Nice to know that you are still on the list two decades on.
When I am pouring coolant into my British cars I still think "Time to
add some fluif".
-Bill in Tehachapi
From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist at cox.net]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 6:53 PM
To: 'v6spitfireguy v6spitfireguy'; 'William Brewer'; 'Triumphs List'
Subject: RE: [TR] Proper English for a Proper Car
Guilty as charged. I still blame it on fat fingers and no spell-checking
back then :-)
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From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
v6spitfireguy v6spitfireguy
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 2:59 PM
To: William Brewer; Triumphs List
Subject: Re: [TR] Proper English for a Proper Car
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:
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.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous
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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