Dr Johnsons' post-watershed word of the day, part deux

Dr Johnsons' post-watershed word of the day

Hey gang! Ready to have some naughty fun with verbal misinterpretation?

Naughty fun, you say? Is this going to get me laid?

Aye! If you plan on courting a lady as fond of lexical shenanigans as we!

So, no then.

Don't be so sure! This one is naughty and certainly snigger-worthy. Maybe you can bring it up as a conversation starter at the Christmas party?

**scoff** yeah, got me some lexical misdirection. Bitches love lexical misdirection. 

Indeed they do, my friend! Context is everything with this one. If a colleague asks you for a rubber during a quarterly financial meeting, then he's made a mistake in his pencil calculations. If a colleague asks you for a rubber at the Christmas party, then he's about to make a mistake in the stationery cupboard with Deborah the office bike. Bahahaha!!

 

Worst. Wingman. Ever.

rub·ber

ˈrəbər/

noun

noun: rubber

1. • NORTH AMERICANinformal

     a condom.

     plural noun: rubbers
   • BRITISH

     an eraser for pencil or ink marks.

     
     

Dr Johnsons' word of the day...again

- Hey, Sammy! Did you use all the milk??

Yeah, sorry bro. -

- Why would you put the empty carton back? Geez.

If you're that bothered I'll go to the store. Can I borrow five bucks? -

- Worst housemate ever.

- Howdy! Welcome back to:

Dr Johnsons' word of the day

And with today's word we are staying with the botanical theme. One of my favourite salad leaves:

a·ru·gu·la

noun

This is the American name for 'rocket'. Pronounced 'arooooogola'. And so far I've only been able to find organic nonsense. I can pick up a bag of this for 99p in Sainsbury's - and its waaay more tasty than ruddy iceberg lettuce, or the disappointingly misleading 'butter lettuce'. 

And on that note, I need to pop to the store. See you next time!

Dr Johnsons' word of the day 2

- Oh, hello again. Thank you for joining Sammy and me for another edition of:

Dr Johnsons' word of the day

Shouldn't it be 'Sammy & I', Poindexter? -

- Geez, Sam. You need to get a grasp of basic grammatical principles. You wouldn't say 'Thank you for joining I', would you? I just...I just expected more of you, thats all.

FFS, don't get your knickers in a twist, Professor. -

- Rude. Just plain rude.

- Anyway, today's exciting word is of a botanical nature:






ci·lan·tro
noun
This is what Americans call coriander, and they use it a fair bit, so you'll potentially come across it more than in the UK. They will have no idea what you're talking about if you ask for coriander in the supermarket, and the pronunciation is important too (having to repeat it ten times with a progressively localised accent is fucking humiliating. I don't want the stuff THAT much.) Its also worth a peek at the usage graphic (courtesy of Google): 

So, apparently, we all got terribly pretentious around 1970? Demanding cilantro, when nothing else will do.

Anyway, thanks again for stopping by. See you soon, word-lovers.

Dr Johnsons' word of the day

- Oh, hai, I'm Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson, and this here is my pal, Dr Samuel 'I wrote the dictionary' Johnson.

 

 

S'up? -

- Grasping the intricacies of the Northern American dialect can sometimes be a challenge for visiting Brits, so Sammy and I are here to educate you in a series we're calling:

Dr Johnsons' word of the day*

 

Hey D, are you a real Doc? -

- Leave it, bro.

 

Really? Legit? -

- I said leave it!

 

Geez. -

 - Anyway, for your edification and delight, today's word is:

com·fort·er

noun

Basically, a duvet, but comforters often come all brightly coloured with the expectation that you'll use it without a cover (ew). You can buy duvets (the cheapest and best are found in Ikea), but if you want to source some online you'll need to look for 'duvet insert', because, apparently, (mistakenly) the 'duvet' is the bit on the outside, and the 'duvet insert' is the big fluffy thing full of feathers. Nope, but I guess I'll have to play by your rules, America.

Join us again soon for another exciting foray into American-English.


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