Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]

[popeyewhite]

singlecoil said:

Worth bearing in mind that just because somebody tested negative doesn't mean they actually were negative. New drugs need new tests, and the drugs are always in the lead as the testers try to catch up.

True.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

rohrl said:

StuntmanMike said:

Is there a politician, since say 1990 , who isn't a sniveling self serving two faced lying ?
Genuine question.

Dennis Skinner.

William Haig has always struck me as a pretty decent guy.

[ambuletz]

Our payday falls on the 23rd of every month. With the 23rd of this month being a saturday and monday being a bank holiday.. When's my money coming in?

[torqueofthedevil]

Normally pay comes the Friday before if it falls on a weekend

[Dr Jekyll]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

rohrl said:

StuntmanMike said:

Is there a politician, since say 1990 , who isn't a sniveling self serving two faced lying ?
Genuine question.

Dennis Skinner.

William Haig has always struck me as a pretty decent guy.

Frank Field possibly.

[ShiningWit]

Is there a word for everything? Is there anything which does not have a word to describe it and what is it?

Is there a word for this; in a recent TV ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pL-b4gSi3Q

for Stella, Eric Cantona makes a facial expression right at the end. How would you describe it?
To me It means 'I shouldn't be doing this, (but I am) or 'this is a bit naughty'. My Dad does it, probably so do I. Is there a name for it?

[marshalla]

ShiningWit said:

Is there a word for everything? Is there anything which does not have a word to describe it and what is it?

It depends on the language. English lacks single words to express things that our "mainland" cousins consider worth having single words for, like schadenfreude, kummerspeck, lagom, hygge.

[ShiningWit]

marshalla said:

ShiningWit said:

Is there a word for everything? Is there anything which does not have a word to describe it and what is it?

It depends on the language. English lacks single words to express things that our "mainland" cousins consider worth having single words for, like schadenfreude, kummerspeck, lagom, hygge.

Good answer - thanks! kummerspeck = 'Grief bacon'.

I then went onto Google what you said and came up with these:

1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian)
The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage.

2. Yuputka (Ulwa)
A word made for walking in the woods at night, it’s the phantom sensation of something crawling on your skin.

3. Slampadato (Italian)
Addicted to the UV glow of tanning salons? This word describes you.

4. Luftmensch (Yiddish)
There are several Yiddish words to describe social misfits. This one is for an impractical dreamer with no business sense. Literally, air person.

5. Iktsuarpok (Inuit)
You know that feeling of anticipation when you’re waiting for someone to show up at your house and you keep going outside to see if they’re there yet? This is the word for it.

6. Cotisuelto (Caribbean Spanish)

A word that would aptly describe the prevailing fashion trend among American men under 40, it means one who wears the shirt tail outside of his trousers.

7. Pana Po’o (Hawaiian)
“Hmm, now where did I leave those keys?” he said, pana po’oing. It means to scratch your head in order to help you remember something you’ve forgotten.

8. Gumusservi (Turkish)
Meteorologists can be poets in Turkey with words like this at their disposal. It means moonlight shining on water.

9. Vybafnout (Czech)
A word tailor-made for annoying older brothers—it means to jump out and say boo.

10. Mencolek (Indonesian)
You know that old trick where you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them? The Indonesians have a word for it.

11. Faamiti (Samoan)
To make a squeaking sound by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child.

12. Glas wen (Welsh)
A smile that is insincere or mocking. Literally, a blue smile.

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

14. Boketto (Japanese)
It’s nice to know that the Japanese think enough of the act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking to give it a name.

15. Kummerspeck (German)
Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon

[Hooli]

ShiningWit said:

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

Or Kroenburg in English.

[markmullen]

Hooli said:

ShiningWit said:

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

Or Kroenburg in English.

Which is far better news than a Tchaikovsky

[ShiningWit]

markmullen said:

Hooli said:

ShiningWit said:

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

Or Kroenburg in English.

Which is far better news than a Tchaikovsky

Or more accurately: "Tchaikovsky'd"
In reference to his work on the nutcracker, being Tchaikovsky'd means getting kicked, or otherwise injured, in the testicles.

Or:

Death by Tchaikovsky:
The act of making love while listening to the 1812 Overture. Starts slow but turns to an extreme showing of brute force which leads to your partner never being the same.

I was fking her the other night and the 1812 overture came on. It went from slow to death by Tchaikovsky. She couldn't walk right for a week.


But what do we call the expression on Mr Cantona's face?

[markmullen]

ShiningWit said:

markmullen said:

Hooli said:

ShiningWit said:

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

Or Kroenburg in English.

Which is far better news than a Tchaikovsky

Or more accurately: "Tchaikovsky'd"
In reference to his work on the nutcracker, being Tchaikovsky'd means getting kicked, or otherwise injured, in the testicles.

Or:

Death by Tchaikovsky:
The act of making love while listening to the 1812 Overture. Starts slow but turns to an extreme showing of brute force which leads to your partner never being the same.

I was fking her the other night and the 1812 overture came on. It went from slow to death by Tchaikovsky. She couldn't walk right for a week.


But what do we call the expression on Mr Cantona's face?

Nope, a Kronenburg is a lass who from behind looks 16 but when turned around reveals herself as being 64,
A Tchaikovsky is what appears to be an 18 year old who turns out to be 12, per the overture.

[BristolRich]

ShiningWit said:

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

Rogers Profanisaurus describes these as:

"Golden Deceiver"

n. A blonde piece who looks gorgeous from behind but is actually a right dog from the front. A backstabber, a back beauty

[iambeowulf]

ShiningWit said:

Is there a word for everything? Is there anything which does not have a word to describe it and what is it?

Is there a word for this; in a recent TV ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pL-b4gSi3Q

for Stella, Eric Cantona makes a facial expression right at the end. How would you describe it?
To me It means 'I shouldn't be doing this, (but I am) or 'this is a bit naughty'. My Dad does it, probably so do I. Is there a name for it?

To me I thought he was saying "Why not, you'd do the same. But don't say anything all the same"

[FourRings]

I find it a little wasteful that these buses are going from/to their depot empty at the start/end of each day:

http://eng.bigbustours.com/international/home.html

Can they not amend their licence and do a deal with TFL to provide a five stop service to and from central London for people living along their usual route to base?

Or I suppose not worth the cost/logistics?

[AstonZagato]

BristolRich said:

ShiningWit said:

13. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
The experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.

Rogers Profanisaurus describes these as:

"Golden Deceiver"

n. A blonde piece who looks gorgeous from behind but is actually a right dog from the front. A backstabber, a back beauty

BOBFOC
Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch

[SpeckledJim]

iambeowulf said:

ShiningWit said:

Is there a word for everything? Is there anything which does not have a word to describe it and what is it?

Is there a word for this; in a recent TV ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pL-b4gSi3Q

for Stella, Eric Cantona makes a facial expression right at the end. How would you describe it?
To me It means 'I shouldn't be doing this, (but I am) or 'this is a bit naughty'. My Dad does it, probably so do I. Is there a name for it?

To me I thought he was saying "Why not, you'd do the same. But don't say anything all the same"

Agreed - it's an appeal for esprit de corps from the only people in the scene who might stitch him up (the viewers).

[P-Jay]

ambuletz said:

Our payday falls on the 23rd of every month. With the 23rd of this month being a saturday and monday being a bank holiday.. When's my money coming in?

Friday, unless you work for a tiny place where the boss does the payment manually it will arrive the last banking day before the deadline.

I work for a tiny place, there's only 3 of us, I'm meant to get paid on the last day of the month, but it turns up anytime between the 20th and the 30th - I keep telling the boss if he keeps paying my earlier and earlier I'll sneak 13 payments in one year.

[Funkycoldribena]

Bit of a silly one,but I'm curious.Lets say I kill the wife and get 15 years,as Im put in my cell with Crusher Jenkins he takes a dislike to me instantly and nuts me one big time putting me into hospital where I slip into a coma.15 years later I wake up from the coma,am I free to go?

[marshalla]

Funkycoldribena said:

Bit of a silly one,but I'm curious.Lets say I kill the wife and get 15 years,as Im put in my cell with Crusher Jenkins he takes a dislike to me instantly and nuts me one big time putting me into hospital where I slip into a coma.15 years later I wake up from the coma,am I free to go?

You'd probably be out already - reduction of sentence for good behaviour.