Seldom-used words - M to A

[AllardChardon]

Naoko, those are both lovely words, thanks for adding them. I have been on HRT for many years now and I highly recommend it. I have a friend, who never took anything, and now she is having all kinds of problems at 62 years of age.

This one is too fun to pass up;

lollygag also lallygag - vi (1868) FOOL AROUND, DAWDLE

 

[NaokoSmith]

Naoko, those are both lovely words, thanks for adding them. I have been on HRT for many years now and I highly recommend it. I have a friend, who never took anything, and now she is having all kinds of problems at 62 years of age.

This one is too fun to pass up;

lollygag also lallygag - vi (1868) FOOL AROUND, DAWDLE

Thank you!

I'll go and seek some medical advice. I don't find the symptoms too troubling just now, in fact quite hard to separate from the longterm exhaustion of parenting! but if it gets any worse, I shan't be at all Luddite about it, LOL.

 

[AllardChardon]

Naoko, very cute way to get luddite in there. Best of luck with your inquiries. If you ever have any questions you would like to ask me about it, I am always here for you.

I found this one confusing;

lolly - noun [short for lollipop] (1854) 1. Brit: a piece of candy; esp: HARD CANDY 2. Brit: MONEY

Is this used more for candy or money?

 

[oggbashan]

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I found this one confusing;

lolly - noun [short for lollipop] (1854) 1. Brit: a piece of candy; esp: HARD CANDY 2. Brit: MONEY

Is this used more for candy or money?

Lolly as money is obsolete or obsolescent.

Lolly short for lollipop is in current use for a sweet on a stick that it is sucked, and as 'ice lolly' a frozen fruit ice.

Hard candy version (note - candy in Brit speak does not have the same meaning as in US. We would use 'sweet' or 'sweets'.)

http://www.sweetiejar.com/~sweetie/image/cache/data/Rainbow%20Lolly-500x500.jpg

Ice lolly varieties:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/28/article-2019474-0D308ED000000578-775_468x374.jpg

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Naoko, those are both lovely words, thanks for adding them. I have been on HRT for many years now and I highly recommend it. I have a friend, who never took anything, and now she is having all kinds of problems at 62 years of age.

This one is too fun to pass up;

lollygag also lallygag - vi (1868) FOOL AROUND, DAWDLE

And it was used very effectively in Bull Durham

 

[Handley_Page]

I found this one confusing;

lolly - noun [short for lollipop] (1854) 1. Brit: a piece of candy; esp: HARD CANDY 2. Brit: MONEY

Is this used more for candy or money?

Further to Oggs comments, I think the word Lolly, as in cash money seemed to die out after the 1950s. It made the odd rare appearance in the following decades, usually as part of some evidence as to character.

 

[AllardChardon]

Og, those pictures are lovely and I truly appreciate the instruction in the use of lolly.

Tio, I truly love and own Bull Durham, one of all-time favorites. Whenever I hear that word, I think of that shower scene. Hilarious.

Handley, thanks for the extra explanation.

lollop - vi (1745) 1. dial Eng: LOLL 2. to proceed with a bounding or bobbing motion

loll - vb (14c) 1. to hang loosely or laxly: DROOP 2. an act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner: LOUNGE

 

[ElectricBlue]

Naoko, very cute way to get luddite in there. Best of luck with your inquiries. If you ever have any questions you would like to ask me about it, I am always here for you.

I found this one confusing;

lolly - noun [short for lollipop] (1854) 1. Brit: a piece of candy; esp: HARD CANDY 2. Brit: MONEY

Is this used more for candy or money?

Lolly in Australia is both hard and soft sweets/candy- ie: get a bag of mixed lollies from the corner store - such as: red snakes, milk bottles, gummy bears, bananas, licorice men, jaffas, aniseed balls, chocolate sultanas,

 

[oggbashan]

lollop - vi (1745) 1. dial Eng: LOLL 2. to proceed with a bounding or bobbing motion

loll - vb (14c) 1. to hang loosely or laxly: DROOP 2. an act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner: LOUNGE

Basset Hounds lollop.

They also loll.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plXElqpU2qM

 

[AllardChardon]

Og, I can't remember ever enjoying bassets hounds lolloping and lolling about, before viewing your post. Thank you so much.

Welcome, electricblue. There are some candies you listed that I have never heard of before, like milk bottles, licorice men, jaffas, and chocolate sultanas. They sound very interesting and tasty.

It is the second definition that made me post this one;

lollipop or lollypop - noun (1784) 1. a piece of hard candy on the end of a stick 2. Brit: a round stop sign on a pole used to stop traffic (as at a school crossing)

 

[oggbashan]

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It is the second definition that made me post this one;

lollipop or lollypop - noun (1784) 1. a piece of hard candy on the end of a stick 2. Brit: a round stop sign on a pole used to stop traffic (as at a school crossing)

It's named after the shape which is like the lolly I illustrated in post #1354 above:

http://www.leics.gov.uk/scp_sisters2.jpg

 

[Handley_Page]

I'll swear that some of these blighters stop cars/ traffic simply for fun and general devillment.
The blighters near me do, anyway.

 

[AllardChardon]

Og, the picture of the stop signs that look like lollipops is perfect, thanks for posting it. Americans chose the octagon-shape for its stop signs, of course, probably motivated by the desire to be different.

Handley, you know what they say, even about your local blighters, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely". I am not surprised, if they are having fun at your expense.

Lollard - noun (14c) one of the followers of Wycliffe who traveled in the 14th and 15th centuries as lay preachers throughout England and Scotland

 

[oggbashan]

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Handley, you know what they say, even about your local blighters, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely". I am not surprised, if they are having fun at your expense.


Lollard - noun (14c) one of the followers of Wycliffe who traveled in the 14th and 15th centuries as lay preachers throughout England and Scotland

Our local Lollipop people have to put up with a lot of abuse and awful driving, particularly outside schools. The worst seem to be parents of children at that school. Last year several Lollipop crossing wardens were injured by vehicles failing to stop.

It has long been recognised that Chaucer might have been a Lollard, or at least was sympathetic to their criticisms of the Catholic Church of his time:

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journa...c_philology/summary/v109/109.1.newhauser.html

 

[Handley_Page]

Our local Lollipop people have to put up with a lot of abuse and awful driving, particularly outside schools. The worst seem to be parents of children at that school. Last year several Lollipop crossing wardens were injured by vehicles failing to stop.

There's a plot bunny there. . . .

 

[oggbashan]

There's a plot bunny there. . . .

Here's a link to an incident:

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/news/...drive-throughs-at-busy-school-junctions-rise/

Lollipop Ladies and Men are to be treated the same as a Red Traffic Light and then can stop traffic for anyone, not just children, to stop.

But they are fewer of them than there used to be. School Crossing Patrols have generally been retired people but some are reluctant to face the abuse and chance of life-changing injury from aggressive drivers.

 

[Handley_Page]

Here's a link to an incident:

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/news/...drive-throughs-at-busy-school-junctions-rise/

Lollipop Ladies and Men are to be treated the same as a Red Traffic Light and then can stop traffic for anyone, not just children, to stop.

But they are fewer of them than there used to be. {1}
School Crossing Patrols have generally been retired people but some are reluctant to face the abuse and chance of life-changing injury from aggressive drivers. [2]

{1} Have the Funeral Directors been busy, then ?

[2] Issue them with a decent assault rifle, then ?
(after suitable training, obviously; we don't want a massacre. . . do we.)

 

[AllardChardon]

Og, thank you for posting the article on the safety of crossing guards, as they are called in America, and the problems they face. I had no idea it was so dangerous. And thank you for posting the article on Chaucer and the Lollards. Very interesting, indeed.

This word is currently used for a huge outdoor concert that many young people attend every year here and I had no idea how old the word actually is;

lollapalooza - noun (1896) one that is extraordinarily impressive; also: an outstanding example

 

[oggbashan]

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This word is currently used for a huge outdoor concert that many young people attend every year here and I had no idea how old the word actually is;

lollapalooza - noun (1896) one that is extraordinarily impressive; also: an outstanding example

I think it is US usage only. My Shorter Oxford doesn't include it, even in the addendum. It is in my Concise as 19th Century of 'fanciful origin'.

The Concise Oxford suggests that it can be applied to a person or an event.

Was Mae West a lollapalooza?

I think Gina Lollobrigida was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Lollobrigida

 

[Handley_Page]

I think it is US usage only. My Shorter Oxford doesn't include it, even in the addendum. It is in my Concise as 19th Century of 'fanciful origin'.

The Concise Oxford suggests that it can be applied to a person or an event.

Was Mae West a lollapalooza?

I think Gina Lollobrigida was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Lollobrigida

She certainly attracted some attention, as I recall. .

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I think it is US usage only. My Shorter Oxford doesn't include it, even in the addendum. It is in my Concise as 19th Century of 'fanciful origin'.

The Concise Oxford suggests that it can be applied to a person or an event.

Was Mae West a lollapalooza?

I think Gina Lollobrigida was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Lollobrigida

She certainly attracted some attention, as I recall. .

Yes, they both were.

It is also the name of an annual alternative music festival. This year it will be held at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin.

Lollapalooza

 

[AllardChardon]

Gentlemen, then Marilyn Monroe, my personal favorite, was also a lollapalooza. I would attend a show like the current incarnation, except for all the people there. lol I used to like crowds, not so much, anymore.

I decided to add this one for fun;

Loki - noun (1844) a Norse god who contrives evil and mischief for his fellow gods

 

[CarlusMagnus]

Gentlemen, then Marilyn Monroe, my personal favorite, was also a lollapalooza. I would attend a show like the current incarnation, except for all the people there. lol I used to like crowds, not so much, anymore.

Crowds can be a lot of fun—if there aren't a lot of people.

 

[Handley_Page]

Gentlemen, then Marilyn Monroe, my personal favorite, was also a lollapalooza. I would attend a show like the current incarnation, except for all the people there. lol I used to like crowds, not so much, anymore.

I decided to add this one for fun;

Loki - noun (1844) a Norse god who contrives evil and mischief for his fellow gods

And, I believe, a source of irritation to Thor.
[ye gods, but that was a boring movie]

 

[oggbashan]

Gentlemen, then Marilyn Monroe, my personal favorite, was also a lollapalooza. I would attend a show like the current incarnation, except for all the people there. lol I used to like crowds, not so much, anymore.

I decided to add this one for fun;

Loki - noun (1844) a Norse god who contrives evil and mischief for his fellow gods

Loki features in one of my incomplete stories. Perhaps I'll finish it for Halloween since it starts with the hero's death and fraught transfer to Valhalla.