good people
― mario vargis loosa (wins), Sunday, 29 May 2016 14:49 (seven years ago) link
a stone's throw
I'll collect you at....
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 29 May 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
demob happy
― soref, Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:29 (seven years ago) link
turn on one's heel
― soref, Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
nice one
― mario vargis loosa (wins), Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:33 (seven years ago) link
Fair play
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:41 (seven years ago) link
talk a blue streak
― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Sunday, 29 May 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Be grand
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
themistocles was ostracized for medism
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:15 (seven years ago) link
The yam is the power that be
― Daithi Bowsie (darraghmac), Sunday, 29 May 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
love "splayed""parlayed"
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Sunday, 25 June 2017 08:01 (six years ago) link
and empyrean, which is a truly gorgeous word
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Sunday, 25 June 2017 08:02 (six years ago) link
Agreed
I like the word silhouette
― blog haus aka the scene raver (wins), Sunday, 25 June 2017 13:47 (six years ago) link
yonder
― clouds, Sunday, 25 June 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link
just one morehappy hoursalty dogturn it up
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 26 June 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
apropos of nothing
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 26 June 2017 08:10 (six years ago) link
rank bastard
― ogmor, Monday, 26 June 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
"innuendo" is a hilarious word
― marcos, Monday, 26 June 2017 14:31 (six years ago) link
"rank odor"
long post, yet important
― marcos, Monday, 10 September 2018 23:54 (five years ago) link
Get on your stomachLike thisI luv yr tits
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 10 September 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
― marcos, Monday, 10 September 2018 23:58 (five years ago) link
It’s big/you’re big/you’re so big/“you been with more than 100 women right???!!!” Last one was told to me a week ago and i almost thought it belonged on the horrible things people have said to you after sex threadThen i thought about it some more and she meant it in a “you’re too good” way
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 00:06 (five years ago) link
Not marriage material tbh
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
That’s a bad phrase to like ross
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:49 (five years ago) link
“All day long and all night strong “
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:52 (five years ago) link
“Cadence and cascade”
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 01:54 (five years ago) link
Young hung and full of cum
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
Egg Neil Young
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
Stuffed Bean CurbHot Chilly
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
Hot chilly is a good one
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:23 (five years ago) link
Yeah, even better when written on the back of a white paper plate and taped above the grill.
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:30 (five years ago) link
It was a bloodbathShark Week
― Yerac, Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:38 (five years ago) link
Haven’t you people ever heard of closing the goddamn door?
― faculty w1fe (silby), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 02:56 (five years ago) link
Not sure if fa is a troll but if not he’s a premium big man aka douche in 1984 uh 2018
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 02:57 (five years ago) link
Reading posts about dick size? Jesus Christ
― dig me out requiem (Ross), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 02:58 (five years ago) link
Laser beans
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
Mumblin', bumblin', stumblin'
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 03:04 (five years ago) link
“Rum, Romanism, and rebellion”
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
"Void where prohibited by law."
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 04:12 (five years ago) link
Complete gibberish. Rubbish. Absolute and total galimatias.
― coetzee.cx (wins), Sunday, 21 October 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
But only that exact combination tbh, not into it when ppl start chucking around balderdash and tommyrot and the like
― coetzee.cx (wins), Sunday, 21 October 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
"job and Knock" is a good old blast from the past. Meaning: we have been so rough as fuck proficient at our task today, that it is 10.30 am and we go home with a full day's pay.
― calzino, Sunday, 21 October 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
Shit-stirring
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Sunday, 16 December 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
Piss up a rope, fuckstick
Stop that Polish chatter
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 16 December 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
parliamentary privilege
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
It’s fun that this thread has 47 posts over three years while its wretched counterpart that is 99% horseshit like “let me blow your mind: corporate managementspeak is bad” or “all new coinages are like so annoying” has a thousand posts a week, real language lovers here on ilxor.com
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
is it better or worse after that
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
It's not even pedantry if you just choose to feign ignorance of how language works
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
Worse than it was, better than those other threads xp
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
heh yes tbf
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Sunday, 16 December 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
Jackbooted thugs
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 January 2021 03:40 (three years ago) link
Mar dhea
― nob lacks, noirish (darraghmac), Friday, 8 January 2021 11:20 (three years ago) link
take the biscuit
― calzino, Friday, 8 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
tall glass of water
― Sam Weller, Saturday, 9 January 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
Your elbow is close but you can't bite it
― ledge, Friday, 15 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
I've always said "Tickling the ivories" but I just heard two people say "Tinkling the ivories" on Sky News. That doesn't seem right.
― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
I've overwhelmingly heard "tinkling" used but "tickling" is wittier and sounds better.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 07:34 (one year ago) link
OTM
― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 07:54 (one year ago) link
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Tickling was first, and is obviously correct as far as I'm concerned. It's a perfect visual description of fiddling about on a piano.
What would it be to tinkle a piano? If it's supposed to describe the sound of piano playing, twinkling the ivories would be better.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 10:42 (one year ago) link
Balls! Click the link
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 10:44 (one year ago) link