"Word/Phrase of the Day"

[CitroJim]

Nor me Jim. No effect whatsoever. (nothing wakes me up)

I'm not good with caffeine any more Steve Or coffee in general I have no trouble in waking up ready for yet another fun-filled day though

[mickthemaverick]

Caffeine has never had any effect on me whatsoever, it doesn't wake me up, it didn't sober me up in the days it may have been necessary and it doesn't stop me sleeping. Absolutely immune to it so I never ever worry about with or without!!

[myglaren]

"Sardonian"

One who flatters with deadly intent.

[CitroJim]

"Sardonian"

One who flatters with deadly intent.

Finest quality word of the day there Steve

[myglaren]

Not to be confused with Sardinian, one who eats only sardines.

[CitroJim]

Not to be confused with Sardinian, one who eats only sardines.

[bobins]

That tweaked a memory in me about the sardonic grin. I'd come across it when looking up details about dealing with Hemlock Water Dropwort....... which grows in th UK if you're unlucky.

Hemlock water dropwort. In 2009 scientists at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy claimed to have identified hemlock water dropwort as the plant responsible for producing the sardonic grin. This plant is the candidate for the "sardonic herb", which was a neurotoxic plant used perhaps for the ritual killing of elderly people in pre-Roman Sardinia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardonicism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenanthe_crocata

[myglaren]

Vellichor

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The musty, musky and beguiling smell of old books.

[mickthemaverick]

Vellichor

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The musty, musky and beguiling smell of old books.

There is another word for that as far as I'm concerned:

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pong

[CitroJim]

That smell always comes across as musty to me... A smell I find very unpleasant and a very musty book (or indeed musty anything) can make me feel quite ill...

[Gibbo2286]

Old books always make me sneeze.

[mickthemaverick]

They often leave boxes of Kleenex out in second hand bookshops for anyone who wants a tissue!!

[Rp0thejester]

Hmm, you guys are so strange. Talking about musty smells and Kleenex

[CitroJim]

Hmm, you guys are so strange. Talking about musty smells and Kleenex

All I can say it's a good job you don't earwig on some of my conversations with close friends

[myglaren]

Taphophobia.

The fear of being buried alive and waking up unable to escape or at least attract attention so people would often be buried with a bell, or a cord to a bell above ground.

From this comes the expression "Saved by the bell", as well as "Dead ringer". Also "Graveyard shift" originated from sextons sitting in among the graves at night listening for tintinnabulations*

*yet another wonderful word, long a favourite from the Shawn Phillips song "The Bells".