SHROFFAGE

Unique

Agent of Doom
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 23, 2005
Messages
8,861
Reaction score
3,230
Location
Outer Limits
There. A new unusual word. Torin, this one's for you. No particular reason - I just hated to see your last post go lonely.

(P.S. Also, it's safe down here where no one will look. No pheromone laden hankies, no sticky floors, no bundles of fur unattached to their original owners - a safe haven, so to speak)

Now, break out your big 20'#ers - or go online. Anyone care to hazard a guess without peeking?
 

arrowqueen

RIP, our sarky besom
Requiescat In Pace
Registered
Joined
Feb 13, 2005
Messages
2,653
Reaction score
722
Location
Scotland
Sounds like some medieval right, like tillage and soccage.

The right to burn old bits of bark left over from deer sharpening their antlers?
 

MacAllister

'Twas but a dream of thee
Staff member
Boss Mare
Administrator
Super Moderator
Moderator
Kind Benefactor
VPX
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Feb 11, 2005
Messages
22,010
Reaction score
10,705
Location
Out on a limb
Website
macallisterstone.com
ooh! Good definition, AQ. I thought it sounded vaguely medieval and Catholic.
 
Last edited:

Torin

Wandering vaguely
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Feb 18, 2005
Messages
530
Reaction score
48
Location
In the mirrors of my mind
Website
www.cebarrett.com
Haven't a clue on my own (but we already knew that, didn't we? :) ) My Compact Oxford gives the definition, but I won't ruin anyone's fun just yet. Good word. I wonder if I can put it into use this summer when the tourists come.

Torin
 

mreddin

Dreamer
Super Member
Registered
Joined
May 18, 2005
Messages
213
Reaction score
38
Location
Massachusetts
SHROFFAGE

Oh that one is easy! Here is an example...

Country just din' the same since women got into that there darn shroffage movement. ;)

Mike
 

arrowqueen

RIP, our sarky besom
Requiescat In Pace
Registered
Joined
Feb 13, 2005
Messages
2,653
Reaction score
722
Location
Scotland
Okay. Nosiness forced me to look it up. All I could find was a 'Shroff' which is either a money-lender/a person who tests for duff coinage - so presumabaly 'shroffage' is money-lending/testing dodgy coinage.

Yes/No/Maybe?
 

MacAllister

'Twas but a dream of thee
Staff member
Boss Mare
Administrator
Super Moderator
Moderator
Kind Benefactor
VPX
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Feb 11, 2005
Messages
22,010
Reaction score
10,705
Location
Out on a limb
Website
macallisterstone.com
from dictionary.com :
'shroffage'

Shroffage \Shroff"age\, n. The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased. [East Indies]


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


'shroffage'

Shroffage \Shroff"age\, n. A money dealer's commission; also, more commonly, the examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased.
 

Unique

Agent of Doom
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 23, 2005
Messages
8,861
Reaction score
3,230
Location
Outer Limits
by MacAllister

'shroffage'

Shroffage \Shroff"age\, n. A money dealer's commission;

That's it. Your turn. <grin>




What can I say? I'm one of those 'strange' people who will read a dictionary for fun. Better than some habits I could have.....
 

MacAllister

'Twas but a dream of thee
Staff member
Boss Mare
Administrator
Super Moderator
Moderator
Kind Benefactor
VPX
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Feb 11, 2005
Messages
22,010
Reaction score
10,705
Location
Out on a limb
Website
macallisterstone.com
Unique--I completely understand. A few years ago I bought a great big multi-edition OED. I've lugged those things around through I dunno how many moves. I love 'em. :D

okay, how about oneiric
 

Unique

Agent of Doom
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 23, 2005
Messages
8,861
Reaction score
3,230
Location
Outer Limits
MacAllister said:
Unique--I completely understand. A few years ago I bought a great big multi-edition OED. I've lugged those things around through I dunno how many moves. I love 'em. :D

okay, how about oneiric

ummm....an abbreviation for one eyed rick? nah, let me ponder it.
and bibulous...is that like fabulous, only smaller? I'd better ponder that one, too.
good words!
 

arrowqueen

RIP, our sarky besom
Requiescat In Pace
Registered
Joined
Feb 13, 2005
Messages
2,653
Reaction score
722
Location
Scotland
Lol, Mac. Nice definition.

Oh, and I actually know oneiric, but I shan't tell and spoil other folk's fun.
 

robeiae

Touch and go
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 18, 2005
Messages
46,262
Reaction score
9,912
Location
on the Seven Bridges Road
Website
thepondsofhappenstance.com
MacAllister said:
Unique--I completely understand. A few years ago I bought a great big multi-edition OED. I've lugged those things around through I dunno how many moves. I love 'em.

Ditto. I even bought a rather expensive dictionary stand to put them and other reference materials on. Put it in the formal living room, despite the protests from my better half. I send my seven-year-old there to look up any word she doesn't know. I've got the crazy idea this will get her into Harvard!

Rob :)
 

Unique

Agent of Doom
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 23, 2005
Messages
8,861
Reaction score
3,230
Location
Outer Limits
robeiae said:
Ditto. I even bought a rather expensive dictionary stand to put them and other reference materials on. Put it in the formal living room, despite the protests from my better half. I send my seven-year-old there to look up any word she doesn't know. I've got the crazy idea this will get her into Harvard!

Rob :)

I've wanted a dictionary stand for years & years - maybe this year will be the year to get one. A few boards, a few nails, a little glue - a broken foot when the darn thing collapses on me...Can you imagine, Rob - - I'm jealous of your piece of furniture....Is anyone going to post the definition of our last words? I've found a new one while looking up the definition of fun. (It's been so long since I've had any, I had to look it up to remember what it was.)

FUTTOCK - the 'F' is not a typo.
I love words.....
 

arrowqueen

RIP, our sarky besom
Requiescat In Pace
Registered
Joined
Feb 13, 2005
Messages
2,653
Reaction score
722
Location
Scotland
'Bibulous' means 'having a tendency to drink too much' and 'oneiric' means 'pertaining to dreams.' (I think.)
 

Unique

Agent of Doom
Kind Benefactor
Super Member
Registered
Joined
Mar 23, 2005
Messages
8,861
Reaction score
3,230
Location
Outer Limits
Shoot! I was thinking crickets. Or mantises. Grasshoppers, at least.

And what's worse - I've looked that word up in the dictionary before - hmph. Time for some mental housekeeping, obviously. Things are getting lost up there.