I know "broach". I use "broach". I have never gotten the deer in the headlights response.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
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SuziQ - Aug 10, 2007 8:09:46 am PDT #868 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2007 8:10:04 am PDT #869 of 10001
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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!
juliana - Aug 10, 2007 8:26:04 am PDT #875 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Wait a minute there! Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
Isn't that a brooch?
juliana - Aug 10, 2007 8:27:50 am PDT #876 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Ah ha:
broach (brōch) pronunciation
tr.v., broached, broach·ing, broach·es.
1.
a. To bring up (a subject) for discussion or debate.
b. To announce: We broached our plans for the new year.
2. To pierce in order to draw off liquid: broach a keg of beer.
3. To draw off (a liquid) by piercing a hole in a cask or other container.
4. To shape or enlarge (a hole) with a tapered, serrated tool.
n.
1.
a. A tapered, serrated tool used to shape or enlarge a hole.
b. The hole made by such a tool.
2. A spit for roasting meat.
3. A mason's narrow chisel.
4. A gimlet for tapping or broaching casks.
5. Variant of brooch.
Emily - Aug 10, 2007 8:28:12 am PDT #877 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Isn't a broach a thing a lady wears?
Isn't that a brooch? Or did I totally make up that word, since now it seems totally wrong?