The other night I was watching a TV quiz. The question was to name any word that ended 'ium'. Radium, uranium, all the usual suspects came up - but nobody said 'handwavium'!
Cheers, John
Topic Actions
Topic Search
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests
shock and horror
6 posts
• Page 1 of 1
| shock and horror | |
|---|---|
by John Prigent
» Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:37 pm
|
|
|
John Prigent
Posts: 592
|
|
| Top | |
| Re: shock and horror | |
|---|---|
|
by Weird Harold
» Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:55 pm
|
|
|
Weird Harold
Posts: 4478
|
Was "Unobtainium" used? .
. . Answers! I got lots of answers! (Now if I could just find the right questions.) |
| Top | |
| Re: shock and horror | |
|---|---|
|
by Imaginos1892
» Fri Aug 04, 2017 4:53 pm
|
|
|
Imaginos1892
Posts: 1332
|
Yup, in Avatar! How about Administratium and Bureaucratium? |
| Top | |
| Re: shock and horror | |
|---|---|
|
by pappilon
» Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:43 am
|
|
|
pappilon
Posts: 1074
|
Oh yawn, the tedium of it all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. Ursula K. LeGuinn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Top | |
| Re: shock and horror | |
|---|---|
|
by cthia
» Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:33 am
|
|
|
cthia
Posts: 14951
|
Wonderful input. Tedium is a premium. Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense |
| Top | |
| Re: shock and horror | |
|---|---|
|
by pappilon
» Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:57 am
|
|
|
pappilon
Posts: 1074
|
Oh, we're playing that game? Ok! His honorarium for attending the cranium symposium created an opprobrium of odium." Double points for the alliteration? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. Ursula K. LeGuinn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Top | |
6 posts
• Page 1 of 1