quite good vs rather good
― seandalai, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 00:22 (fifteen years ago)
You're all quite right.
― moley, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 03:35 (fifteen years ago)
(the) shit
― Mosquepanik at Ground Zero (abanana), Thursday, 5 August 2010 16:37 (fifteen years ago)
man-flu
― koogs, Thursday, 5 August 2010 16:40 (fifteen years ago)
what does that even mean
― the depressed-saggy-japanese-salaryman of ilx posters (Will M.), Thursday, 5 August 2010 16:42 (fifteen years ago)
man-flu is the flu that only men get.
if you're male then it's an extra bad case of the flu, worse than normal flu.if you're female then it means a cold with exaggerated symptoms.
― koogs, Thursday, 5 August 2010 16:47 (fifteen years ago)
???
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)
man-flu not a universal concept then. http://www.manflu.info/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_flu
anyway, look, up there, 'carbuncle'.
― koogs, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:33 (fifteen years ago)
go on...
― ledge, Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)
ah i guess you mean an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin, vs. a deep-red cabochon cut gemstone usually garnet, specifically almandine.
― ledge, Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)
Thought it might be the shorthand name for an intercontinental derby between Manchester United and Fluminense.
― flintstones in my passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:54 (fifteen years ago)
prince charles famously called some extension or other a carbuncle on the face of an old friend. meaning an ugly thing. cf gemstone, a thing generally prized for its beauty.
― koogs, Friday, 6 August 2010 07:15 (fifteen years ago)
some extension or other
http://www.ribapix.com/image.php?i=17036&r=2&t=4&x=1
― ledge, Friday, 6 August 2010 08:32 (fifteen years ago)
(national gallery) (london) (uk)
That'd be an Art Carbuncle then.
― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Friday, 6 August 2010 08:43 (fifteen years ago)
you're here all week i trust
― ledge, Friday, 6 August 2010 08:46 (fifteen years ago)
I'm sorry! Speaking of which, what about 'gag'?
― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:05 (fifteen years ago)
moot
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:33 (fifteen years ago)
yeah moot works i think
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:33 (fifteen years ago)
kick
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:36 (fifteen years ago)
secure
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:46 (fifteen years ago)
terminator
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:56 (fifteen years ago)
pious
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:57 (fifteen years ago)
"moot" is perfect
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 6 August 2010 10:15 (fifteen years ago)
suspicious?
maybe not self-contradictory but consider:
those men look suspicious.
vs.
i'm suspicious of those men.
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:21 (fifteen years ago)
i was coming here to suggest that one!
along with perennial favourite 'curious'
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:22 (fifteen years ago)
Update!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:23 (fifteen years ago)
SUBMIT
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:23 (fifteen years ago)
"Drift" as targeted deliberate movement, being formerly part of the verb "drive", vs "drift" i.e. meander aimlessly
(having crossed over via magic quantum superposition e.g. snowdrifts and drifting at sea where you're meandering because something else is driving you)
admittedly I'm struggling to think of a particularly convincing surviving example of the former - OED says "(do you get my) drift" = "what I am driving at", but for me that also works as a sarcastic suggestion that you are leaving it as a gentle undercurrent for the more astute listener, rather than actively shoving in that direction
I have been incoherent here and will be zung if anyone can be bothered, must be hometime
― vampire headphase (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:53 (fifteen years ago)
"Trailer" = something that comes before (eg a film) or after (eg a car)
― bham, Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:42 (fifteen years ago)
suspicious?maybe not self-contradictory but consider:those men look suspicious.vs.i'm suspicious of those men.― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:21 (Yesterday)
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:21 (Yesterday)
― I.C.P. Freely (bernard snowy), Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:58 (fifteen years ago)
I suspect 'those men look suspicious' is actually a misuse of the word that has become so common as to be accepted.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:04 (fifteen years ago)
Like 'suspicious behaviour' should probably be 'behaviour arousing suspicion'.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:09 (fifteen years ago)
cf. sceptical/dubious - "I am sceptical, that is dubious", not "I am dubious".
― ledge, Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:09 (fifteen years ago)
sus·pi·cious
1 : tending to arouse suspicion : questionable <suspicious characters>2 : disposed to suspect : distrustful <suspicious of strangers>3 : expressing or indicative of suspicion <a suspicious glance>
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:26 (fifteen years ago)
suspicious "deserving of or exciting suspicion," mid-14c., from O.Fr. suspecious, from L. suspiciosus "exciting suspicion". Meaning "full of or inclined to feel suspicion" is attested from c.1400. Edgar Allan Poe (c.1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses.
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:32 (fifteen years ago)
overlook!
― Arvo Pärty (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:17 (fifteen years ago)
Specifically:1.a. To look over or at from a higher place.b. To rise above, especially so as to afford a view over: The tower overlooks the sea.
2.a. To fail to notice or consider; miss.b. To ignore deliberately or indulgently; disregard.
3. To look over; examine.
4. To watch over; oversee. See Synonyms at supervise.
― Arvo Pärty (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:20 (fifteen years ago)
ay, that's a good one
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Thursday, 2 September 2010 23:46 (fifteen years ago)
behaviour.
― Mark G, Friday, 3 September 2010 08:07 (fifteen years ago)
graft
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 August 2012 09:21 (thirteen years ago)
dense
"he could not understand the dense text because he was too dense"
― EDB, Monday, 13 August 2012 09:49 (thirteen years ago)
mmmm not buying that one - both mean something like "impenetrable"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 August 2012 09:52 (thirteen years ago)
the buffalo buffalo etc
― Mark G, Monday, 13 August 2012 09:55 (thirteen years ago)
screen. to show (e.g. a film) & to hide.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 08:22 (thirteen years ago)
good one!
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 08:24 (thirteen years ago)
patronise. makes me chuckle whenever it's used in the "get cash from" sense.
― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 11:12 (thirteen years ago)
literally
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 02:46 (twelve years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym
You're talking about the common misuse of "literally" as "not literally", right? I don't think it officially has contradictory meanings?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 08:50 (twelve years ago)