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Not really a word but the name Swarfega. It's a hand soap used by mechanical engineers to clean oil off their hands.
I liked it so much it's been my online alias for years.
YES!! My grandad (plumber) had a big tub of the green jelly stuff that I loved using! Whenever I finished helping him in the workshop I'd go and put a tiny bit on my hands and WOOSH - clean hands! Happy memories. :)
Big fan of "Deluge"
Shenanigans.
I heard people in the UK like tea. These comments seem to tell the opposite, as noone stated tea as their favorite word.
I see your point, but it's not the word we're after. I'd still drink it if they called it "Leaf Coffee" or "Hot Leaf-Juice" etc
I don't trust you, you are a fake man with a pretend name.
Shenanigans - one of my most over-used words, it's a pity some word filters screen it out for racism.
Baboon - one of my favourite words to say.
it’s a pity some word filters screen it out for racism.
Wait, what? Why?
Although I have claimed it's because the word is racist against the Irish, it's a Scunthorpe type situation. Nothing that couldn't be fixed by decent regular expressions.
Username checks out.
Careful you don't get yourself banned with all that racist talk though.
My favorites are just nonsensical made up words I say when I am talking to my cat.
Paraphernalia
Such a great looking word for basically "stuff"
- Haberdasher
- Penumbra
- Paunch
- Shabba
- Thrice
- Transient
- Ephemeral
- Polychromatic
- Bellend
- T'were
- Widdershins
- Moreso
- Superfluous
- Various combi-swears, such as Twattock
Also, a lot of those sort of words that kind of get made up in the fly, for things which don't really have a name:
- Leanerbackeronnerer (a thing for leaning something back on)
- Putterinnerer (a thing for putting a thing in another thing)
- Doofydiddler (a thingumy, wotsit or doofer)
Exactly. I wish it were more socially acceptable for an adult to shout "Shabba!" at random intervals throughout the working day, but these days I just have to think it and enjoy it quietly to myself.
About 30 years ago, I was told off in French class with the line:
"Shabba bien merci is neither funny nor correct French, Fakeman"
Doofydiddler
This reminded me of one my mum used to say: "Dooferator"
Haha! That's what my parents used to change the TV channel with :)
Perambulate
Architrave
Pixilated - not the same as pixelated
Chryon
Teletype
Caldera
Retrograde
Thermistor
Spirochetes
Parallax
Intermezzo
Subterfuge
Inappetance
Cromulent
somnambulistic obfuscation
Swineherd, ineluctable, sprig, ululate, cnidoblast, pompholoogopaphlasmasin.
Prick.
It lets out a nice amount of frustration when someone’s being a prick.
Hazelnut, Mystify, Cuttlefish, Lark, Lurk, Robert, Anglican, Pheromone, Halter top, Marmalade, Hardware, Laser, Pepper, Release, Kneecap, Falafel, Period, Chaste, Chased, Leggings, Wool, Sweater, Heartbeat, Heartbeat, Heart, Beat, Heart, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat, Beat.
I've been describing a lot of things as "funky" lately.
I find myself saying "really" way too often.
"Moist" is excellent.