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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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  • #7532
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Or "Bang" as in "All their bottles can explode"?


  • #7533
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    bang as in correct?

    I think it's one of those expressions young 'uns use nowadays. Like wicked , or bad meaning good.


  • #7534
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    I think it's one of those expressions young 'uns use nowadays. Like wicked , or bad meaning good.

    cool, awesome.


    I remember when words meant what they mean.,


  • #7535
    New Home
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    Like deadly. :pac:


  • #7536
    Rubecula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    like cool meaning right out of the fridge ??


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  • #7537
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    that's radical dude..


  • #7538
    New Home
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    Word. Also, far out.


  • #7539
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Time for a slang question then. A Geek today is an expert in computers or science. What did the original slang 'Geek' mean?


  • #7540
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Time for a slang question then. A Geek today is an expert in computers or science. What did the original slang 'Geek' mean?

    To stare


  • #7541
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    feargale wrote: »
    To stare

    I like your reasoning, but not it.


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  • #7542
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    I think it was originally a fool or jester type person. But I could have sworn there was something on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown where Susie Dent talks about how geeks bit off animal heads or something like that, not sure which definition supersedes which.


  • #7543
    piuswal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭piuswal


    stare was gawk as far as I recall - going to the town square for a gawk etc

    geek - person who is a bit different, out of the ordinary - in fact I think the current usage is just a particular adaptation of the original meaning


  • #7544
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    TheBoyFromAus wrote: »
    I think it was originally a fool or jester type person. But I could have sworn there was something on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown where Susie Dent talks about how geeks bit off animal heads or something like that, not sure which definition supersedes which.

    It was northern old English for a fool - comes from a Dutch word. So, correct or bang - if I'm using it right.


  • #7545
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    It was northern old English for a fool - comes from a Dutch word. So, correct or bang - if I'm using it right.

    Haha, in Australia we would often say bang or bang on if someone is right. Just a word that doesn't translate so well over here I guess.

    What obscure present did both Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson receive?


  • #7546
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    TheBoyFromAus wrote: »
    Haha, in Australia we would often say bang or bang on if someone is right. Just a word that doesn't translate so well over here I guess.

    Bang on is quite current here, but bang is likely to be heard only in parts of Dublin where there is competition in the narcotics trade.
    TheBoyFromAus wrote: »
    What obscure present did both Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson receive?

    A slave or slaves?


  • #7547
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    feargale wrote: »
    Bang on is quite current here, but bang is likely to be heard only in parts of Dublin where there is competition in the narcotics trade.
    I figured someone would go a cheesy shooting joke here haha.

    feargale wrote: »
    A slave or slaves?

    Nope


  • #7548
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,740 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    An exotic animal?


  • #7549
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    nope


  • #7550
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    TheBoyFromAus wrote: »
    Haha, in Australia we would often say bang or bang on if someone is right. Just a word that doesn't translate so well over here I guess.

    What obscure present did both Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson receive?

    They both notoriously pared some wood off William Shakespeare's chair in Stratford using a knife, but it wasn't a present so not that.


  • #7551
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    They both notoriously pared some wood off William Shakespeare's chair in Stratford using a knife, but it wasn't a present so not that.

    An interesting fact though!


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  • #7552
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Jefferson was given a huge cheese from somewhere in England. Perhaps Jackson got one too.


  • #7553
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    TheBoyFromAus wrote:
    Bang.

    TheBoyFromAus wrote:
    Haha, in Australia we would often say bang or bang on if someone is right. Just a word that doesn't translate so well over here I guess.

    In that case, I owe a question.

    A Sun dial has the least moving parts for a time-piece, what has the most?


  • #7554
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The hourglass. :)


  • #7555
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,802 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    New Home wrote:
    The hourglass.


    Yep, heard that Q yesterday on radio.
    That didn't last long. Must be a crack in it.


  • #7556
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,214 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    When marbling paper, combs can be used to obtain certain patterns. One of these patterns is named after an animal. What animal is it?


  • #7557
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    When marbling paper, combs can be used to obtain certain patterns. One of these patterns is named after an animal. What animal is it?

    I can't picture it but a wild guess...peacock?


  • #7558
    New Home
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    A very "domesticated" guess, Srameen, not a wild one at all. :)

    2927545791_116a3a4917.jpg


  • #7559
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    New Home wrote: »
    A very "domesticated" guess, Srameen, not a wild one at all. :)

    2927545791_116a3a4917.jpg

    WOW! Fluke.


  • #7560
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Why should you not put a full stop after the S in President Harry S Truman?


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  • #7561
    feargale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,636 ✭✭✭feargale


    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Why should you not put a full stop after the S in President Harry S Truman?

    Because it is a full name. Harry's parents couldn't agree as to which grandfather they should name him after, so since the first name of both granpas began with S they simply gave him that.


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