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I’m starting a new thread to document the words I’ve learned from reading this forum. These would be words I’ve been compelled to look up. Some forumites have quite impressive vocabularies!

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palavernoun • talking or discussion that goes on for too long and is not important
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Chuffing to bits - colloquial - "Chuffed to bits" [UK] - meaning very happy or pleased.
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jkbarnes wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 6:18 pm I’m starting a new thread to document the words I’ve learned from reading this forum. These would be words I’ve been compelled to look up. Some forumites have quite impressive vocabularies!

Please add to this thread as you learn new words!

palavernoun • talking or discussion that goes on for too long and is not important
If one adds "i" to word palaver, it's becomes Finnish word meaning a meeting - palaveri :lol:

Definition is spot on 9 times out of 10 :silent:
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Korkki wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:49 pm
jkbarnes wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 6:18 pm
If one adds "i" to word palaver, it's becomes Finnish word meaning a meeting - palaveri :lol:

Definition is spot on 9 times out of 10 :silent:
I very close friend from HS and college had a Finish mother. She taught me to say “Help, help, the cat is farting peas!” in Finnish. I guess it’s a joke there? Anyway, I learned it close to 30 years ago, and still remember it! That, and “Go smell a rose.”
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:lol:

Never heard that version: the most common form is "Apua, apua, kissa syö papua" (Help, help, the cat is eating peas) or "Apua, apua, kissa syö rapua" (Help, help, the cat is eating crab).

Both are just nonsense poems - "apua" just rhymes with "papua" (or "rapua"). One can add pretty much anything in between those words, one form is "Apua, apua, kissa pan€€ rapua" (Help, help, the cat is f**ing a crab) :silent:

We use "go smell a flower" ("haista kukka") instead of "go smell a rose". It's a kinder version form of "haista k@kka" and "haista p@ska" which both means "go and sniff sh*t" :silent:
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She taught me to say “Help, help, the cat is farting peas!” in Finnish. I guess it’s a joke there?
Sounds like a joke played on foreigners!
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rumadjective • odd, peculiar, strange

As in…
You’re a rum old bunch.
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