A word from Countdown's Susie Dent

[bugbear]

Mumpsimus: a 16th century word for someone who obstinately sticks to their opinion, even when they've been proved completely wrong.

Might come in handy.

BugBear

 

[No skills]

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Can't imagine anyone here to whom it could possibly refer ... :?

 

[Aggrajag]

Love it. There's several people here at work who I could use that with right now!

 

[sunnybob]

That could apply to me... if I ever get to be proved wrong....

 

[Bm101]

X H B L O U E M G
What would you derive from the above?
Have a go before you click the link. 8)

http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvf ... 50046.html

 

[Wuffles]

X H B L O U E M G
What would you derive from the above?
Have a go before you click the link. 8)

http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvf ... 50046.html

I got gluebox - which probably isn't a word.

C L I T came up the other day. Plus these I was laughing at whilst on holiday.

**** obvs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/c ... 91a11acb/0

 

[bugbear]

X H B L O U E M G
What would you derive from the above?
Have a go before you click the link. 8)

http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvf ... 50046.html

I got gluebox - which probably isn't a word.

C L I T came up the other day. Plus these I was laughing at whilst on holiday.

Since countdown doesn't go out live, they have a simple procedure for when a contestant comes up with a winning, but unbroadcastable, word.

They simply pick some more letters, and rig things so that the letter counts for the resulting words are as they were before, and go with it.

So - any "rude" words you actually see on countdown-as-broadcast have been deemed tame enough not to need the edit.

For CatsDown, of course, it's pretty much the ruder the better.

BugBear

 

[Lons]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[lurker]

Is see you are $#it stirring again BB :wink:

 

[SammyQ]

Anyone told Jacob about the OP yet? :twisted:


Sam, getting hat, coat, running like Hell......

 

[YorkshireMartin]

I used to have a crush on Susie Dent. It's the way she twizzles her dictionary.