Words it pleases you to use

[Smarthomanid2]

I have a post graduate degree here that agrees with you .

I’ll settle for pretty smart for a .

Em

Mine came with a loan to re-pay.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Mine came with a loan to re-pay.

My parents paid off a lot of it and I was able to do the rest after I got promoted and thereby qualified for a bigger bonus. I guess that was almost a year ago now.

Em

 

[Zootonius]

You not only look smart in those glasses you are smart...

Never challenge @EmilyMiller to a knowledge test, you will lose.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Never challenge @EmilyMiller to a knowledge test, you will lose.

How about golf? I know nothing about golf.

Em

 

[Smarthomanid2]

How about golf? I know nothing about golf.

Em

I played golf once.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I played golf once.

I’m with Mark Twain on the subject.

Em

 

[Smarthomanid2]

I’m with Mark Twain on the subject.

Em

But did he really come up with that?

 

[MrPixel]

How about golf? I know nothing about golf.

I guess that would be par for the course.

 

[EmilyMiller]

But did he really come up with that?

It’s attributed to him. I’m not a Twain scholar.

Em

 

[EmilyMiller]

I guess that would be par for the course.

There is no Lit emoji for groan.

Em

 

[Smarthomanid2]

It’s attributed to him. I’m not a Twain scholar.

Em

Hmmm, I may have to look that one up a bit.

 

[Zootonius]

How about golf? I know nothing about golf.

Em

Can you bake a pie?

No!

Neither can I!

 

[Zootonius]

It’s attributed to him. I’m not a Twain scholar.

Em

Twain did say that Wagner's operas aren't as bad as they sound.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Twain did say that Wagner's operas aren't as bad as they sound.

I like classic music, but draw the line at “Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit…”

Em

 

[Zootonius]

I like classic music, but draw the line at “Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit…”

Em

Damn you, Emily. You made me find "What's Opera, Doc?" on Youtube. Now I can't unsee it!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Damn you, Emily. You made me find "What's Opera, Doc?" on Youtube. Now I can't unsee it!

Oh bwunhilde, you’re so wuverly…

 

[Zootonius]

Oh bwunhilde, you’re so wuverly…

You're despicable...

 

[MrPixel]

I like classic music, but draw the line at “Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit…”

I gave our orchestra conductor a pair of white gloves for when we were rehearsing one of the classic WB classics. He got the joke.

 

[Zootonius]

I like classic music, but draw the line at “Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit…”

Em

On a related note, some time back an erudite DJ on the local classical station played a few minutes of Ride of the Walkure on kazoos.

 

[EmilyMiller]

You're despicable...

I knew I should’ve taken that left turn at Albuquerque.

 

[Rustyoznail]

"Where's the ka-boom? There's supposed to be an Earth shattering ka-boom!"

An Indian writer I did some editing for loved describing nipples as "turgid" - using the meaning swollen or firm. I hated it, because I had the meaning "of water not flowing easily" in my head.

I must say, this thread is not something you can describe as turgid - boring and too serious about its subject matter...

One word - three very different meanings.

 

[CalMaple]

Ignominious.

I like to imagine Nathaniel Hawthorne giving me a thumbs up each time I use it in one of my forced exhibitionism stories.

 

[onehitwanda]

How about golf? I know nothing about golf.

Em

what about bedroom golf?

 

[cuppatea]

what about bedroom golf?

Is that where getting it in the rough might be more fun?

 

[onehitwanda]

Is that where getting it in the rough might be more fun?

I was always told it was where you tried to get the stick in the hole but keep the balls out of the hole.