THE WONDER OF WHIFFING
| THE WONDER OF WHIFFING |
| Posted Oct 12 2009 |
| Chronicles best -ever English Words |
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PTI London Sept 9 Some of them may sound quirky but deipnosophists ,stridewallops and shot-clogs have all made it to the " THE WONDER OF WHIFFING. AdamJacot de Boinod has assembled them in his celebersated book which chronicles the best ever wordsin the English Language. A stridewallop is a Yorkshire term for a tallandawkward womanwhile shot clog us an Elizabathan term for a drinking companion only tolerated because he pays for the round.Meanwhile a deipnosophist is a Jacobean word for a skillful dinner conversationalist. All words include -fornale ,to spend ones.s money before it has been earned:cagg,a solemn vow or resolution not to get drunk for a certain time ; and petricor ,pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell. |
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