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BIG words..

  • 20-07-2012 11:14am
    #1
    Krispie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭


    Doing a TV interview years ago the host called me "the narcisstic one in the band", live on air. I just smiled, grunted and moved the conversation on.:o No, I just had long hair and hardly washed but he was a p*ick of a dj.

    Anyway have any AHers any instance of interviews/situations where someone throws in a BIG word and you have not got a monkeys what the f*ck it means but too embarrassed to ask?


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  • #2
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,516 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    Thinly veiled "I'm in a band, have appeared on live TV, and have my own hair' brag.


  • #3
    woof im a dog
    Registered Users Posts: 195 ✭✭woof im a dog


    narcissistic is a common enough word


  • #4
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    The hardest thing I've ever been asked is "Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?"


  • #5
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    Go away, Bono.


  • #6
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,795 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    antidisestablishmentarianism


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  • #7
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    You think narcisstic is a big word?


  • #8
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,253 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    The hardest thing I've ever been asked is "Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?"

    *Don't say doing your wife, don't say doing your wife, don't say doing your wife*

    "Doing your.... son?"


  • #9
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,464 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    The hardest thing I've ever been asked is "Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?"

    Or describe yourself.


  • #10
    saiint
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭saiint


    had an interview recently
    he ask me a question but used so many big words i thought he was just telling me something so i nodded yes
    never did find out what he was ****ting about ha


  • #11
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    ArmaniJeanss wrote: »
    Thinly veiled "I'm in a band, have appeared on live TV, and have my own hair' brag.

    He's definitely the the narcisstic one in the band, so.


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  • #12
    alastair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,309 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    ArmaniJeanss wrote: »
    Thinly veiled "I'm in a band, have appeared on live TV, and have my own hair' brag.

    Yeah - what a narcisst.


  • #13
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    nar·cis·sism/ˈnärsəˌsizəm/
    Noun:
    Excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance.
    Extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one's own talents and a craving for admiration.

    I've been called a lot of things (and in the light of recent events...warranted...:( ) but never a narcissist.


  • #14
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    The longest word I ever heard was 'smiles' cos there was a mile between the first letter and the last......

    Is that a tumbleweed I hear :o

    I'll get my coat.....please don't ban me :(


  • #15
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    When people have arguments on these boards they tend to use bigger and more complex words in an attempt to intimidate their foe.

    RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! HE'S USING BIG WORDS.


  • #16
    Bad Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭Bad Panda


    smash wrote: »
    You think narcisstic is a big word?

    No, but narcissistic is. :P


  • #17
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    I have a 'word app' on my phone which allows me to determine the meaning of words by typing them in. Several definitions are proposed by the app and I select which one is correct based on context.

    There are "word app's" available on some websites too, and you can buy them in manual, paper based lookup table format from reputable publishers.


  • #18
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Bad Panda wrote: »
    No, but narcissistic is. :P

    Not as big as narcissistically.


  • #19
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    kneemos wrote: »
    Or describe yourself.

    I tend to leave that'un for the witnesses...
    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    When people have arguments on these boards they tend to use bigger and more complex words in an attempt to intimidate their foe.

    RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! HE'S USING BIG WORDS.

    haha, yeah that does be hilarious at times alright. I see that and think to myself, "They've got one of them word of the day bog rolls don't they!"


  • #20
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Hande hoche! wrote: »
    antidisestablishmentarianism

    Antediluvian.


  • #21
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    chin_grin wrote: »
    I've been called a lot of things (and in the light of recent events...warranted...:( ) but never a narcissist.
    You're a narcissist!
    Everyday I try to make someones dream come true.

    Narcissism is great and not a bad thing at all and I love me when I'm at my narcissistic best. I might start a Pride type march for Narcissists. I'll call it the "I'm lovely Parade".

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #22
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Are you being facetious OP?


  • #23
    fasttalkerchat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,652 ✭✭✭fasttalkerchat


    French oral for A-level (leaving cert). I came out with a blow-away presentation about the making of champagne and had phrases prepared for the roleplay. At the end of everything the examiner revealed that he is from the champagne region and had enjoyed my presentation and then used some huge technical term that I didn't know. I just smiled and nodded.
    Thankfully I got away with it. I had the highest score that year thanks to that smile and nod.


  • #24
    MarkHitide
    Closed Accounts Posts: 233 ✭✭MarkHitide


    Krispie wrote: »
    Doing a TV interview years ago the host called me "the narcisstic one in the band", live on air. I just smiled, grunted and moved the conversation on.:o No, I just had long hair and hardly washed but he was a p*ick of a dj.

    Anyway have any AHers any instance of interviews/situations where someone throws in a BIG word and you have not got a monkeys what the f*ck it means but too embarrassed to ask?

    I think you're being disingenuous, OP-


  • #25
    hooradiation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭hooradiation


    Krispie wrote: »
    Anyway have any AHers any instance of interviews/situations where someone throws in a BIG word and you have not got a monkeys what the f*ck it means but too embarrassed to ask?

    If the word narcissistic confused you, perhaps you should consider reading books instead of eating them.


  • #26
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Krispie wrote: »
    Doing a TV interview years ago the host called me "the narcisstic one in the band", live on air. I just smiled, grunted and moved the conversation on.:o No, I just had long hair and hardly washed but he was a p*ick of a dj.

    Anyway have any AHers any instance of interviews/situations where someone throws in a BIG word and you have not got a monkeys what the f*ck it means but too embarrassed to ask?

    You're not that cunt from The Wonderstuff are you?


  • #27
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    stovelid wrote: »
    You're not that cunt from The Wonderstuff are you?
    If I could thank that twice, I would.


  • #28
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    El Weirdo wrote: »
    If I could thank that twice, I would.

    I always thought it would be a great Viz strip:

    Miles Hunt: he's a bit of a cunt.


  • #29
    ac1977
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭ac1977


    Yeah, i absolutely hate sesquipedalianism.


  • #30
    Diapason
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Diapason


    Would anyone like to join me in the floccinaucinihilipilification of this thread?


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  • #31
    paddyandy
    Site Banned Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭paddyandy


    A Pop singer/actor was holding a small group of people in awesome mode at a party in L.A and after 25 or so minutes he finally stopped talking and said. " well that's enough from me now so can one of you speak for a while an' maybe you'll tell everybody about what you thought of my last album " .


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