NationStates Jolt Archive

Some objects, events and/or activities have fun-sounding exotic names. Names that would automatically get my curiosity going if I had heard them for the first time. Unfortunately, these things aren;t anywhere as interesting as they sound. Here are a few examples:

Shuttlecock. WOW! What an interesting word! :eek: I've got to see one of these! ...Nah. It's just a little white frilly plastic cone with a red top. Nothing to get worked up over.

Hump Day. The middle day of your week. I would expect this day to be considerably more entertaining than it is with a name like 'hump day'. Disappointed again. :(

Penectomy Doesn't it sound like a schoolmate got a pen stuck up his nose and they're going to need surgery to remove it? Well, trust me; Nobody deserves a Penectomy. :(

Titmouse Oh, the mind reels with possibilities. But in reality, the titmouse isn't even a mouse! So you can't shrug and say, "Maybe he just likes tits." No. A titmouse is a bird. Looks like a tiny light blue cardinal. I don't know how they feel about tits. But I imagine it's total disdain.

Anything that sounds more interesting to you than it really is?

Fondle.

Widget, finding out it was not a firework ruined my childhood:(

Fondle.

Fondle, or fondue?

Fondling strikes me as pretty interesting.

Fondue is just hot cheese.

Widget, finding out it was not a firework ruined my childhood:(
But widgets are interesting, they make canned beer....less shitty!

I always thought 'the faculty' sounded like some secret society...:(

Fondle, or fondue?

Fondling strikes me as pretty interesting.

Fondue is just hot cheese.
Not if it's chocolate fondue.

Kumquat. Yeah, we all know it's a fruit...but still.

Organism. Because everyone pronounced it 'orgasm' by mistake.

Poundcake.

serendipity

But widgets are interesting, they make canned beer....less shitty!

Yeah, widgets are supposed to be imaginary, so I was very dissapointed to find them in imported beer cans. Shouldn't the name 'widget' be preserved, to help economics students? Call that thing a 'fizz preserver' instead. Sheesh.

Not if it's chocolate fondue.

Kumquat. Yeah, we all know it's a fruit...but still.

Organism. Because everyone pronounced it 'orgasm' by mistake.

Poundcake.

Poundcake made me laugh. I never really thought about it. But now that I do, I'm laughing at the possibilities.

Yeah, widgets are supposed to be imaginary, so I was very dissapointed to find them in imported beer cans. Shouldn't the name 'widget' be preserved, to help economics students? Call that thing a 'fizz preserver' instead. Sheesh.
MON DIEU! The link between economics students and widget-based learning must be transnational. I used widgets in an economics in high school to demonstrate division of labour, and again in college to demonstrate supply and demand. That was a lol moment, albeit a short 'ha!'.

Arrogate. Sounds like some kind of mythical… well, gate, with tall warriors with intricate spears standing guard. Turns out it just means "to take without a right".

Abscond. I thought it was an almond scone.

Propoganda. It has nothing to do with geese:mad:

As a fairly small child I was taken to a rock show.


It was a gathering of people interested in geology and the like.

As a fairly small child I was taken to a rock show.


It was a gathering of people interested in geology and the like.
Oh, my grade six teacher did something similar. He hosted a 'rock concert' on his quarter-section and took the whole class out there. We were so excited!

We ended up spending the day picking rocks out of his field so he could plow it:(

Oh, my grade six teacher did something similar. He hosted a 'rock concert' on his quarter-section and took the whole class out there. We were so excited!

We ended up spending the day picking rocks out of his field so he could plow it:(

Rock on child labour!

Spotted dick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick)

Oh, my grade six teacher did something similar. He hosted a 'rock concert' on his quarter-section and took the whole class out there. We were so excited!

We ended up spending the day picking rocks out of his field so he could plow it:(
Yeah, I think that one ranks right up there with "G.I. Party". Not really a whole lot of partying going on.

I always wanted to go to Lake Titicaca.

But now I'm worried I'll be disappointed.

I always wanted to go to Lake Titicaca.

But now I'm worried I'll be disappointed.
Or not. If it was what is sounded like...ewwwww....

My husband's uncle lives in an area of Santiago, Chile called Maipu. That is pronounced like 'my poo'. Seriously. Every time I hear that name I crack up. "So, I was visting my uncle in my poo..." "there was something really interesting in my poo"...damnit, I'm laughing right now thinking of it...CHANGE THE NAME! Please. It's harmful to English speakers!

Shuttlecock. WOW! What an interesting word! :eek: I've got to see one of these! ...Nah. It's just a little white frilly plastic cone with a red top. Nothing to get worked up over.

It would be a perfect name for a gay astronaut-themed nightclub.

Masticate.

I think it means chew....but if youve never seen it before its a laugh and a half..

Or not. If it was what is sounded like...ewwwww....

My husband's uncle lives in an area of Santiago, Chile called Maipu. That is pronounced like 'my poo'. Seriously. Every time I hear that name I crack up. "So, I was visting my uncle in my poo..." "there was something really interesting in my poo"...damnit, I'm laughing right now thinking of it...CHANGE THE NAME! Please. It's harmful to English speakers!
Incidentally theres a town in Maine called Mianus...

Yes, it IS pronounced my anus....

I.E..... Is there any beef in Mianus?
Is there something interesting in Mianus?
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It would be a perfect name for a gay astronaut-themed nightclub.

YAY! :D

Incidentally theres a town in Maine called Mianus...

Yes, it IS pronounced my anus....

I.E..... Is there any beef in Mianus?
Is there something interesting in Mianus?
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There's a Mianus, Connecticut too.

One of my best friends lives in Mianus.

:eek:

Incidentally theres a town in Maine called Mianus...

Yes, it IS pronounced my anus....

I.E..... Is there any beef in Mianus?
Is there something interesting in Mianus?
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Theres also a mianus in CT...on...um...84? towards NYC

Sublime. It is not below a lime at all.

and the word Koosh makes me giggle a bit.