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As one dashed out the door, an absolutely spiffing idea occurred to me. On returning to my abode one made haste to the parlour and with great exuberance and in a parlance that I determined would surely galvanise my audience, I imparted my idea. Oh my! One failed to consider the xanthippe and the mammothrept. One must also bear in mind that a beastly ragamuffin had seemingly apported from nowhere and the scurrilous chap was simply brutish. Now I consider myself a rather good egg and was a tad flummoxed, by jove, at the reaction of the termagent and the babalevante. They were blithering idiots to claim my stupendous idea was balderdash. What bunkum I cried! What gobbledygook they proclaimed!
I must confess that at this point I got rather rambunctious. The jaunt must be planned. I was absolutely smitten with the idea. It was marvellous! Super! But the detractors to whom I spoke called it superfluous, claimed I was a flibbertigibbet. Well this old bean started to caterwaul. The jaunt was to meet a rather dapper old chap who was generally a jolly good show, I was confounded that they would try and deny me.
Pip pip
Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)Is this some attempt at literary pose? Is it from some mid-18th century writings? Frankly could make no sense of this posting. Perhaps others with more imagination will. I had to look up some of the words used and can find no logical usage for them. If nothing else, this post occupied about 10 minutes of my time on a quiet Sunday morning.
Xanthippe (/zænˈθɪpi/; Greek: Ξανθίππη, Greek pronunciation: [kʰsantʰíp̚pɛː]; 5th 4th century BCE) was an ancient Athenian, the wife of Socrates and mother of their three sons: Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus. She was likely much younger than Socrates, perhaps by as much as 40 years.
A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child. O, you are a more mammothrept in judgment. - B. Jonson. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G.
termagent
1.a harsh-tempered or overbearing woman.
2.HISTORICAL
an imaginary deity of violent and turbulent character, often appearing in morality plays.
babalevante No definition found for this word.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)xanthippe - in Victorian England was a derogatory term for a quarrelsome woman
mammothrept - a person of immature judgement
babalevante - someone who makes crap jokes
termagent - you have right
So the story goes:
AS I ran out the door I had a great idea. When I got home I went into the living room to tell everyone my fantastic idea. I was very excited, but I forgot who I was dealing with. She just wanted to fight with me and he treated it all as a joke. There was a bit of a rough looking chap there who looked like he had done ten rounds with Tyson. I was confused by the ill tempered woman and the chap who really thought himself a comedian even though he wasnt
Etc etc
As I said just a bit of fun on how the English language has changed over time
Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)And yes, our manner of speaking certainly has changed over the centuries.
I wasn't being critical, just had no idea what it was all about.
malthaussen
(17,193 posts)Editorially speaking, I don't think one is to mix the personal pronoun with the impersonal one. One is considered third-person, so it should be "an absolutely spiffing idea occurred to her" (or "him," as may be)
Cheerio. (Which is a cereal, I believe)
-- Mal