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Actions that have no proper meanings

  • 14-12-2013 9:49pm
    #1
    JumpShivers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 580 ✭✭✭


    Like when you're walking on the path and someone is coming the opposite way. That awkward moment when you move to the left and they their right, so you bump into eachother.

    What do you call that?

    What other actions have no real word meaning to them?


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  • #2
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    What do you call that?

    A Coincidence


  • #3
    jobeenfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,443 ✭✭✭jobeenfitz


    bumping into each other. Maybe bumping?


  • #4
    JumpShivers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 580 ✭✭✭JumpShivers


    jobeenfitz wrote: »
    bumping into each other. Maybe bumping?

    There's 'bumping' into eachother by accident, and
    Seeing someone come towards you and you do that awkward move when you walk into eachother.


  • #5
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    wretcheddomain wrote: »
    A Coincidence

    What the ..... theres no such word.
    You just made that up.


  • #6
    Blue Crystal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭Blue Crystal


    I call it a fūcking waste of a thread


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  • #7
    JumpShivers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 580 ✭✭✭JumpShivers


    Blue Crystal wrote: »
    I call it a fūcking waste of a thread

    Well then...
    Have some Christmas spirit! :)


  • #8
    wretcheddomain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭wretcheddomain


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    Have some Christmas spirit! :)

    I'll have vodka thanks!


  • #9
    jobeenfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,443 ✭✭✭jobeenfitz


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    Well then...
    Have some Christmas spirit! :)

    Whiskey!


  • #10
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Blue Crystal wrote: »
    I call it a fūcking waste of a thread

    Damn right! Let's get back to the usual half arsed political bull shit!


  • #11
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    'Socially awkward penguin moment'


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  • #12
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Two people thinking the same thought and movement at the same time..... Could be your soulmate, grab them and keep them.


  • #13
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    In such situations I always say "May I have this dance?"


  • #14
    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,126 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


    A complete **** up.........


  • #15
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    There's 'bumping' into eachother by accident, and
    Seeing someone come towards you and you do that awkward move when you walk into eachother.

    An unforced error.


  • #16
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    The feeling you get when something unexpected, but still mundane happens. Like if you go to open a door, and when you pull the handle, it detaches from the door.


  • #17
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    keith16 wrote: »
    The feeling you get when something unexpected, but still mundane happens. Like if you go to open a door, and when you pull the handle, it detaches from the door.

    You da hulk or something? :-D


  • #18
    Encrustment
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 179 ✭✭Encrustment


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    Like when you're walking on the path and someone is coming the opposite way. That awkward moment when you move to the left and they their right, so you bump into eachother.

    What do you call that?

    What other actions have no real word meaning to them?

    You should read a book called "The Meaning of Liff". It is full of this stuff and gives a name to all this mad shyte that happens in life.

    For example:

    Aasleagh (n.): A liqueur made only for drinking at the end of a revoltingly long bottle party when all the drinkable drink has been drunk.

    Aboyne (vb.): To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him.

    Abruzzo (n.): The worn patch of ground under a swing.

    Acklins (pl. n.): The odd twinges you get in parts of your body when you scratch other parts.

    Ahenny (adj.): The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.

    Aigburth (n.): Any piece of readily identifiable anatomy found amongst cooked meat.

    Aith (n.): The single bristle that sticks out sideways on a cheap paintbrush.

    Albacete (n.): A single surprisingly long hair growing in the middle of nowhere.

    Alcoy (adj.): Wanting to be bullied into having another drink.

    Amlwch (n.): A British Rail sandwich which has been kept soft by being regularly washed and resealed in clingfilm.

    Ampus (n.): A lurid bruise which you can't remember getting.


  • #19
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    You da hulk or something? :-D

    Yes. Yes I am.


  • #20
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Accidentally falling into the turfbucket whilst lepping about the floor to AC/DC. What's that called?


  • #21
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    When being introduced to a female and staring at her tits.
    Can be awkward in a work situation.


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  • #22
    Mariasofia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭Mariasofia


    keith16 wrote: »
    Yes. Yes I am.

    I wouldnt like you when youre mad would I?


  • #23
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,336 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    A glitch in the matrix.


  • #24
    camel jockey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 909 ✭✭✭camel jockey


    A **** thread.


  • #25
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »
    When being introduced to a female and staring at her tits.
    Can be awkward in a work situation.

    For her or you ?


  • #26
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Mariasofia wrote: »
    I wouldnt like you when youre mad would I?

    No way, José. I can be pretty annoying when I'm mad.

    I'm mad right now.


  • #27
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,797 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    mattjack wrote: »
    For her or you ?

    For the person doing the introducing usually.


  • #28
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,547 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    Like when you're walking on the path and someone is coming the opposite way. That awkward moment when you move to the left and they their right, so you bump into eachother.

    What do you call that?

    It's similar to the Prisoner's dilemma or a Nash Equilibrium in game theory.


  • #29
    LETHAL LADY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,145 ✭✭✭LETHAL LADY


    I say thank you all the time in work when it is completely uncalled for, could be in person or on the phone to someone. It must be some over politeness thingy.


  • #30
    lau1247
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭lau1247


    LETHAL LADY wrote: »
    I say thank you all the time in work when it is completely uncalled for, could be in person or on the phone to someone. It must be some over politeness thingy.

    Manners?? Seems to fit the action

    West Dublin, ☀️ 7.83kWp ⚡5.66 kWp South West, ⚡2.18 kWp North East



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  • #31
    Mint Aero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    How are you?

    How are you?

    :confused:

    I don't get this thread


  • #32
    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    JumpShivers wrote: »
    Like when you're walking on the path and someone is coming the opposite way. That awkward moment when you move to the left and they their right, so you bump into eachother.

    What do you call that?

    What other actions have no real word meaning to them?


    they go left, you go left, they go right, you go right

    I guess you could call it....



    a co-inci-dance.



    Thank you thank you. Im here all week ladies and gentlemen.
    dont forget to tip.


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