Vocabulate Fremunctiously

by Jackie Hagan

Monday 5th July 2010 9:49 pm (first posted 1st July 2010)

It’s summer silly season and the bumblebees of doom (vuvuzelas) have been melting our brains so here’s a fun one:

Define these 10 words:

Crumid

Skussle

Coniphany

Glucker

Partet

Foona-Plate

Fildew

Salmy

Porm

Bips

They might be emotions, colours, types of people, objects, experiences, plants, animals, noises or whatever your individually peculiar brain comes up with.

You can leave it there and get yourself a nice refreshing glass of Pimms/diet coke/absinthe (delete as appropriate) or you can go on and

Write a piece either

(1) containing all of the words (you can presume the reader already knows your definitions), or

(2) write about a first hand experience of one of your definitions

P.S. If you enjoy this kind of thing and you haven’t already read it get hold of ‘The Meaning of Liff’ by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd , it is by far the best toilet reading I’ve ever had the joy of expelling myself to.

Comments

kath hewitt

Sun 1st Aug 2010 01:04

A Skussle of Bips prowl through crumid darkness,
coniphany voices send thoughts of Partet.
The Glucker they seek is salmy
and filled with porm.
Foona-Plate is almost upon them
and soon fildew will be theirs.

Dave Bradley

Wed 28th Jul 2010 23:50

Skussle - verbal fisticuffs

Bips - those little round bits of paper left after using a hole punch

Isobel

Wed 28th Jul 2010 23:21

Coniphany - pronounced coni-phany.
A word for the irresistible urge to shout obscenities at the top of a M&S escalator in Chester - maybe for a posh tourette syndrome...

Fildew
A mould found only on Scotts porridge oats.

Crumid
A sticky heat so intense one has to chip the salt from off the skin.

Bips
Bread rolls that are on the small side.

carol falaki

Fri 9th Jul 2010 08:20

The Crumid Skussle washed up on the tide with a Coniphany of gooey Glucker. The Partet was finished, the Foona-Plate drained and Fildew was forming on the Salmy Porm. It was time for Bips.

winston plowes

Thu 8th Jul 2010 20:42

Crumid - A hat, hand-made from crumpled hessian and set using animal glue.
Skussle - The general skirmish that occurrs typically after the line... "somome in this room is the murderer"
Coniphany - The cumulative 'voice' of the national conche orchestra north.
Glucker - A crossbred mallard.
Partet - An offshoot from a party (often taking place on a balcony)
Foona-Plate - Part of the home made reinforced hull defences of a makeshift boat used in the WWII D day landings rescue operation. (See little ships)
Fildew (i)- A type of mocasin worn by North American Indians(ii) - Decorative cake icing, esp for wedding cakes.
Salmy - A glazed bowl intended for olives
Porm - The scent of the female goat on heat.
Bips - (Slang) (London and southern counties) Left over items of food on public streets. "The pigeons gorged on the mornings bips" anon

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