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Word Of The Month

Words are an integral part of our lives. We use them to communicate with others, and do to this, we need to learn.
Whether we splatter our words across someones face in weather-forecast glory, smash our heads into our keyboards with unbound typed fury or use safer, saner methods of conversation, expanding one's vocabulary is something I think we should all aim to do, so we may convey our emotions and describe things to others more fluidly.
I have taken it upon myself to teach you. It is your decision to learn, and yours only.
Are you sitting comfortably?
No?
What do you want, princess, a gilded cushion for your dainty chapped cheeks? Fucking tough!!
Anyway, I'll begin.

Okay, so what's the word? Bumblesquat.
How do you pronounce it? Bum-bull-sk-wott.
What does it mean? Well, this is where it gets interesting. "Bumblesquat" is actually a mispronunciation of the word, "Bumbasquat", a word invented by a comedy tv show as an alternative to the word of its origin, "Bumbaclat," which is your basic exclamation word, as you would use "shit!", "geez!", "argh!" et cetera. I use the mispronunciation of the made-up version because I modify all possible swears for Grum-friendly use.
In what context do you use it? Well, I pretty much explained it, but mainly I actually use it as a form of insult, ie:
"What did you do that for, you bumblesquat?"
"I told him to leave it but he just wouldn't listen. I know, he's such a bumblesquat!"
But it's more commonly used as an exclamation.
So, next time you're around swear-sensitive peoples and you stub a toe or drive a clawhammer through your eye by accident, you may find yourself with a new word to your "safe-swear" vocabulary.
Or not.
Bumblesquat.
(Hey, that rhymes)
:left:
Go away now.
:right:

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Comments

garlingmatthews 15. October 2009, 18:46

...so, you don't want comments, then? :raider:

Zaphira 15. October 2009, 18:47

Bumblesquat! Hmm... I think I like it. :up:

rose-marie 15. October 2009, 19:25

Haha! Cool word! How thoughtful of you invent safe swears. I don't think I'll be able to remember it if I stub a toe, though... p:

Spaggyj 15. October 2009, 19:38

Gavin - on the contrary - I just don't know how to end a post p: .

Kitty - good. I like to teach you new words to use on people. It amuses me greatly when I see it :wink: .

Rose - I have always tried to abstain from swearing in front of her. A lot of my family are Mormon, so it's more second-nature now. I do swear a lot though, so I add new words whenever I can think of some to use :D . I've said, "fuck" in front of her three times though :lol:

Zaphira 15. October 2009, 19:48

You taught me Twonk! I like that too. :lol::happy:

Spaggyj 15. October 2009, 19:49

I know, I've seen it :lol: :lol:

rose-marie 15. October 2009, 19:50

I swear too much, so new words are a helpful disguise :yes:

Spaggyj 15. October 2009, 19:59

Glad to help Rosie :lol: :happy:

rose-marie 15. October 2009, 20:13

Of course, if I were to say Bumblesquat it would be another case of badgers where people just look at me and laugh nervously :lol:

gdare 15. October 2009, 21:14

When I need to swear in front of people I don`t know well, I usually say: U tri lepe šargarepe, whisch could be translated as: Into three nice carrots. This is a soft version of one very rude sentence :whistle:

clean 15. October 2009, 22:32

Well I never swear :angel: so I don't know if I can do this. But I'll try to use bumblesquat in everyday conversation from now on, just for you. :wink: :smile:

You just know I'm gonna do it, too, don't you? :devil:

Buying stuff at the supermarket, the person on the register tells me the amount. "Bumblesquat", I say as I hand over the change, a big smile on my face.

Standing at the lights, waiting for the signal to change so I can cross. Heedless of the people around me waiting for the same thing, I start muttering, "Bumblesquat, bumblesquat, bumblesquat".

I go to my front door and yell, "Bumblesquat" to passers-by!

This is gonna be great if I ever get stuck in an elevator with some people ... :devil: :lol:

Spaggyj 15. October 2009, 22:38

Rosie - I still have that somewhere. I love your voice and your sense of fun :wink: !

Dark - that's really bizarre :lol: what's the bad version? Thirty hard cocks? :left: .

David - damn you I almost choked on my hot chocolate :lol: :lol: ! You talk a big game, but I'm gonna need a voice clip or it didn't happen p:

H82typ 15. October 2009, 22:44

"motherflower" is extremely popular where I work. It's always apt and accurate, usefully vague but descriptive, and allows the person using it to blow off steam. The only problem I've got with this word is that I can't say it with the Hispanic accent that my coworkers use. awww

Dacotah 16. October 2009, 04:25

I'll remember.
Going away now. p: :D

gdare 16. October 2009, 05:07


Originally posted by Spaggyj:

what's the bad version? Thirty hard cocks?


:lol::lol::lol:
No, but I am not sure you would get it, I can translate but it would mean nothing to you :smile:

Diabolical 16. October 2009, 06:49

I'd never remember it awww my swearing is integrated into my vocabulary and I've found that no aunt of mine is spared the odd rude word. :left: it's so easy and very expressive. :happy:

theoddbod 16. October 2009, 06:49

Fiddlesticks :left:

rose-marie 16. October 2009, 06:57

Originally posted by Darko:

šargarepe

I think you stole that from Hungarian... p:

Originally posted by Spaggyj:

I love your voice and your sense of fun :wink:

Woohoo! What a great way to start the soon-weekend :hat: :happy:
And likewise! :wink:

gdare 16. October 2009, 08:15

What do you mean Rose? How would it be in Hungarian?

rose-marie 16. October 2009, 08:47

Because sárga means yellow, and répa means carrot. And sárgarépa means carrot too, so I think you've lended it from Hungary :wink:.

Spaggyj 16. October 2009, 09:51

Dennis - motherflower :lol: handy!

Carol - okeydokey :lol: p: .

Dark - it would mean nothing? :left: awww that sucks. I like my translation anyway p: .

Clint - nor my aunt - thanks to you :lol: :lol: .

Mart - poppycock :right: .

Rosie - :love:

Furie 16. October 2009, 10:05

*starts taking notes from comments*
With my vocabulary it's a pain visiting Kim's Gran. It doesn't help that she's got a cat that's out to kill me and I'm not allowed to swear when in pain. awww

Stomyr 16. October 2009, 10:22

:smile:

gdare 16. October 2009, 11:05

Rose, you are probably right, but as far as I know we are using that word in whole Serbia, not only to the part close to Hungaria.

clean 16. October 2009, 11:34

Back in the days of the Code, comic books used to have a variety of replacement words for swearing, some of which were quite funny.

You used to get characters like Hawkeye substituting 'motherloving' for 'motherfucking'. The Thing would occasionally have need to blurt out 'crud' as opposed to 'shit'.* And there were quite a few times when long-time tough guy Luke Cage would let loose with 'Sweet Christmas' (as opposed to what, though, I'm not sure). The last one was cleverly addressed in an issue of Thunderstrike, when the aforementioned character asked him about it, to which he replied, "What? Every black man has to have a guttermouth?"

As the 90s came in and ate away at the code, we had comics like those produced by Image showing how 'edgy' they could be with characters spitting out '@$$hole' here and there (though I'm not sure what that was replacing :angel: ).

And now we have your average, everyday comics like Mighty Avengers, an issue of which featured Hank Pym and Reed Richards having a difference of opinion:

Hank: "Reed?"

Reed: "Yes, Henry?"

Hank: "It's on, bitch". :lol:



* There was an issue of Swamp Thing once where Dr Fate replaced 'shit' and 'crud' with *ahem* 'dromedary soil'. :lol:

Spaggyj 16. October 2009, 12:12

"dromedary soil" :lol:

Furie 16. October 2009, 13:10

Camel dirt? :left:

garlingmatthews 16. October 2009, 13:36

Drokk!

Dacotah 16. October 2009, 15:28

Kimmie :lol: :D

Zaphira 16. October 2009, 17:41

Originally posted by Mik:

It doesn't help that she's got a cat that's out to kill me


Muahahaha! :devil:

garlingmatthews 16. October 2009, 17:47

You look depressed in your new pic.

Spaggyj 16. October 2009, 18:43

I wasn't - I was just unsure as to whether my camera would take the picture or not - it broke today :frown:

garlingmatthews 16. October 2009, 19:15

That sucks. But they're really cheap now, aren't they?

Spaggyj 16. October 2009, 19:19

Yeees.. Unfortunately there are more pressing matters on the financial agenda. Let me put it this way - we're backed up for about a year.

garlingmatthews 16. October 2009, 20:02

Ah. That really sucks. I have an old camera lying around if you have the right cable, which I don't.

Spaggyj 16. October 2009, 21:00

You need a cable?

clean 16. October 2009, 21:32

Originally posted by garlingmatthews:

Drokk!



:lol:

I remember drokk! Ahh ... grud!

H82typ 17. October 2009, 00:20

Originally posted by clean:

Drokk!



:eyes: *gets ready to do the Heimlich maneuver...*

Furie 17. October 2009, 01:53

You'll do anything to squeeze him from behind, wont you? :rolleyes:

clean 17. October 2009, 03:51

Grud! :eyes:

H82typ 17. October 2009, 06:45

Now that's a sound of contentment! :lol:

garlingmatthews 17. October 2009, 07:12

Feldercarp!

Yes, it's actually a very small camera, but it works as a webcam. It takes AAA batteries, but I have a couple of rechargables that you can have. Do you have a charger?

I post pics when I have loaded AA batteries.

If you have the cable...

Spaggyj 17. October 2009, 08:15

:lol: @ Mik, David and Dennis p: .

Gavin - I love my battery charger - I'm yet to buy a table lamp so I charge batteries so I can read in bed with a torch :D .
I was browsing around forums yesterday and I noticed that 12MP cameras are now as low as £70 :eyes: I paid £130 for my 7.2MP cybershot :irked:

garlingmatthews 17. October 2009, 08:20

It is kind of ridiculous. I bought the outgoing model Kodak, 8.2 M.P., for 699 crowns; about £54 at the moment. Who needs the latest? Of course, I since got it heavily rained on and I'm waiting for it to pack in (wherupon I will buy a waterproof model recommended by Zaphira :D), but that's another kettle of fish.

garlingmatthews 17. October 2009, 08:24

Um, I used to do that in bed too, it's no good for the eyes at all at all.

Spaggyj 17. October 2009, 08:27

I know :lol: I'll get around to lampage. Hmmm, waterproof? How much is it there? Sounds like a plan.

Furie 17. October 2009, 08:27

You used to take a kettle of fish to bed with you? :eyes:

garlingmatthews 17. October 2009, 08:36

It's more expensive than my current one, somewhere in the 1500 crown range, I think. So I'm hoping that my current one... keeps... breathing!

Doesn't everybody? They'd get all lonely otherwise awww

Furie 17. October 2009, 08:41

:eyes: I'm sending you a woman. :up: You'll have to pay the postage though.

garlingmatthews 17. October 2009, 08:47

:lol: That may raise questions at he post office. And what if she doesn't make it out before the strike? And, you know, we speak funny here.

Besides, I'm sure that there are women around here somewhere :raider:

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