What's a word you always hear but don't actually know the meaning of?

KM792

I didn't actually realise what a vulture fund meant despite hearing it constantly in the media.

howamidifferent

That's two words

pgj2015

a fund which invests in companies or properties which are performing poorly and may therefore be undervalued.

Deebles McBeebles

Vulture Fund: https://www.4vultures.org/

Samuel T. Cogley

Dearth has completely the opposite meaning to what to thought it did.

TuringBot47

"Gullible", in fact it's not even in the dictionary.

Raconteuse

Pragmatic.

I know I can now Google it seeing as I'm thinking about it, but I don't fully know what it means. And I don't know whether it's supposed to be a good or bad thing.

Leg End Reject

TuringBot47 wrote: »

"Gullible", in fact it's not even in the dictionary.

Easily fooled, as in "Would you like to buy these magic beans?".

Leg End Reject

Raconteuse wrote: »

Pragmatic.

I know I can now Google it seeing as I'm thinking about it, but I don't fully know what it means. And I don't know whether it's supposed to be a good or bad thing.

To me it describes approaching something in a logical, dispassionate manner without sentimentality or hysteria.

TuringBot47

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Easily fooled, as in "Would you like to buy these magic beans?".

You've been gulled there.

Dr. Bre

Literally

Esel

Irregardless (not an actual word).

Purple Mountain

Female orgasm

Strawman and every other argument and debate style thing.

uch

Thanks

BuboBubo

Saws or soz?

Not sure how it's spelt, but was preceded with "My bad" which I'm not too sure of either.

I think it may be an off-hand, half arßed sorry, but I could be wrong. I didn't reply as I was unsure how to

One eyed Jack

“supercalifragilisticexpialidocious“


Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious.


It’s fcuking true too :pac:


But until the OP made me think about it, I would never have known the meaning or the origins of the word -


The word was popularised in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, in which it is used as the title of a song and defined as "something to say when you have nothing to say".


Even the lyrics of the song suddenly make sense -

Mary Poppins - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Lyrics

764dak

howamidifferent wrote: »

That's two words

Open Compound:

A word made up of two or more existing words separated by a space, e.g. school bus, life jacket, mobile phone.

https://www.lexico.com/definition/open_compound

Quantum Erasure

Open compound

Samsgirl

Leftover wine

Or

Sharing crisps

Samuel T. Cogley

Paradigm and other business buzzwords.

764dak

Wherefore:

harry Bailey esq

No

Birneybau

BuboBubo wrote: »

Saws or soz?

Not sure how it's spelt, but was preceded with "My bad" which I'm not too sure of either.

I think it may be an off-hand, half arßed sorry, but I could be wrong. I didn't reply as I was unsure how to

It just means sorry.

Birneybau

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Literally

If you are literally legless, you're not drunk, it (should) genuinely mean you have no legs.

Leg End Reject

Birneybau wrote: »

If you are literally legless, you're not drunk, it (should) genuinely mean you have no legs.

I think it was a reference to me being literally gulled!

Widdershins

In the past, it was "heuristic ".
I now understand its meaning.

CramCycle

Esel wrote: »

Irregardless (not an actual word).

It is, i mean there is no need for it but it is a word.

Kylta

Work

Esel

CramCycle wrote: »

It is, i mean there is no need for it but it is a word.

Inanyway, I do not agree with you.

Masala

Anxiety

As in I think I have anxiety. I suffer from anxiety. Am always afraid to ash ‘ how do you know you have it’

Masala

Toolbox meeting

New one I hear a lot these days with the new boss...

Quantum Erasure

Masala wrote: »

Toolbox meeting

New one I hear a lot these days with the new boss...

he's calling you a tool

Ultrflat

Masala wrote: »

Anxiety

As in I think I have anxiety. I suffer from anxiety. Am always afraid to ash ‘ how do you know you have it’

Its like your bodies on a constant Adrenalin rush. Except less euphoric, you worry about everything Your heart races. It never feels like you can get enough air in your lungs. Some times your hands shake, some times you want to break down and cry.

Quantum Erasure

Ultrflat wrote: »

Some times your hands shake, some times you want to break down and cry.

so lonely...

Nowhere to go, nothing to do with my time
I get lonely, so lonely, living on my own.

Topdolla

CramCycle wrote: »

It is, i mean there is no need for it but it is a word.

That's irregardless

Omackeral

Pisswallet

Kylta

Masala wrote: »

Toolbox meeting

New one I hear a lot these days with the new boss...

Its when the spanner gets he's say, and the the hammer gets hes say. But its normally the screw driver the starts the argument. The argument is always over whose important, either the Nut or the Screw. You pick

Widdershins

Masala wrote: »

Anxiety

As in I think I have anxiety. I suffer from anxiety. Am always afraid to ash ‘ how do you know you have it’

In my case Im rarely at peace. Im stuck in "fight or flight". Its not that bad most of the time. It flares up, and thats an "anxiety attack".
If you think you might have anxiety disorder, its worth asking a doctor. You know yourself better than anyone.

Kylta

Widdershins wrote: »

In my case Im rarely at peace. Im stuck in "fight or flight". Its not that bad most of the time. It flares up, and thats an "anxiety attack".
If you think you might have anxiety disorder, its worth asking a doctor. You know yourself better than anyone.

Does fight or flight come from the event of an extreme bout of flatulence a friend has!
You either fight it ( the smell) or flight from it ( again the smell

JCDUB

Gaslighting.

I think it's a millennial term, or gen z, or whoever it is now.

I don't understand what it means.

Can't be arsed looking it up as it seems like it's not relevant to anybody over 25.

Earthhorse

Raconteuse wrote: »

Pragmatic.

I know I can now Google it seeing as I'm thinking about it, but I don't fully know what it means. And I don't know whether it's supposed to be a good or bad thing.

I mostly see it as a synonym for practical.

But normally I use it in a context where it suggest this is not the ideal solution; so we could have been practical about moving house and hired a mover but as we haven't we now have to be pragmatic about it (by loading your stuff into the boot of my car).

It's neither a good or a bad thing IMO, it all depends on context.

Raconteuse

Masala wrote: »

Anxiety

As in I think I have anxiety. I suffer from anxiety. Am always afraid to ash ‘ how do you know you have it’

The symptoms.

JCDUB wrote: »

Gaslighting.

I think it's a millennial term, or gen z, or whoever it is now.

I don't understand what it means.

Can't be arsed looking it up as it seems like it's not relevant to anybody over 25.

For sure it seems to be in use more than ever now - and wrongly used.

It's actually named after a 1938 play though, about a wealthy woman whose husband torments her psychologically with the aim of driving her insane, so that she gets locked up and he gets all her money.

It's kinda like projection/deflection - telling a party whom you have clearly wronged that you've done nothing wrong, they're the one with the problem because they are paranoid/needy/they can't take a joke etc. Doing so repeatedly in e.g. a relationship or the workplace can grind the person on the receiving end down to the point that they believe they truly are the one at fault.

It's a recognised form of psychological abuse.

Fiolina

When people say Touche - don't get it, never did.

eviltwin

I don't understand the difference between "despite" and "in spite".

Deja Boo

nonflammable I get, flammable sure - inflammable, no idea

carbsy

Love.

Deja Boo

infamous.... generally any word with 'in' as a prefix

the beer revolu

Deja Boo wrote: »

infamous.... generally any word with 'in' as a prefix

I've a confession.

I always, up until this moment, thought that the word was imfamous.

Widdershins

Deja Boo wrote: »

nonflammable I get, flammable sure - inflammable, no idea

Used to confuse me too. I think of it like this, the item is easily inflamed. That makes me think of a rash, so its not that helpful really.
Same meaning as flammable, not sure why they're used interchangeably.

Raconteuse

Deja Boo wrote: »

nonflammable I get, flammable sure - inflammable, no idea

Widdershins wrote: »

Used to confuse me too. I think of it like this, the item is easily inflamed. That makes me think of a rash, so its not that helpful really.
Same meaning as flammable, not sure why they're used interchangeably.

https://youtu.be/Q8mD2hsxrhQ