26-09-2014, 03:45 PM
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Re: Words You Love The Sound Of
Originally Posted by AutumnColour
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old form of shoe repairer I believe is a cobbler.Just like the sound of the word. Fill me in.
However, in recent slang " a load of old coblers" has come to mean rubbish and is often used when some ones says something that is wrong or rubbish.
I've no idea how this came about although I suspect it might be connected with Cockney rhyming slang, I'm sure some one will be along shortly to elaborate.
Oh yes, Paula is a beautiful name
(For a beautiful person)
26-09-2014, 06:22 PM
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Re: Words You Love The Sound Of
Originally Posted by AutumnColour
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Jackie do I have to get out a dictionary now?
If anybody's interested:
Quake-buttock - a coward
Flambuginous - of the nature of a 'flam', nonsensical
Pauciloquent - speaking briefly, uttering few words
Unasinous - agreeing in stupidity
Gully-fluff - the fluff, dirt, etc. which accumulates in the pockets
Originally Posted by Losos
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... I've no idea how this came about although I suspect it might be connected with Cockney rhyming slang...
It comes from cobbler's awls - balls.
Eventually just Cobblers! was used as an exclamation, suggesting something was nonsense.
A load of old cobblers is an expansion of that.
It was originally from the East End of London, but was taken to other Commonwealth countries by emigrants.
I heard it in NZ and Australia, and I've heard it in Canada. I use the expression myself.
And that's no cobblers!
26-09-2014, 07:14 PM
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Re: Words You Love The Sound Of
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grobian
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