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Message board > WOD 30 05 2020
WOD 30 05 2020
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maryse pey�
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WOD 30 05 2020
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Thanks a million Dale to have found my daffynition under the sand of the pyramid ! So here we are for a new word. Remember NO REAL DEFINITION, only silly, witty, childish ... invented ones. My word : AGELAST. Please make us laugh ! Hugs to all. Maryse. |
30 May 2020
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savilla
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This was invented by one of those countries other than England, who do such horrible and strange things to the English language. agelast (n, informal); the last time period. Here�s an example of its usage: British English: Oh Dave, last time I saw you was ages ago! How are you? *&*(&*!@K English: Oh Dave. I haven�t seen you in an agelast! It�s now in common usage, in all English-speaking countries. Trust me; I�m Australian, and we always speak the Queen�s English in Australia. 🇦🇺 |
30 May 2020
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s.lefevre
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Sorry, I don�t agree with you Savilla. Agelast is a composed noun age and last ( imported from German word die Last which means burden) So agelast ist the burden of old age, that I start to feel unfortunately.  |
30 May 2020
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cunliffe
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I am sorry guys, that is not right and I don�t know whether to commend or rebuke Maryse for choosing a word that gives us no intrinsic clues to its meaning. It has nothing to do with age or last. It is the word for an overbearing person who always insists on getting their own way. Now that I have done some googling, I have found that there are linguistic clues to help us. Age (pronounced agay) is Ancient Scrotinese for person and last is Ancient Simiotic for bombastic. So there we are an agelast is an overbearing, bombastic person. |
30 May 2020
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redcamarocruiser
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To me, AGELAST means angelic or angelist She is a beautiful person with an angelast personality. |
30 May 2020
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karagozian
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Absolutely right ! THE most angelast ! Are we talking about LYNNE ?
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1 Jun 2020
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spinney
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This is an adjective which is very similar in meaning to the phrasal verb "drag on." It means to last longer than one would want. example; "The film was incredibly boring and agelast. I thought it would never end." |
1 Jun 2020
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Aisha77
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Actually, "agelast" comes from the symbol Ag in chemistry. After a lot of research, some experts in chemistry and alchemy realised that silver could become elastic after all, the reason was they mixed silver with chewing gum and the purpose is yet to be discovered... HI TO EVERYONE!!! ;) HOPE U�RE ALL FINE!!  |
2 Jun 2020
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