Words & Phrases: August 2011

[mcgillianaire]

01. Jaan
02. Baraat
03. There are no atheists in foxholes
04. Dressed to the nines
05. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
06. Trompe-l'œil
07. Toe rag
08. Doubting Thomas
09. Bon viveur
10. Whisky dick
11. Escutcheons
12. Bier
13. Radge
14. Blues and twos
15. Pearly whites
16. Dotty
17. Dosser
18. Herbert
19. Rebarbative
20. The Scottish Play
21. Moral turpitude
22. Apotheosis
23. Vituperation
24. Yokel
25. Commissarial
26. Public piety
27. Decorous
28. Gable
29. Don't be wet
30. Dervish
31. Impish
32. Officious
33. Apposite
34. Milquetoast
35. Arrogate

Three fewer words and phrases to last month but we've got our first Punjabi ones at (1) and (2). French makes another two appearances at (6) and the rest are in English.

EDIT: Thanks to loganberrybunny for pointing out the obvious flaw in the poll options below.

[Poll #1776479]

Comments

[messicat.livejournal.com]

If the Punjabi words have the same meaning as the Hindi words that are spelt the same, then I know what they mean. I really love these polls, so much fun! I'm going to have to look a lot of these up! Especially 3. I'm guessing 20 is a reference to Macbeth?

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Yes, they're both the same in Hindi! Your Hindi is definitely better than mine. Come to think of it, I should've known Jaan if I'd thought of it as a Hindi word and seen it spelt Jan... very commonly used in political parties in Hindi-speaking areas.

Have you watched Aarakshan?

Am glad you like the polls! Number 3 is an intriguing one, heard it on the radio fairly early in the month and if I remember right, the person saying it made a right mess of it. But it was enough to make me look the original phrase up.

And yes, 20 is about Macbeth!