questionable words/odd vocabulary

[cacian]

I came across this whilst researching baptism

Agreements among paedobaptists

I felt the word was slightely odd and smiled as I realised I was not baptised and neither are my children.
I do not wish them near that if that is how one is called.

another word is

brat which is word a garment.
I only knew this word as an insult to someone.

what words have you come cross that you thought was slightely odd?

[NikolaiI]

Yep, plenty. Nice thread. I can't think of any off the top of my head, but as I do if I remember them I'll come by here with them.

[JuniperWoolf]

I like the word "brat," it used to always be my gamer tag before I turned 18.

[cacian]

I like the word "brat," it used to always be my gamer tag before I turned 18.

what is a gamer tag?
brat is weird and so is pratt although there was once a neighbour I knew off called Mr Pratt. He had his surname printed on his door. I lived in Catalunia at the time and it is a custom for them to print their surnames on their doors.

[JuniperWoolf]

what is a gamer tag?

It's a name you use to identify yourself when you're playing a video game online with other people.

[cacian]

My next word is

Mobbins sounds like Muggins
to mob /to mog.
Slang is quickly catching up it seems.

[NikolaiI]

Ok, I saw one that fit here.. "Good sh*t" has over the last few decades become very common. But it struck me when I saw it on a virtuoso mandolin player I really like.. I know how common it is, but it suddenly struck me as strange, because "sh*t" is usually just negative.. I know, it's a colloquialism, but it's definitely odd to me.

[prendrelemick]

Is "gotten" a word? It is very convienient and probably deserves to be, but it annoys my mother.

"Punk" is a Shakespearian word for prostitute, enjoying its third outing at the moment. ( Prostitute, delinquent male, music/lifestyle genre) I think like most evolved words, its sucess is partly due to the satisfying way it bounces off the tongue.

[cacian]

Is "gotten" a word? It is very convienient and probably deserves to be, but it annoys my mother.

"Punk" is a Shakespearian word for prostitute, enjoying its third outing at the moment. ( Prostitute, delinquent male, music/lifestyle genre) I think like most evolved words, its sucess is partly due to the satisfying way it bounces off the tongue.

I never understand shakespeare for that.
To suddenly take what looks like a very modern word and give a meaning of a prostitue is rather strange.
Delinquant male is another.
delinquant for me means someone who has not got a home.

[cacian]

Ok, I saw one that fit here.. "Good sh*t" has over the last few decades become very common. But it struck me when I saw it on a virtuoso mandolin player I really like.. I know how common it is, but it suddenly struck me as strange, because "sh*t" is usually just negative.. I know, it's a colloquialism, but it's definitely odd to me.

I am not following, you mean you saw it written on the mandolin?

[cacian]

As I spake French and English I often come cross what we call
false friends for same word different meanin and one that I use to teach
was

BRA which means ARM (part of the body) in French
and
The kids always laughed their heads off at it because it means
BRA as in a BRA (clothing)
I thought I'll share that with you.

[NikolaiI]

I am not following, you mean you saw it written on the mandolin?

No, sorry it was a comment on a video of the musician.

[cacian]

No, sorry it was a comment on a video of the musician.

Oh....sorry, that is pretty bad as a comment I would say.
It is very poor standard of speaking.
It is a real spoiler indeed!

[NikolaiI]

Oh....sorry, that is pretty bad as a comment I would say.
It is very poor standard of speaking.
It is a real spoiler indeed!

Right! That's exactly what I thought. And it's funny because it only suddenly struck me as being, well, the way you immediately took it, crude I suppose. But here it's incredibly common, and it's used in a totally positive way. I'd never thought about it too much until the other day when I saw it and it struck me.

Ok, so maybe not incredibly common, that makes it sound like it's used every day by everybody. But it's not uncommon, I'll put it that way.

[cacian]

Right! That's exactly what I thought. And it's funny because it only suddenly struck me as being, well, the way you immediately took it, crude I suppose. But here it's incredibly common, and it's used in a totally positive way. I'd never thought about it too much until the other day when I saw it and it struck me.

Ok, so maybe not incredibly common, that makes it sound like it's used every day by everybody. But it's not uncommon, I'll put it that way.

Exactly.
It is in the same breath as hearing someone say the other day
''sick''!! which now becomes to mean 'cool'!!
or everything is ''sweet'' to mean thank you.
''beef'' which becomes to mean trouble in slang word!
Pretty crude indeed.

[prendrelemick]

is'nt s**t slang for marijuana, which makes a bit more sense when used as above.

[cacian]

is'nt s**t slang for marijuana, which makes a bit more sense when used as above.

LOL that too I think you are right.
I remember I was once somewhere camping in Spain and there was these french guys who poped out of their tents and asked in French
Vous avez du '****z'?
I said I beg your pardon and then they explained what it meant...LOL

[cacian]

The next word is

MARTIAN

if this means someone from Mars then it does not makes sense because there is not one found to be from this planet.
Doesn't this make it redundant?
The same as ALIEN as a word is redundant because never any aliens actually personified?

[jajdude]

I would imagine every culture, indeed every town or even family has some words/expressions they use that are not used much by others. Where I'm from, Newfoundland, there are numerous words/expressions not much used outside the province or by people from elsewhere I guess, though Labrador, a large place, which is next to Quebec, is also part of the province, and these are small populations in somewhat remote locations. Maybe it is similar to Ireland and the UK in that regard.

[cacian]

I would imagine every culture, indeed every town or even family has some words/expressions they use that are not used much by others. Where I'm from, Newfoundland, there are numerous words/expressions not much used outside the province or by people from elsewhere I guess, though Labrador, a large place, which is next to Quebec, is also part of the province, and these are small populations in somewhat remote locations. Maybe it is similar to Ireland and the UK in that regard.

Labrador is also a name for a breed of dogs. I wonder if there is any link.
I do not know much about Quebec or Newufoundland but I can appreciate what you mean.

[NikolaiI]

is'nt s**t slang for marijuana, which makes a bit more sense when used as above.

Nope. And the phrase can be used in a lot of other ways too, musically, as I saw it the other day; someone tells a hilarious joke it could be used; or even food, which is more common - and isn't that strange.

I just remembered also, "the sh*t" is used positively as well. I wonder how many of these things are primarily American slang. Crude indeed. :p

[Maximilianus]

Labrador is also a name for a breed of dogs. I wonder if there is any link.
Yes, Labrador Retriever is the full breed name, often shortened as Labrador or Lab. Here's a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labrador_Retriever

[Maximilianus]

The next word is

MARTIAN

if this means someone from Mars then it does not makes sense because there is not one found to be from this planet.
Doesn't this make it redundant?
If we refer to science fiction characters then we speak of the Martian guys. However the original connotation of the adjective actually refers to anything of or relating to the planet Mars. For example, the Martian landscape, the Martian orbit, the Martian atmosphere, etc.
Science fiction uses of a word are often newer adaptations of words already in use for several other scientific purposes, mostly in astronomy, astrophysics, and all the other cool sciences developed by steamy brains :p


The same as ALIEN as a word is redundant because never any aliens actually personified?
Similar as above, alien in such case is a modern sci-fi adaptation of an already existing word.


Always think about adaptations and their purposes. Another example is Battlestar. Actually there's no "battle star" anywhere, let alone in a dictionary, but the word was created as a compound to refer to a battle spaceship for the TV series Battlestar Galactica.
See... for titling purposes Battle Spaceship Galactica wouldn't have sounded anywhere near as cool :p

[cacian]

If we refer to science fiction characters then we speak of the Martian guys. However the original connotation of the adjective actually refers to anything of or relating to the planet Mars. For example, the Martian landscape, the Martian orbit, the Martian atmosphere, etc.
Science fiction uses of a word are often newer adaptations of words already in use for several other scientific purposes, mostly in astronomy, astrophysics, and all the other cool sciences developed by steamy brains :p


Similar as above, alien in such case is a modern sci-fi adaptation of an already existing word.


Always think about adaptations and their purposes. Another example is Battlestar. Actually there's no "battle star" anywhere, let alone in a dictionary, but the word was created as a compound to refer to a battle spaceship for the TV series Battlestar Galactica.
See... for titling purposes Battle Spaceship Galactica wouldn't have sounded anywhere near as cool :p

Hey thank you Maximillianus and presumably there is no such a thing as galactica but is a word purposely built for the TV series.

[Maximilianus]

Hey thank you Maximillianus
Welcome!


and presumably there is no such a thing as galactica but is a word purposely built for the TV series.
Actually there is, but not purely in English.

Galáctica is actually a Spanish word (with that accent above the second "a" in correct full spelling). Therefore we can fairly say that galactica is the anglicized version... borrowing foreign words is something that happens all the time in, I would say, every language :)

[aliengirl]

The same as ALIEN as a word is redundant because never any aliens actually personified?

*Ahem* Althoguh Max has already explained about ALIEN I'm sure he won't mind if I add something more. After all I'm the aliengirl.

According to WordWeb (a dictionary software)Alien means -

Alien (Noun) -

1. A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
2. Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
3. A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

Alien (Adjective) -

1. Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
2. Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

Alien (Verb) -
1.Transfer property or ownership
2. Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness

Here is a useful link - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alien