the mind of Will Ferrell "Scrumtralescent" __________________ "Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker." "You play for a living, it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out. Your goal is to win one big bet an hour. That's it. Get your money in when you have the best of it, protect it when you don't. Don't give anything away." Matt Damon as Mike McDermott in R O U N D E R S

08-25-2006, 10:17 AM	#51
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My co-worker just had a good one: belignorant. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-25-2006, 12:20 PM	#53
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	In our work (financial aid) they run rampant! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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