I get “word of the day” in my email.
Today’s word is Furbelow. lolol.
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“Aye, she were a comely wench, from snood to furbelow.”
Had to look it up.
Got some fluff on your petticoat do you?
Don’t worry, I won’t tell.
She had way to much furbelow for my liking.
Haley is polling furbelow Trump here in SC.
It was colder than that here this morning.
That’s odd, my Word-A-Day service sent me “merkin” early this morning.
@Thirdwind – Extra credit for using the word “snood”
To bad the president is a furbelow.
Def #2 – A piece of showy ornamentation.
Ann, that’s the last thing you need…ANOTHER merkin.
A-hem. Why are we gathered this way?
If your furbelow is inadequate, would that be a good reason to bust out the merkin?
Made me think of this:
https://www.businessinsider.com/gender-and-vocabulary-analysis-2014-6?op=1
And although furbelow isn’t in there, flouncing is.
Furbelow?!… Is that in Fahrenheit or Celcius?
furbelow
/ˈfəː.bɪ.ləʊ/
Noun
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
A small, showy ornamentation.
Verb
To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
I’m fascinated by etymology.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/furbelow
“Kamala”: and she’s ready to suck – er – serve.
My word of the day is embrocation…
Loco, is that something that could affect your vision?
Strangely enough, I learned what furbelow means a couple of years ago. Andy Griffith on the Andy Griffith show told a beatnik trumpet player in the marching band that the he knew the furbelows were hard to play but they weren’t appropriate for a marching band (furbelow can also be a “flourish” played on a musical instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqjz42ackGU
from the past: folderol, geegaw, gimcrack, whizbang, whippersnapper
Angus
MONDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2024, 16:07 AT 4:07 PM
“Loco, is that something that could affect your vision?”
…could be…
“It’s MY penis and MY soap, so I will embrocate it as fast and as much as I want to!”
Gotta have furbelow.
The 10 and under look does not turn me on.
Wild Bill MONDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2024, 15:24 AT 3:24 PM
I’m fascinated by etymology.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/furbelow
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Just had a DOH! moment when checking your link.
I have dealt with furdowns in homes for over 42 years, in one capacity or another. Even constructed a few.
Never thought about it before, but it makes sense now why they are called that.
flapdoodle
Whompyjawed: 1.Askew, out of place 2.Off-center or crooked
@Rabbit
May I askew, have you heard of Luke Askew, the actor?
He was once in a movie called Rolling Thunder (around 1977), where he played a bad guy named Automatic Slim. Him and his gang shoved the hand of a returned POW Air Force officer Major Rane (William Devane) into an in-sinkerator and turned it on, destroying his hand, so in the rest of the movie, Rane had a hook for a hand. It was also the first movie I ever saw with Tommy Lee Jones (Master Sargent Vogn).
Overall, a pretty good movie.
Why am I hearing Beavis and Butthead snickering?