See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.

Mal ,'Shindig'


Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


SuziQ - Aug 10, 2007 7:58:47 am PDT #865 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

But can your cornhole at Bunghole?


Nora Deirdre - Aug 10, 2007 8:02:01 am PDT #866 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

the Salem area has a mini-chain of package stores called Bunghole Liquors.

the one in Peabody plays a crucial role as a landmark when I give directions.

ION, is "broach" a particularly uncommon or advanced vocabulary word? I used it in an email with a co-worker ("we should broach the subject to X...") and she had no idea what it meant. Am I a total snob for being bewildered about her not knowing this?


Zenkitty - Aug 10, 2007 8:08:32 am PDT #867 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

"Broach" is one of the many perfectly good words that I use knowing that most people will not know what I mean.

I am a snob, and I like it that way.


SuziQ - Aug 10, 2007 8:09:46 am PDT #868 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I know "broach". I use "broach". I have never gotten the deer in the headlights response.


Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2007 8:10:04 am PDT #869 of 10001
brillig

Am I a total snob for being bewildered about her not knowing this?

Hold firm! Stand your ground against the dumbing down of the language!


Daisy Jane - Aug 10, 2007 8:10:15 am PDT #870 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

ION, is "broach" a particularly uncommon or advanced vocabulary word? I used it in an email with a co-worker ("we should broach the subject to X...") and she had no idea what it meant. Am I a total snob for being bewildered about her not knowing this?

I don't find it an uncommon word, but then, sometimes there's just a word that some people have never come across, or haven't come across in a particular context.


Laura - Aug 10, 2007 8:14:36 am PDT #871 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Broach is a word I would expect people with English as a first language to know. I would avoid it when communicating with people I knew had limited English. But a co-worker I wouldn't think twice about using it.

There are words at times that we just miss learning for some reason. Of course I love when I learn a shiny new one.


Laura - Aug 10, 2007 8:16:46 am PDT #872 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?


Cashmere - Aug 10, 2007 8:21:03 am PDT #873 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

the Salem area has a mini-chain of package stores called Bunghole Liquors.

the one in Peabody plays a crucial role as a landmark when I give directions.

I can see this because of the use of the term in barrels but it's still funny.

Of course that word is never not funny.


ChiKat - Aug 10, 2007 8:21:40 am PDT #874 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?

It is both a noun and a verb.

Hey, all!!!

My hand feels oh so much better today. One wee blister and a patch of oddly thick/white skin, but painfree. Yay!