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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Gruney2 » Tue May 26, 2020 11:32 am

scullion wrote:it's ipsedixitism - and not just because i say it is!


AArrgh - embarrassing typo :oops: :lol: I'm using lockdown to try to learn to type with both hands - there have been some crackers.

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Pepper Pig » Tue May 26, 2020 1:44 pm

PatsyMFagan wrote:Well I never ... you learn something every day :thumbsup :gonzo


So do I but I've forgotten it 24 hours later.

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby jeral » Tue May 26, 2020 4:20 pm

Well, I had to look it up diddle I? Sort of obligatory really. Anyway, "ipse dixit" means something only true because he himself said it. So, unsupported and might or might not be true.

I imagine Mr Gove's words this morning as a government minister are a good example whereby he urged us to believe the words he said were true but actually some critical ones weren't.

Can it noun-ised? As in "He's a right ipse dixit!" :mrgreen:

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Gruney2 » Tue May 26, 2020 10:15 pm

I know - I've been spending lockdown studying the classics. In fact I've read so much Greek poetry, I think I'm coming down with Ovid - 19.

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Grasshopper » Tue May 26, 2020 11:21 pm

Gruney - :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Here's a couple of food-related words:

Bellygod - a glutton. Someone who makes a god of his belly
Pingle - to eat with little or no appetite.


I have to be seriously poorly before I pingle! ;)

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby jeral » Wed May 27, 2020 12:42 am

I had to look up Ovid. I notice he wrote Metamorphoses, which coincidentally is the word I decided was the first my newborn would say. Either that or "curtains", being easier to articulate. But nope, it was "Dad".

I wonder if the makers of Pringles cottoned on to pingle?

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Earthmaiden » Wed May 27, 2020 10:45 am

This thread has turned out to be so funny. Had no idea about 'bumf'!

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Stokey Sue » Wed May 27, 2020 11:26 am

jeral wrote:I had to look up Ovid. I notice he wrote Metamorphoses, which coincidentally is the word I decided was the first my newborn would say. Either that or "curtains", being easier to articulate. But nope, it was "Dad".

A couple I know had a friendly contest as to whether baby would say Mum or Dad first. Nope - she sat in her high chair, pointed clearly and squealed Cat!

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby jeral » Wed May 27, 2020 5:15 pm

Tee hee. That sounds about par for the course, i.e. Cat 1, Humans Nil :lol:

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Re: A showy 'trifle', a toy; a showy trinket, ornament

Postby Lokelani » Fri May 29, 2020 8:49 pm

Lovely word & yes I did have to look it up!! :lol:

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