2005-04-02

I admit it...

...in the right circumstance, I am an avowed list lover.

This is one of those instances.

Words and phrases that sound gross, but aren't.

A favorite off the list:

Futtock
Main Entry: fut·tock
Pronunciation: 'f&-t&k
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English votek, futtek
: one of the curved timbers scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a ship
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3 comments:

  1. Graham PowellSun Apr 03, 01:19:00 PM

    My personal fave is "shitticism".

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  2. JamesOWed Apr 06, 02:53:00 AM

    And don't forget 'Crapulent'

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  3. Gerald SoWed Apr 06, 07:21:00 AM

    "Woodcock" is on the list, dating back to an easily-caught game bird. It later became a nickname for people who were simpletons, easily swindled. Worse still, it became a surname with the same derogatory connotation, and in Robert B. Parker's 1989 Spenser book PLAYMATES, there's a character named Dwayne Woodcock, an illiterate college basketball star swept into a point-shaving scheme.

    Little doubt Parker was aware of the word's origins. He majored in English Lit and Languages in college.

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