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Words and Language
I knew a little gnome of a guy from eastern Kentucky, had a gravelly voice and syrupy southern draw. He had no social grace, what so ever, point is, he had one heck of a way with the ladies. They never heard what he said, just how he said it. ROTF remembering. Holly
Holly, that reminds me. In college, I was a DJ on the college radio station. There was a guy in the same major as I was, and he was also a DJ. This poor guy was very strange-looking, very geeky, very shy, very quiet, etc. A nice guy, really nice, but most people didn't give him a chance because they were too busy goofing on him.
Well, he had the MOST wonderful on-air voice. Smooth, suave, charming. It was really something. You should have seen the phone calls he got from female listener wanting to talk and even meet him, lol!
Cute. I don't want to know what half the radio guys look like. I'm worried my bubble will burst.
Which half?
THE TOP HALF VICTOR!!
Victor can't hear you...he's eating a thalami thandwich right now.
Not that lisp, JD! The 'ssssss' one.
Another word I like is 'juxtaposition'.
Yes, that is a good one, Victor.
I've always wondered who came up with the term "cattywampus" (sp???)...
My mom used to and that and "cockeyed"!!
My Irish grandmother would refer to a woman with a reputation as having a 'white liver.'
As in "Lily Livered" ???
following 21st century trend, "ho" is much more convenient...
As in...
snicker...
One of my current 'unfavorites' ( is that a word? probaby not but seems everybody is making up words these days why not me- LOL!) is 'closure' Now I know this has perfectly acceptable meanings for the way it is currently mainly used but I find myself gritting my teeth every time I hear somebody say they need closure or read in the newspaper that an individual or family or whatever needs closure.
Oh yes - closure was in my original post on the first thread! Hate it!
My cat's name is Catawampus!
'Juxtaposition' was a word I heard multiple times a day while in art school, mostly used by those wanting to sound like they knew what they were talking about. Just throw a 'juxtaposition' in there and you sound smart... I think my poor ears burned out on it.
How do you think "white liver" came about?
Whirt liver:White Liver It is used to describe a woman with a very high sex drive. In often cases a woman of East Indian decent is given this label as there is a myth that they have a high sex drive.
White Liver White-liver is a syndrome identified by an insatiable sexual appetite. It seems to be primarily attributed to women, but can refer to a man. Randolph (1947) identifies white-liver as meaning over-sexed.
Fascinating. I'm still not making the connection between the color of your liver and your sex drive, though.
Don't know. Tried looking it up.
I saw that fancy, but it does not really explain why it's supposed to mean that.
So when my DH calls me white livered that's not necessarily a bad thing?
Hee hee!
:)
debilu Maybe he is thinking of lily livered? LOL!
there is in fact a medical condition called white liver but it does not seem to have any sexual symptoms.
And the sexual reference seems to be West Indian/Jamaican
Otherwise I saw it defined as the same as lily livered. ( and lily bulbs are white)
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My grandmother always said so and so 'has a white liver.'
first i ever heard of it was here today
As long as we're discussing colors and ethnicity, I never understood the term "Black Irish", either...
Never heard that.
Refers to hair.
a dark haired irishman was called black irish
I never heard of whiter liver and always thought lily liver meant coward.
Yes it does- apparently both phrases mean coward according to what I looked up
(in adition to the rather localised ( apparently) use of the term meaning a sexy female! And incidentally I picked that up first from a forum where it was actually somebody from Jamaica defining the phrase)
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I thought the same thing: Lily livered=coward.
"Three sheets to the wind"....
?????
Oh I just got to use a great word..'conumdrum'
Yes...very "Niles Frasier-esque " !
Ooooo, I love black irish. Pitch black hair and bright blue eyes...hello