me-tric-u-lous, adj.
informant: "I try to be very metriculous when it comes to people's pay."
interpretations: meticulous
conflated with: meticulous and possibly trinkle (see previous blog entry)
16 February 2009
12 February 2009
crumblet
crumb-let, n.
informant: "I love these crumblets."
co-worker: "You mean crumpets?"
informant: "Oh, yeah. That's what they're called. Anyway I love crumblets!"
interpretation: crumpet
conflated with: crumpet, crumb, gauntlet
See also:
informant: "I love these crumblets."
co-worker: "You mean crumpets?"
informant: "Oh, yeah. That's what they're called. Anyway I love crumblets!"
interpretation: crumpet
conflated with: crumpet, crumb, gauntlet
See also:
- Urban Dictionary's definition: Based on the informant's usage, this definition does not fit the context of the sentence.
- Crumblet.com has free games
04 February 2009
rambunctuous
ram-bunc-tu-ous, adj.
co-worker: "They can't just be coming in here and grabbing things off our shelves!"
informant: "Well, you know how they get all rambunctuous when they come in here."
interpretation: rambunctious
See also
co-worker: "They can't just be coming in here and grabbing things off our shelves!"
informant: "Well, you know how they get all rambunctuous when they come in here."
interpretation: rambunctious
See also
- A Google search returns rambunctuous as a common misspelling, not as a common mispronunciation.
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