Friday, March 11, 2011

English word of the day

Sarah has been giving me English lessons.  English lessons you say?  Yes.  Apparently, I've got it all wrong.


Word of the day: 
Numpty:  A bit of an idiot. 


It's also in the Urban Dictionary:
  • Someone who (sometimes unwittingly) by speech or action demonstrates a lack of knowledge or misconception of a particular subject or situation to the amusement of others. 
  • A good humoured admonition, a term of endearment 

Use it well.  In trade, I told her what a dingleberry is. 
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3 comments:

  1. tnar etteloc eesMarch 12, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    um...dingleberry...ew...

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  2. sweetMarch 12, 2011 at 6:13 PM

    i'm rather bothered by all the human connotation in the urban dictionary dingleberry definitions. perhaps i'm naive, lacking butt hair and all, but i've always considered it a phenomenon more associated with my pets.

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  3. leslazMarch 13, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    Funny you say that, T. I definitely amended the definition when I was talking to Sarah, saying that I had only associated it with dogs before. We felt better about that.

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