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