It was Joe Curry, many many years ago in a misspell in a post! It caught on and
never left!
> On August 17, 2018 at 2:08 PM William Brewer <billbrewer59 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> I drove my TR3 to work the other morning. When I left my home at
> o'dark thirty it was in the mid-50's and I wore a leather coat. I live at
> about the mile high elevation in the southern Sierras. When I left my work in
> Mojave that afternoon, it was 109 degrees. The car interior felt hotter and
> hotter inside as I drove and I was looking forward to getting up the hill to
> cooler temperatures. Soon thereafter I ran across a new proper English word
> - "Calescent" which means "growing warm; increasing in heat". I also enjoy
> using the word "Recalcitrant" to describe the TR's too-fast-a-shift from 1st
> to 2nd, "recalcitrant" meaning "resisting authority or control; not obedient
> or compliant". A synonym could be "balk".
> Another word that has come in handy many times, especially at
> parties, is "calipygous". I use it in conversation whenever possible.
> Usually, ladies say "thank-you" for the compliment and then go home and look
> it up.
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> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous
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> A word I haven't seen used on the Triumphs list recently would be
> "Fluif". I can't remember who used that misspelling two decades ago, but it
> has still stuck in my vocabulary. Who was that? Are you still on the list? I
> think that his name was Joe-something.
>
> Have a good Friday. Triumph over conformity.
>
> Bill in Tehachapi
> Anglophile, Logophile
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