Dan S
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Oct 22 at 9:39amWeb
Show threadEobard ToyotathonOct 22
@datn "she pintle on my gudgeon til I hinge"
Show threadDan SOct 22

@adef187
yes.

alt: "she mount my pintle till I gudge" -- just really wanted to say gudge

Show threadEobard ToyotathonOct 22
@datn LOL
Show threadPile Of GarbageOct 22
@datn idk how but this feels threatening and informative.
Show threadDan SOct 22
@pileofgarbage
that resonates with me. the color of the word "gudgeon" is like a intensely murmured warning
Show threadPile Of GarbageOct 22
@datn i'm just thankful that pintle and gudgeon aren't verbs
Show threadDan SOct 22
@pileofgarbage
no one is safe
Show threadCadbury MooseOct 22

@datn @pileofgarbage

Which prompted the Peter da Silva (sp?) masterpiece:

"Verbogeny is one of many pleasurettes afforded a creatific thinkerizer."

Show threadSPICY EVIL CAET🍬🍭🎄Oct 22
@datn the two genders
Show threadDr Alice ViolettOct 22
@datn guntle, pigeon.
Show threadFeloniousPunkOct 22
@datn @Binder In somewhat related news, I have acquired two new words today!
Show threadDan SOct 22
@FeloniousPunk
same
@Binder
Show threadmhoyeOct 22
@datn "this definitely pintles my gudgeon".
Show threadzenkatOct 22
@datn cannot tell if AI slop or real infographic
Show threadwarkolmOct 22
@zenkat @datn it's not real, if it was the risers would be offset from centre so your brackets would line up when mounted
Show threadDan SOct 22
@zenkat according to the Commons metadata, it was made in SketchUp by user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:842U . (i wouldn't have posted it if i thought it was AI)
User:842U - Wikipedia

Show threadzenkatOct 22

@datn good to know!

... but also, I don't mean to question your integrity, it's just such a weird diagram with weird names that it exists in a delightful liminal zone.

Show threadDan SOct 22
@zenkat as far as I'm concerned, please question the integrity of anyone you even lightly suspect of posting AI-generated content. (I intended to offer my sources without heat.)
Show threadGeorge Liquor, AmericanOct 22
@datn Let's get GUDGEON on the trending words list at Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gudgeon
Definition of GUDGEON

Definition of 'gudgeon' by Merriam-Webster

Show threadskibidimarxOct 22
@datn "you're a queer couple? which of you is the pintle and which is the gudgeon?"
Show threadmarcusOct 22
@datn Now I know where the 'hardware store' sketch by Fry and Laurie has its roots 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSOFIJdfwM
A Bit of Fry and Laurie - Hardware Shop

YouTube
Show threadMichael J. CoffeyOct 22
@datn My first reaction was, "Nuh uh. YOU're a pintle."
Show threadAaron Sawdey, Ph.D.Oct 22
@datn Pintle.
Show threadbazzarghOct 22
@datn appears a few times in Patrick O'Brian's books - here in Desolation Island, Aubrey mocks Maturin's confusion over nautical terms (not for the first or last time)
Show threadMichael GemarOct 22
@bazzargh @datn And likewise they’re in the Hornblower novels in a similar context.
Show threadEleanor SaittaOct 22
@datn
Words that I, for practical but secret reasons, learned as a nine year old
Show threadthefathippyOct 23

@datn

Interesting. I've got a gudgeon pin here on the shelf. It's stuck in the piston it once attached to my old Yammie's connecting rod (as found in ICE engines - like the Yammie) 😂

Show threadSand3d ago
@datn I’m learning! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Show threadgorse horse3d ago
@datn beautiful names for children