Nasty- athe opposite of the word tasty(only sometimes)
amoral
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Nasty- athe opposite of the word tasty(only sometimes)
amoral
amoral - is a contraction and inversion of the French l'amor, meaning love and was used in Victorian times to describe anything from or of the 'immoral' but fun-loving France
ligature
ligature — a form of literature between sinews and bones that brings forth a reaction in the vessel called body or just cramps
Since Astromaxis didn't leave a word I'll choose literature from the posting
literature Written fiction or non-fiction that has the distinction of exciting at least one person who reads it. Also a collection of lies (non-fiction) and dreams (fiction) that is usually judged by the cover or because the writer has published several other books, even if the current one sucks
Public Speaking
Public Speaking - one of those rare phrases that have an equally positive and negative connotation
Not to be attempted by those who have nothing to speak about, not to be listened to if they do, the public speaker should have learnt the social graces and thus reached a larger audience quietly
Chinese Whispers
Chinese Whispers Insidious as in the menacing hiss of Fu Manchu. Conveys threating without raising the voice, horror without loosing a smile, coldness without a frigid tone
Dumbfounded
Dumbfounded - a town in U.K originally surveyed by S.J. Gumby's great(5) grandfather
It is now known as Birmingham
Gobsmacked
Gobsmacked Drunk and dazed enough to make an a$$ of yourself, and an embarrassment to friends and family
Education
Hang on a minute - I'm a touch gobsmackled
Education - For a conservative a right, for everyone else a privilege (with the exception of Natalie Munroe, for whom it is a struggle - and though she may have had a point, her biggest mistake was in making it)
Brainsnap
Brainsnap -- Either a very painful condition or a peaceful one, depending upon where the word breaks in two, i.e. before or after the "s"..
Wordsmith
Wordsmith A writer who due to the fact that his or her sales are enormous, is considered to be a great author, with no consideration of the fact that his or her editor just has bad taste
Learning (Yes, this is different from education!)
Learning - Natalie Munroe is learning, but a perhaps better description would be that which we acquire after the fact
i.e. plumbers may be expensive, but they are usually worth every penny, and doctors may be expensive but don't try to replace your knees on your own, psycho-analysists may be expensive but better to talk to them than listen to the voices - no matter how real they may seem
Indoctrination
indoctrination - instruction you receive whilst at the doctors, e.g drop your trousers, bend over, just relax. Also, lies told to you by the doc, e.g this won't hurt, I have warm hands.
Gender
Gender - that which distinguishes between men and women but without allowance for attractiveness or unattractiveness, availability or unavailability, in-the-mood or not-in-the-mood, sense or nonsense, and many other complicated 'maybes'
Rabbit hole
Rabbit hole Mythical place that Alice was unfortunate enough to tumble down, but it could have been worse because there's a hole in the world and people get sucked down forever into bleakest despair
Haunting