I was forever mixing up the words - Murmuration and SusurrationMurmuration being (usually) a large flock of starlings that twist, turn, and change direction in unison. Susurration being a soft, whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound.
You scared the living daylights out of me.Have you ever used this term? What even are daylights? Daylights is an 18th century slang term for eyes. In this context; To scare (or beat) the living (an intensifier that means "very" or "real) daylights means to dish out a merciless beating or... See More »
Meaning and etymology of the term - TurnpikeOriginating from 15th-century English, combining "turn" and "pike" (a pointed weapon or shaft). It originally meant a spiked barrier or turnstile used to block roads and manage access. By the 1670s, it referred to tollgate barriers that were... See More »
Tuppence ha'penny?Everyone who is British and of advancing age know of this. The rest? Baffled what? 😄
dove and Dove, dove into the waterI was in the process of constructing a post about the whales off City Beach and used - dove down under the surface. Then I thought - It looks too much like Dove, the bird. Changed the sentence to - as it dived. Do you use the word dove, as in go... See More »
The best big words are surgical wordsPancreaticoduodenectomy. A major surgical operation most often performed to remove cancerous tumours off the head of the pancreas.
The Longest Place name in the World is in New ZealandTaumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu 85 Letters. Translation: "The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose... See More »
