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Criminally underused old words:

7. Poop-noddy (a fool)
6. Fribbler (a commitment-phobe)
5. Gongoozle (to stare at a canal)
4. Mubble-fubbles (depression)
3. Vampirarchy (like the patriarchy, but with vampires)
2. Gong-hole (toilet)
1. Unbepissed (not yet soaked with urine)
Some unbelievably tremendous old words:

7. Betrump (to cheat and deceive)
6. Geolucrog (orange)
5. Jingle-boy (a rich man)
4. Mumpsimus (a bigoted opponent of reform)
3. Peacockize (strutting and posing)
2. Blatteration (foolish talk)
1. Orgiophant (one who presides over orgies)
Yet more useful old words:

7. Whangdoodle (a ranter)
6. Grinagog (someone who's constantly grinning)
5. Flosculations (embellishments)
4. Quibbleism (the act of quibbling)
3. Boreism (the condition of being a bore)
2. Fadoodle (nonsense)
1. Slubberdegullion (a worthless wretch)
Final list (for now) of important old words:

7. Snudging (pacing about pretending to be busy)
6. Beazled (exhausted)
5. All-overish (unwell everywhere)
4. Namelings (people with same name)
3. Happify (to make happy)
2. Uglyography (bad handwriting)
1. Wonder-wench (pretty woman)

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Apr 1
This is a thread of my all-time favourite literal translations, starting with this one…

In Hungarian, the word for a shark, hiszékeny, translates literally to “sea bastard”
In isiZulu, the word for tears, ukukhohliseka, translates literally to “drama water”
In Slovene, the word for a crow, lahkoveren, translates literally to “gothic hawk”
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Mar 17
Allow me to regale / regael you with some Irish names for animals…

5. Ladybird = bóín Dé or “God’s little cow”
4. Otter = madra uisce or “sea dog”
3. Bat = amadáinín or “little fool”
2. Jellyfish = smugairle róin or “seal snot”
1. Hedgehog = gráinneog or “horrible little thing”
A few more of my favourite Irish translations…

5. Escalator = staighre beo or “living stairs”
4. Squid = mathair shúigh or “suckmother”
3. Owl = scréachóg reilige or “graveyard screecher”
2. Daisy = nóinín or “little noon one”
1. Sea anemone = cíoch charraige or “rock boob”
My favourite Irish phrase, used to describe someone who’s always engaging in one-upmanship, is “if you’ve been to Tenerife, he’s been to Elevenerife.”

My second favourite Irish phrase, and one of the most crushing burns you'll ever hear, is “he looks like his mammy knitted him.”
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Mar 11
Better names for existing things, number 1…

DISCO CHICKEN A peacock (now officially known as a disco chicken)
Better names for existing things, number 2…

PRISON DONKEY A zebra (now officially known as a prison donkey)
Better names for existing things, number 3…

OUCH MOUSE A hedgehog (now officially known as an ouch mouse, though prickle pig is also acceptable)
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Mar 1
A thread of my favourite Welsh words and phrases for #StDavidsDay, starting with this…

A Welsh version of the phrase “that’s like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted” is paid ȃ chodi pais ar ôl piso It means “no point lifting your petticoat after pissing”
A Welsh way of saying something is not right (or “I smell a rat”) is mae rhyw ddrwg yn y caws. It means “there’s some badness in the cheese”
There’s a Welsh word for a laptop, gliniadur, that combines glin, which is a shortened version of penglin (knee) and iadur, which is derived from cyfrifiadur (computer). So essentially a “kneeputer”. Another Welsh word for a laptop is sgrin-ar-lin, or “screen-on-the-knees”
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Jan 29
This a thread of title ideas for celebrity biographies or memoirs, starting with this one…

WHERE THERE’S A WILL (Anne Hathaway)
Ideas for titles of celebrity biographies/memoirs, number 2…

BIDEN: MY TIME (Joe Biden)
Ideas for titles of celebrity biographies/memoirs, number 3…

NOT SUITABLE FOR MINERS (Margaret Thatcher)
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Jan 4
A list of name ideas for solo international tribute acts...

10. Miley Cyprus
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8. Bob Mali
7. Sudan Boyle
6. Kenya West
5. Bruges Springsteen
4. Argentina Turner
3. France's Drake
2. Aussie Osbourne
1. Björkshire
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A list of name ideas for international tribute bands...

10. Bondi Jovi
9. Iran Duran
8. Red Hot Chile Peppers
7. Glasgow Kiss
6. Sigur Ross-on-Wye
5. S Club Severn
4. Boyz II Yemen
3. Queens of the Stonehenge
2. Kings of Lyon
1. Guantanamo Bay City Rollers
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