word up gossip

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:58 pm

TRANQUILLIZING - a massive 700 points.

Thats the new solo record if anyone's counting.

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:08 pm

Fantastic!

1. Did you know this was a 'real' word as you set it up?
2. What the heck does it mean?
3. I'm sick of being a WU-wimp is there a programme of diet and exercise I can go on?

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:13 pm

step7 wrote:1. Did you know this was a 'real' word as you set it up?
2. What the heck does it mean?
3. I'm sick of being a WU-wimp is there a programme of diet and exercise I can go on?

1. Yes. VB and EWQ have had it before (although naturally it took the two of them).

2. Erm, I hope you're joking. It's the present tense of the verb "to tranquillize", i.e. "The anaesthetist is tranquillizing the patient".

3. If you live somewhere in the south, why not come out with one of us sometime? You'll learn more from watching than you will from reading this forum.

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:37 pm

>1. Yes. VB and EWQ have had it before (although naturally it took the two of them).
LOL. Any comment boys.

>2. Erm, I hope you're joking. It's the present tense of the verb "to tranquillize", i.e. "The anaesthetist is tranquillizing the patient".
Erm no, I'm obviously a bit thick as I read it something like tran quiz ling (Now do you see why I'm getting sand kicked in my face - is there any hope?). Must be tired (maybe a few tranquillizers would help me sleep)

>3. If you live somewhere in the south, why not come out with one of us sometime? You'll learn more from watching than you will from reading this forum.
I live in the Midlands (probably explains point 2) but travel occasionally, I'll take you up on that the next time I'm 'down the smoke' - most likely passing thru' Heathrow.

fotherz · Post by **fotherz** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:41 pm

I live in SW London so if you provide the pound coins I'll provide the winnings.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:01 pm

step7 wrote:>1. Yes. VB and EWQ have had it before (although naturally it took the two of them).
LOL. Any comment boys.

He would never have even thought of such a word had we not drilled it into his head by boasting about how we got it (and various other versions, TRANQUILLISERS -ISED, -IZED etc)

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:11 pm

I'll go and try sticking it (or one of it's variants) up puzzle-word by way of penance.

I might be some time.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:09 am

i know a lot of you guys look up to me as some sort of superhuman word up paragon and i can fuel your adulation with these:

rose&crown wandsworth; CERTAINTIES, IMPERIALISMS, MULTIMILLIONS
o'neill's ealing; MINIATURIZING, 1884
and before i am a hypocrite for spelling the last one with a Z, that is the OED's preferred spelling so ner.

i also went into a large music venue boozer in barnes for a smash&grab but that bloody VAJINAL BOB had been at the word cube. the barmaid in there was one of the most genial and impressive humans i have ever met.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:25 am

unknownpseudonym wrote: i also went into a large music venue boozer in barnes for a smash&grab but that bloody VAJINAL BOB had been at the word cube, are you travelling with this sir? the barmaid in there was one of the most genial and impressive humans i have ever met.

Where's Barnes? Don't think I've been there.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:54 am

the scandal! an interloper using Bob's revered moniker.
it might have been putney, one of those pleasant wooded areas of NW London. i got lost on the way between my courses on friday and kinda stumbled in there by mistake. it has pics of all the bands who have played on the wall.

btw is your Bob anything to do with the etonian dry/wet/(vaginal?) bobs?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:54 pm

unknownpseudonym wrote:the scandal! an interloper using Bob's revered moniker.
it might have been putney, one of those pleasant wooded areas of NW London.

Yes - Fotherz and I played on two WCs in Putney. I think I know which music venue/pub you're referring to. I even think I know which barmaid you're talking about (blonde hair, 30s, cheery manner) - she was very nice to us, too.

unknownpseudonym wrote:btw is your Bob anything to do with the etonian dry/wet/(vaginal?) bobs?

Ernest came up with the name, maybe he can shed light on exactly how his formative years at public school inspired him.

MULTIMILLIONS is really nice.

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:11 am

I was NOT at "public school".

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:23 am

Come on now Ern, don't be ashamed. All that expense and hard work paid off -- WU champ

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:02 am

I think it was the (evidently repressed) trauma of years of canings and posh totty bumlove that drove Ernest to build a new life - a condo on the banks of the Cam made out of stacked ITBoxes, a well-buffed Paragon bit of cheesecake with pound coins for nipples and a replica Porsche fashioned from Gamesnet fasciae.

He's an inspiration to us all, really.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:27 am

hang on a minute, irrelevant threads are supposed to morph into WU threads not vice versa.
just checked EWQ's website, SPOKESPERSONS is a cracker

also this made me titter:

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/nfm24/wordup.html wrote:Stone-Scissors
Number of players: 2 or more.
Equipment required: one hand per person.
Invented by: x
How to play: This game works just like Stone-Paper-Scissors, except that paper is banned. It is amazing how many people choose scissors even after you tell them this rule.