sausage said...

"Shark" and "Stuck Mast" are two words that come readily to mind.

but combine the two and WHAMMO....a solution !!!!!

Richiefish said...

spelt jibe or gybe ????[}:)]

Definitely the latter.

grumplestiltskin said...


Film - when retards pronounce it "Fill um" - who REALLY says that!

And the other one "ask's", (another eastern stater term), it is "ask", "ask's is asking twice as in plural.

"Like" over use in conversation (Californian teen talk)

What Sh1ts me the most is "text" talk in SMS anyway. What is the point now that all phones have predictable word function. Its easier to use the correct word than trying to get the damn phone to recognize hieroglyphics!

The next Sh1t me is posts with real bad spelling (not intentional or slang). If using Firefox is spell corrects in the typing with a red underline, click to correct from choices.

What sh!ts me off is when someone feels really sh!t off for the wrong reason

GetFunky said he gets really sh!t off 'cos "quantum" actually means "very minute" not "really big" and NotWal agreed.

Just to be pedantic "quantum" doesn't mean "very minute" at all. It comes from the Latin "quantus" = how much

quantum –noun
1. quantity or amount: the least quantum of evidence.
2. a particular amount.
3. a share or portion.
4. a large quantity; bulk.
5. Physics.
a. the smallest quantity of radiant energy, equal to Planck's constant times the frequency of the associated radiation.
b. the fundamental unit of a quantized physical magnitude, as angular momentum.

–adjective
6. sudden and significant: a quantum increase in productivity.


Kudos back to the "great unwashed" I believe, Notwal.

In the term "quantum leap" the noun is "leap" and the adjective is "quantum" (i.e. the adjective gives description to the noun).

As noted above, the word "quantum" in it's adjective form means:

–adjective
6. sudden and significant: a quantum increase in productivity.

so "a quantum leap" = "a sudden and significant leap"

Notwal, I'll fester in my grubbiness of truth . Not for me the clean, post-bath untruths.

Cambodge said...

In the term "quantum leap" the noun is "leap" and the adjective is "quantum" (i.e. the adjective gives description to the noun).

As noted above, the word "quantum" in it's adjective form means:

–adjective
6. sudden and significant: a quantum increase in productivity.

so "a quantum leap" = "a sudden and significant leap"

Notwal, I'll fester in my grubbiness of truth . Not for me the clean, post-bath untruths.

The term in question (ibid) is "quantium jump" not "quantum". "Quantum leap" means the same thing.

However:-

quan·tum (kw#335;n't#601;m) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. quan·ta (-t#601;)

1. A quantity or amount.
2. A specified portion.
3. Something that can be counted or measured.
4. Physics
1. The smallest amount of a physical quantity that can exist independently, especially a discrete quantity of electromagnetic radiation.
2. This amount of energy regarded as a unit.

adj. Relating to or based upon quantum mechanics.

[Latin, from neuter of quantus, how great; see quantity.]
src: Dictionary of Truth.

also,
1. sudden and significant: a quantum increase in productivity. (erroneous usage.
src: Dictionary of the Great Unwashed )

That says it all. You have selectively chosen from the Dictionary of the Great Unwashed. If enough drongos misunderstand something and repeat it incorrectly often enough it is added to the dictionary so the rest of us have some means of knowing what the grubby mob is on about. In other words its a self referential error, a semantic abomination to be reviled and resisted. Particularly as it is ambiguous.

Perpetuating the error creates a certain affinity between yourself and the first moron who said to himself "Ooooh, quantum leap, that sounds big" and blithely went about misleading the sheep who knew no better.



Are you a ignorant sheep or a deliberate and vile corrupter of language, an agent of Satan sent to sow confusion?

So am i stoopid or knot??

Either way I could do with a bath..

Another one that annoys this convict is "phenomena" used as a singular. If nothing else, the "a" on the end should be seen as a strong hint that it just might be a latin plural. Of course that strong hint did nothing for the fortunes of "agenda".

You wouldn't say "Not by the hairs of my scrota" would you? Neither should you say "This joy that that I get from my penis is an extraordinary natural phenomena".

We say g-string. ^^^
They say thong.
lol.

Cambodge said...

Notwal,

I will try to bring "agendum" into my meetings. That should make the meetings shorter

Too right. That's the way. But put an "an" in front of it.

dont make no nevermind, anyhow....

surfingboyo said...
when people say tchoona, istead of tuna.

When you get a cup of tuna instead the cappuccino you ordered. Hate that.

RRamjet said...

And the other one "ask's", (another eastern stater term), it is "ask", "ask's is asking twice as in plural.

Not sure what you mean there Roger. One asks what's wrong with "asks".

An odd one is "arks" instead of "ask". Its common Murri usage. Doesn't sh1t me. Its just funny like juvenile English.

When my boy Nick was a little feller he used to say "f" sounds where "th" sounds were required. Its very common among little kids. When he got around to correcting it he turned every "f" sound into a "th". "Vis fing" became "this thing" but "fish fingers" became "thish thingers". he he

What about 'Arkss' instead of 'Ask'

'Punk kin' Instead of 'pumpkin'

Is it 'Toob' instead of (Tyoub) 'Tube' That one is debateable. because its not (Lyoub) for 'lube' its 'loob'

I caught the 'fairy' instead of 'ferry'

'appre C iate' or 'appre SH iate' the latter sounds correct but is it ?

The old favorite 'Cic AR da' or 'Cic A da'

Mark _australia said...

Arkss punkin for a toobe of lube for the fairy