Index Of Odd
For those of you to whom I don't make any sense, or if you are just plain curious, I thought I would create a page of oddities from around my site, with their interpretations and definitions, and links to where they can be found.
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Words & Phrases
Useful Information
While exploring my site, you might come across words or phrases that appear to be slightly jumbled, or sound like nonsense. These are things I tend to say out of silliness or because my brain just jumbles them up. Yes, I speak like this in real life while in conversation with people! I run with it rather than correcting myself all the time. 🙃
Spoonerism
A spoonerism is an error in speech in which corresponding consonants, vowels, or morphemes are switched between two words in a phrase. These are named after the Oxford don and ordained minister William Archibald Spooner, who was famous for doing this.
An example is saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" instead of "The Lord is a loving shepherd." While spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue, and getting one's words in a tangle, they can also be used intentionally as a play on words.
Pun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
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Definitions
Bazaar
A bazaar or souk, is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold.
The term bazaar originates from the Persian word bāzār. The term bazaar is sometimes also used to refer to the "network of merchants, bankers and craftsmen" who work in that area. Although the word "bazaar" is of Persian origin, its use has spread and now has been accepted into the vernacular in countries around the world.
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Brain Gremlins
[Will update soon, when I find the words to explain...]
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Journal entry - WIP Wednesday #04
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Journal entry - A "Company" Update
Damp Squib
A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. It resembles a tiny stick of dynamite, both in appearance and construction, although with considerably less explosive power.
Squibs were originally made from parchment tubes, or the shaft of a feather, and filled with fine black powder. They were then sealed at the ends with wax. They were sometimes used to ignite the main propellant charge in a cannon.
While most modern squibs used by professionals are insulated from moisture, older uninsulated squibs needed to be kept dry in order to ignite, thus a "damp squib" was literally one that failed to perform because it got wet.
The phrase "damp squib" has since come into general use to mean anything that fails to meet expectations.
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Journal entry - WIP Wednesday #04
Dum and Mad
My parents... 😁 This is a spoonerism of Mum and Dad. Mum was actually the one to accidentally coin this term and I've adopted it too! The terms are interchangeable between parents depending on mood and situation! 😜
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Journal entry - WIP Wednesday #01
Flicks
The flicks is an informal term for a cinema film. Here is an interesting article about how the movies got their nickname.
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Lookit
North American slang term I picked up for some reason. Probably watched too many American TV series and movies over the years 😏
Verb: lookit
Look at; behold!; look at that; look here or there; look!
"Hey, lookit that!"
Exclamation: lookit
Used to draw attention to what one is about to say; look, listen; see here, pay attention; the thing is, to be honest
"lookit, Emily, this is serious"
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Journal entry - WIP Wednesday #02
Wyrd
Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, which retains its original meaning only dialectically.
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