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Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:15 pm
by Runaway
Sir William wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2017 12:30 pm
It's a strange word, and I blame the French.
Don't tell me we've got to go and invade them once more?
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:27 pm
by Sir William
There is no male equivalent of 'Voluptuous'.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 12:12 am
by Runaway
How about "fat bastard"?
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2019 12:22 am
by Sir William
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:56 pm
by Runaway
I say it like it is.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:01 am
by Sir William
Fat bastard and Voluptuous are in no w'ay equivalent.
For a get-go, one is a compliment and the other is an insult.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 6:57 am
by Runaway
But they both have of the same number of letters.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 1:06 pm
by Sir William
Not if you include the space.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:21 pm
by Runaway
A space isn't a letter.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:44 pm
by Sir William
It is, in the compositor's stick. It's in the middle of the bottom row.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 9:10 pm
by Runaway
Depends on the layout. The American Ludlow is different.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 11:19 pm
by Prizemaster
better to have of a compositors stick in the bottom row than in the eye
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:47 am
by Sir William
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:12 am
by Runaway
The Prizemaster speaks strange words.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 5:51 pm
by Willy Nilly
Eunuch
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 7:12 pm
by Sir William
A portion late.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:17 pm
by Runaway
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:48 pm
by Sir William
Nevertheless, it is a noteworthy entry.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:38 pm
by Runaway
Not prizeworthy though.
Although I bend* to my honourable colleague the Esteamed Prizemaster for the final adjudication.
*Don't gett*en excited, it's only a turn of phrase...
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:33 pm
by Willy Nilly
Runaway wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:38 pm
Not prizeworthy though.
You will quickly juxtapose your mind when I create the gender equivalent by becoming a lady eunuch (with a shrilly voice)
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Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:02 am
by Runaway
This is becoming a portion weird for me now... I have of no experience of such matters...
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:01 pm
by Willy Nilly
Well you’re in luck then. No experience is required. Just a willingness to learn. have of you ever dissected a frog in junior skool? It’s just like that
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:33 pm
by Runaway
No I haven't. But I did once invade Poland. That didn't w**k out very well though.
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:07 pm
by Willy Nilly
Well that’s because there’s no frogs in Poland. They all reside in France which was invaded a little later
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How ancient are you anyway?
Re: Words with no opposite gender equivalent
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:59 pm
by Prizemaster
he's ancient anough to know better