Words!!!

[Barriehie]

Here to post uncommon vernacular!

Tump - tip over.

 

[Herbaceous]

Maybe not uncommon, but my very favourite word is vestibule. It’s just fun to say. Vestibule vestibule vestibule!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Dumpsy (or Dimpsy on some parts) is a term used in south west England meaning dusk:
It’s a lovely word used to refer to twilight with the sense 'dusky, dim'.

Mr SSOAP’s grandfather used this word a lot “Ooh it’s getting a bit dumpsy”
It was his subtle way of saying you had to get a move on because it was getting dark.
I always loved it because apart from milking you can’t farm much in the dark so “dumpsy” to me always means it’s nearly home time 😊

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Maybe not uncommon, but my very favourite word is vestibule. It’s just fun to say. Vestibule vestibule vestibule!

Ok I’m gonna chuck in one that’s common that I don’t like saying.
Gusset. I don’t know why. I just don’t like the sound it makes!

 

[badjak]

I have always loved the word flabbergasted.
Even the first time I heard it, I knew straight away what it meant

 

[TastyReuben]

Dumpsy (or Dimpsy on some parts) is a term used in south west England meaning dusk:
It’s a lovely word used to refer to twilight with the sense 'dusky, dim'.

One that my grandparents used in a similar way is gloaming. It could be a noun or an adjective, and could also just be gloam.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Mush. As in "hey, mush, how're you doin'? "
My dad always answered my phone calls with "hey, mush!" and my youngest son answers me the same.
Apparently, its a Romany word - moosh - meaning "man".

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I have always loved the word flabbergasted.
Even the first time I heard it, I knew straight away what it meant

Love that word too. It’s sounds like what it is doesn’t it.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Mush. As in "hey, mush, how're you doin'? "
My dad always answered my phone calls with "hey, mush!" and my youngest son answers me the same.
Apparently, its a Romany word - moosh - meaning "man".

My Dad always calls people mush (or people he likes get called ‘ducky’) but I confess when he says it it sounds quite aggressive and he’s a big man so people are naturally frightened of him anyway, they visibly recoil when he calls them mush!

 

[badjak]

Mushi means nice or good here

 

[JAS_OH1]

Mushi means nice or good here

It means hello in Japan (well mushi mushi). It's one of the few words I remember from living in Okinawa as a child.

 

[badjak]

It means hello in Japan (well mushi mushi). It's one of the few words I remember from living in Okinawa as a child.

Yeah, answering the phone was " mushi mushi"..
So I had quite a laugh when I got a second hand dog here called "Mushi"

Lots of funny words here but they are slang or taken in from other languages.
Do they count?

 

[JAS_OH1]

Yeah, answering the phone was " mushi mushi"..
So I had quite a laugh when I got a second hand dog here called "Mushi"

Lots of funny words here but they are slang or taken in from other languages.
Do they count?

I'd say yes.

 

[badjak]

A dindindy or dindindi
It's a party 🥳

 

[vernplum]

A 'tittle' is the small dot on a lowercase letter i or j.

I was disappointed that it wasn't just a little tit.