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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)
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Comments

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:46:01 PM

...so, you don't want comments, then? pirate

KittyliciousZaphira Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:47:34 PM

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

r♡serose-marie Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:25:35 PM

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 Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:38:53 PM

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 bigsmile . I've said, "fuck" in front of her three times though lol

KittyliciousZaphira Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:48:08 PM

You taught me Twonk! I like that too. lolhappy

Spaggyj Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:49:29 PM

I know, I've seen it lol lol

r♡serose-marie Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:50:12 PM

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

Spaggyj Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:59:31 PM

Glad to help Rosie lol happy

r♡serose-marie Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:13:06 PM

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

Darkogdare Thursday, October 15, 2009 9:14:30 PM

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

Cleanclean Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:32:52 PM

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 Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:38:56 PM

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 Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:44:08 PM

"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 Friday, October 16, 2009 4:25:02 AM

I'll remember.
Going away now. p bigsmile

Darkogdare Friday, October 16, 2009 5:07:04 AM


Originally posted by Spaggyj:

what's the bad version? Thirty hard cocks?


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

Diabolical Friday, October 16, 2009 6:49:42 AM

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 Friday, October 16, 2009 6:49:59 AM

Fiddlesticks left

r♡serose-marie Friday, October 16, 2009 6:57:29 AM

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 party happy
And likewise! wink

Darkogdare Friday, October 16, 2009 8:15:33 AM

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

r♡serose-marie Friday, October 16, 2009 8:47:21 AM

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

Spaggyj Friday, October 16, 2009 9:51:39 AM

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

Dark FurieFurie Friday, October 16, 2009 10:05:22 AM

*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 Friday, October 16, 2009 10:22:12 AM

smile

Darkogdare Friday, October 16, 2009 11:05:40 AM

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.

Cleanclean Friday, October 16, 2009 11:34:14 AM

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 Friday, October 16, 2009 12:12:00 PM

"dromedary soil" lol

Dark FurieFurie Friday, October 16, 2009 1:10:22 PM

Camel dirt? left

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Friday, October 16, 2009 1:36:26 PM

Drokk!

Dacotah Friday, October 16, 2009 3:28:52 PM

Kimmie lol bigsmile

KittyliciousZaphira Friday, October 16, 2009 5:41:42 PM

Originally posted by Mik:

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


Muahahaha! devil

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Friday, October 16, 2009 5:47:31 PM

You look depressed in your new pic.

Spaggyj Friday, October 16, 2009 6:43:56 PM

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

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Friday, October 16, 2009 7:15:47 PM

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

Spaggyj Friday, October 16, 2009 7:19:38 PM

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.

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Friday, October 16, 2009 8:02:59 PM

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

Spaggyj Friday, October 16, 2009 9:00:45 PM

You need a cable?

Cleanclean Friday, October 16, 2009 9:32:49 PM

Originally posted by garlingmatthews:

Drokk!



lol

I remember drokk! Ahh ... grud!

H82typ Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:20:05 AM

Originally posted by clean:

Drokk!



bigeyes *gets ready to do the Heimlich maneuver...*

Dark FurieFurie Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:53:09 AM

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

Cleanclean Saturday, October 17, 2009 3:51:08 AM

Grud! bigeyes

H82typ Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:45:20 AM

Now that's a sound of contentment! lol

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:12:19 AM

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 Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:15:00 AM

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 bigsmile .
I was browsing around forums yesterday and I noticed that 12MP cameras are now as low as £70 bigeyes I paid £130 for my 7.2MP cybershot irked

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:20:08 AM

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 bigsmile), but that's another kettle of fish.

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:24:54 AM

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

Spaggyj Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:27:45 AM

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

Dark FurieFurie Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:27:56 AM

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

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:36:39 AM

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

Dark FurieFurie Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:41:17 AM

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

Gavin Tripp-Sheedygarlingmatthews Saturday, October 17, 2009 8:47:36 AM

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 pirate

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