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11-16-2010 , 06:15 PM

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diebitter

Grotesquely Handsome

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65,701

Can we have a phrase instead?

"Ginger midget"

Say it over and over. It feels like you're kissing.

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11-16-2010 , 06:16 PM

#52

diebitter

Grotesquely Handsome

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65,701

sockdolager

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11-16-2010 , 06:23 PM

#53

ErikTheDread

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 9,124

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Originally Posted by diebitter

sockdolager

http://www.answers.com/topic/sockdolager

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This sockdolager of a word has an unusual claim to fame in the US history. It turned out to be the cue on which John Wilkes Booth fired his shot at President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was watching the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theater on that fateful night. His killer, Booth, an actor himself and aware of the dialog, knew the line that brought the loudest burst of laughter from the audience was:
"Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, you sockdologising old man-trap."
Booth fired his gun at that precise moment to muffle the loud noise of his shot with the guffaws from the audience.

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11-16-2010 , 07:30 PM

#54

kudzudemon

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,560

Strategery

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11-16-2010 , 07:44 PM

#55

kudzudemon

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,560

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Originally Posted by John Cole

I have a theory about names . . . but I won't repeat it. Let me offer one Sidney Moncrief, who sported a name best suited for an Oscar Wilde character, but, instead, was a mere NBA basketball player.

Thanks, JC. Now, for the rest of my life, whenever I see Sidney Moncrief, I will picture him in silk foppery, one leg draped over the other, sipping tea.

Which reminds me...the word haberdashery certainly belongs on such a list.

Also:

Brobdingnagian
Deleterious
Loquacious

One day I hope you reveal your theory on names.

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Originally Posted by BigPoppa

Best Baseball Name of All Time: Razor Shines
(career minor leaguer)

Seems like there was a thread in this in the sports forum a few years ago. I remember contributing the immortal Shooty Babitt (Oakland Athletics, 1981), and longtime Braves farmhand Wonderful Terrific Monds.

And to keep the thread from completely derailing, I would like to add:

Fungo.

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11-16-2010 , 07:51 PM

#56

kudzudemon

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,560

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Originally Posted by Landonfan

Not to turn this into a full blown name thread, but while we're on the subject, God Shammgod needs more love.

Nice call, LF. I remember seeing him on television, in the NCAA College BB tourney in '97 or '98, and thinking "What the **** were this guys parents smoking?"

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11-16-2010 , 07:54 PM

#57

kioshk

Nixonian

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 92,823

When your last name is Shammgod, it tends to muddle your thought processes.

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11-16-2010 , 07:58 PM

#58

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,160

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Originally Posted by kudzudemon

Nice call, LF. I remember seeing him on television, in the NCAA College BB tourney in '97 or '98, and thinking "What the **** were this guys parents smoking?"

His real name was Shammgod Wow!

God Shammgod is his real name, but at PC he was known as Shammgod Wells before he went back to using his real name.

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11-16-2010 , 08:06 PM

#59

kudzudemon

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,560

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Originally Posted by John Cole

His real name was Shammgod Wow!

His brother Slapchop was a pretty good power forward, as I recall.

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11-16-2010 , 09:07 PM

#60

WhiteRabbito

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,512

Cellar Door?

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11-16-2010 , 09:25 PM

#61

Dominic

Tripod

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 74,252

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbito

Cellar Door?

lol...i almost posted this

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12-01-2010 , 03:32 AM

#62

ILikeToParty

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,496

FONDLE has always been a favorite of mine

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12-01-2010 , 09:38 AM

#63

steamraise

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,866

Junk.

When referring to ones private parts.

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12-01-2010 , 01:47 PM

#64

nitsud

stranger

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 8

prestidigitation
rabble rouser
bombastic

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12-01-2010 , 03:15 PM

#65

diebitter

Grotesquely Handsome

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65,701

Escutcheon

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12-01-2010 , 06:01 PM

#66

jfk

veteran

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,493

Fancy is a favorite verb though an adjective to be avoided, unless one is describing a fancy lad.

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12-01-2010 , 07:29 PM

#67

Gizmo

Hottest Khaleesi

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 11,951

I like "cluster ****" a lot too.

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12-01-2010 , 08:55 PM

#68

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,160

Concupiscence

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12-01-2010 , 09:03 PM

#69

diebitter

Grotesquely Handsome

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65,701

I don't know, it's a mouthful. similar but easier to say: senescence

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12-01-2010 , 11:10 PM

#70

nyc999

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 18,660

syncopation

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12-01-2010 , 11:19 PM

#71

DunlopFuzzy

banned

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,226

Facetious and Airtight Skipole.

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12-01-2010 , 11:20 PM

#72

Drakulah

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 579

Bamboozled
Sky

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12-01-2010 , 11:29 PM

#73

Zeno

Le Misanthrope

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 22,350

Anathema
Braggadocio
Septuagenarian
Ziggurat

-Zeno (I sort of like that word also)

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12-01-2010 , 11:31 PM

#74

D1iabol1cal

WSOS Champion

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 27,780

Discombobulated

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12-02-2010 , 01:24 AM

#75

huzzah

centurion

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 168

perpetual

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