"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
Monday, 18 January 2010
Bullshine
Bullshine is considered a work-safe and broadcast-safe synonym of the swear word bullshit. Both are fairly modern in usage, especially bullshine.
I had a friend at school who used to say "grankley" when she wanted to swear. She said it was a corruption of the words "Grand Coulee" which is the biggest dam(n) in the West! Canadian Chickadee
My daughter Helen commented in November 2008 in her Blog that she was now keeping a notebook of new words that she came across during her reading. "This week I bought a lovely little leather bound book to write new words in as I read them . I've added a few from "1984", but my favourite has to be persiflage (from the French persifler) which means banter." I later discovered that my older daughter, Bryony, also kept a similar notebook.
This inspired me to create a Word blog. This will include both new words, favourite words and the origins of phrases that we commonly use. A definition and some comment, perhaps even a relevant quotation, will acompany the word or phrase.
“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.” - Winnie the Pooh
I had a friend at school who used to say "grankley" when she wanted to swear. She said it was a corruption of the words "Grand Coulee" which is the biggest dam(n) in the West!
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Can't see the point of using a word like bullshine, when all the world knows you really want to say bullshit! LOL :)
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