What word should I sneak into conversation?
It’s difficult to get a word in edgewise with my grandma, so whenever we are with her (such as Thanksgiving, starting tomorrow) my dad, brother and I think of a ridiculous word to slip into conversation without grandma suspecting. Some past ones have been “Stonehenge,” “Cleopatra,” and “pine cone.”
Any ideas for what it should be this year?
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Banjo. Hippo, Cardboard, Hippie.
Cookie!
I love cookies. :D
And maybe she’ll pick up on it and make some!
@avvooooooo Ohhh she already did! Got an email today confirming it.
Gregarious. Uvula. Guile. Yonder.
And most important of all, “Thanks!”
@avvooooooo I emailed her today (very late) thanking her for the Halloween cookies she sent.
I quote:
“My darling granddaughter, I have just made the batter for oatmeal cookies, which I will bake tomorrow morning (the dough must rest). Since you have thanked me for the Hallowe’en cookies, you can put your hand in the cookie jar for these.”
Phew, just in time!
@sliceswiththings Good job! The cookie jar of death will allow your hand to pass unmolested. :D
Why do you feel the need to slip a word in edgewise?
I’m here @rangerr!!!! Getting ready to not be here, gotta to to bed so’s I can get up and bake bread and apple and pecan pie and stuffing and create Incredible Edibles and stuff tomorrow, so ya’ll WILL leave me alone!!! You will. I will shut you off tonight and I wont even peek. I won’t. Won’t, won’t won’t.
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What ya’ll been up to now?!
@Val123 Come to my house and make food plz.
Ha! Grandma spells it “Hallowe’en” – is she a witch?
If so, try to sneak in the words “cauldron” and “hemlock” without her noticing.
Discombobulated. Sounds like something Marry Poppins made up. No one EVER uses it, but they always nod as if they understood my meaning – the bobble suggests disorder or bobble-headed. e.g. I get so discombobulated all the time when I can’t think of anything to say but [insert]. It’s meta referential in that way.
The challenge of course would be using longer and longer words. Thus: antidisestablishmentarianism, to start. And then the highest level would be something like bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk, which is from Finnegans Wake.
Do it.
quintessential
bootylicious
hippogriff haha
@nmac Slightly archaic and infrequently used words and sayings (for the US) are used often in India. “Discombobulated” is a favorite.
I was reminded of this yesterday evening when I was listening to an India expert on NPR comment on the visit of Prime Minister Singh to the US. He said, in that characteristic Indian rhythm, “India is worried about playing second fiddle when it comes to the US relations with China.” It’s been awhile since I’d heard anyone use that saying.
Flabbergasted! That’s always been one of my favorite words.
Slap happy, incredulous, illusionistic, impeccable
Obstetrician. Maybe stirrups.
“Course you don’t get bleedin’ choc ices wit’ it!”
@J0E, I’m sorry, but I’m such a Python nerd!
I feel bad that grandma is out of the loop here.
SKULL-DUGLARY
THE WILL
FLUTHER
IMPETIGO
Please let us know how Thanksgiving goes and what words you chose to use.
This would be fun: See how many of these passable words you CAN use. We will give you a socore.
Bellicosity, fustian, ménage-a-trois, defenestrate, galligaskins, arachniphobia, fecal parasite test, (skulduggery), dactyls.
Haha thank you all for the wonderful suggestions! I will see how many I fit into three days.
@PapaLeo Witch….that would explain a lot. Hmm.
LOL!! Right on! Yeah. Slip nonsense words in! That’ll get her attention.
Whang a doodle!
@Val123 I just dribbled a bit of coffee. Thanks for that.
@Val123 (IN best beavis & butthead voice) heh, heh, heh, heh, you said “whang”.
Vulva
Poo-hat
Giggidy
Solicitation
Wang
Snizz
Jericho
Tumbleweed
Decepticon
Cobra Commander
Sparkly Vampire
Any of these seem useful? I know they’d freak me out if someone randomly inserted them into conversation.
@Dr_C Perfect! Except “Wang” is MINE!!!
Grismal: it’s a mix of grisly a dismal.
moist
viscosity
dummy (one of my favorites)
I forgot the kids’ favorite when they were young teens.
LImacine; it means “slimy” or “slug-like.”
Try slipping in some Flutherite names: Valdasta, Val123, drClaw, Dr C, FishGutsDale, Mr Brooks, Sebastian von tulu, Red Power Lady, Dog, grumpy fish, janbb, and AstroChuck, just to name a few.
Try that without her noticing!?
@valdasta it might be dangerous… it’s been found that inserting the name @Dr_C as a subliminal message either in conversation and/or video/music will produce a mind numbing orgasm in women and will be followed by selective amnesia of that event… so they won’t remember it happened. Fact.
A similar result has been found using the names @drClaw, @MrBr00ks and @janbb for the men.. but results may vary.
@Dr_C Was it good for you?
@janbb i wish i had a pic of my “OOOOhhhhhhh” face so i could show you just how good
I don’t know if I should be flattered or offended…...
oh, I was trying to be funny with @Dr_C ‘s comments about my name producing a spontaneous orgasm in men. haha.
@MrBr00ks No explaination needed. I too, was playing along. ”...what just happened?” = my amnesia bit. Haha-Ha!
oh sheesh, forgive me, im slow right after work.
And another thread gone to pot; derailed merrily by all of us. :-)
@MrBr00ks i think I wrote it out wrong.. you were meant for the “for the ladies” column…. not the “for the men” column. My bad
LOL that’s funny. Try cornocopia. Not only is it a weird long word it’s fitting (Thanksgiving) so she might not notice. Or cockatoo.
@HippieGirlie: Or better yet, try cornucopia.
Chilblain
Gormless
Strabismus
Goiter
phthisic
phlebitis
bombastic
blatherskite
man, this is funny stuff.
@MrBr00ks What I want to know is, if she did, what word, and how did Gramma react. Oh, I know, start singing “Gramma got run over by a reindeer!” with this kind of insane, glazed, far-away look in your eyes!
@MrBr00ks There ya go! “Japanese bar whore.” :)
@MrBr00ks In the family secrets thread you said, “bar whores” have their moments. Not that I’d….yea well, one time, and she was Japanese, at least partly…” LOL!
i know, i was trying to be funny, man, i have to quit that. heh.
In the end, I did not use any word (it was a tough visit and I was too busy biting my tongue) but Grandma managed to use “sexual” in a conversation with just me.
I hate it when Grammas do that!
@sliceswiththings What? Oh no you don’t! Get over there next weekend and…entertain us.
@valdasta Haha thanks for the encouragement. She’s coming at Christmas, and I’ll hopefully do better on my own turf so I can try again:)
@Chatfe: ^^ Ooh, a new word. Thank you.
@Dr_C Lovvve it, just found it the other day.
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