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Post by owdestokie2 on Dec 23, 2022 22:19:40 GMT
The word “turgid” is a regular component of sentences here on the Oatie.
Out of interest a question to those who include the word “turgid” in their posts (1) is it simply a fashionable term, (2) do you use the word (as necessary) in everyday conversation, (3) if not why not? and (4) is it simply an Oatie word
Personally as someone coming from a Senior School background I never get confused with such terms “as a load of shit”.
Just interested
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Dec 23, 2022 22:21:04 GMT
I use it in everyday conversation.
It’s also a pretty standard word in the football vernacular.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Dec 23, 2022 22:22:03 GMT
I use it in everyday conversation. It’s also a pretty standard word in the football vernacular. I bet you do you miserable sod😉 |
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Turgid
Dec 23, 2022 22:50:54 GMT
Post by owdestokie2 on Dec 23, 2022 22:50:54 GMT
Certainly an interesting Collins and other dictionaries definition. 😂😂😁
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Post by Gods on Dec 23, 2022 22:59:44 GMT
This thread has caused me to look up the dictionary definition of 'turgid' and it is not as I had thought.
Turgid: Excessively embellished in style or language
I have always deployed it to mean awful as in 'it was another turgid display from Alex Neil's hapless charges'.
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Turgid
Dec 23, 2022 23:00:13 GMT
Post by Gods on Dec 23, 2022 23:00:13 GMT
Just looked up the meaning and must admit it doesn't quite mean what I thought it meant. I thought it meant kind of dull/bland/featureless but not so! Beat me to it. |
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Dec 23, 2022 23:10:46 GMT
What a turgid excuse for a thread…
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Post by Gods on Dec 23, 2022 23:15:37 GMT
While we are on words beginning with 't' then 'tawdry' is a word I would like to see used more often.
'Gianni Infantino presides over a tawdry administration at FIFA'
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Post by owdestokie2 on Dec 23, 2022 23:24:08 GMT
What a turgid excuse for a thread… Yes….But. Have you ever used the word turgid in a post on the Oatie 😁😁😁 |
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Turgid
Dec 23, 2022 23:30:34 GMT
Post by richardparker on Dec 23, 2022 23:30:34 GMT
Great question!
Turgid seems to be a flowery way of saying turd, as in 'you can't polish a turd' ... maybe that's where the confusion lies!?
(It was for me).
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Post by PotterLog on Dec 23, 2022 23:48:09 GMT
While we are on words beginning with 't' then 'tawdry' is a word I would like to see used more often. 'Gianni Infantino presides over a tawdry administration at FIFA' I’ve used tawdry a lot in exactly that context recently for this World Cup. It describes the Salt Bae debacle perfectly |
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Post by iglugluk on Dec 24, 2022 0:37:21 GMT
(of language, writing, etc.) boring, complicated and difficult to understand
Definition as above in The Oxford Dictionary.. The Cambridge dictionary says 'boring'
So pretty much used in the correct context I reckon
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 1:27:59 GMT
Post by Mr_DaftBurger on Dec 24, 2022 1:27:59 GMT
If used as an adjective, moribund is a more apt description! 😞
Saying that, we've come from a goal down in the last two games and are finally going to piss this tinpot league!
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 2:34:02 GMT
Post by dirtclod on Dec 24, 2022 2:34:02 GMT
Insipid?
Moribund, that's an interesting one.
Always thought it sounded like an old Nazi organization.
"He was about to be released at Nuremberg until they proved that he had joined the moribund at an early age."
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 2:46:53 GMT
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Post by wykepotter on Dec 24, 2022 2:46:53 GMT
It’s the opposite of flaccid.
So which one are we…? 🤷♂️
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Dec 24, 2022 8:15:07 GMT
(of language, writing, etc.) boring, complicated and difficult to understand Definition as above in The Oxford Dictionary.. The Cambridge dictionary says 'boring' So pretty much used in the correct context I reckon Yeah that’s what I took it to mean, tedious, directionless, a slog. Think the binary season, the last couple of Pulis and Hughes Prem seasons apiece, the second half of the last couple of MON seasons. |
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 8:32:07 GMT
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Post by werrington on Dec 24, 2022 8:32:07 GMT
Toxic or rotten
Now there’s 2 oatcake words
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 8:32:39 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 24, 2022 8:32:39 GMT
Toxic or rotten Now there’s 2 oatcake words Yet they describe the club excellently. |
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Post by werrington on Dec 24, 2022 8:50:35 GMT
Toxic or rotten Now there’s 2 oatcake words Yet they describe the club excellently. You’ve lost your mind Bayern and and all reality of what those words actually mean Toxic and rotten are an Oldham Athletic or as were Charlton Athletic etc etc Stoke City football club is not toxic |
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 8:53:28 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 24, 2022 8:53:28 GMT
Yet they describe the club excellently. Toxic and rotten are an Oldham Athletic or as were Charlton Athletic etc etc You’ve lost your mind Bayern….Stoke City football club is not toxic It absolutely is. We have sunk so low from a position that was so stable to a place where we could realistically go down to league one and are lucky it hasn’t happened already. That should never have been a thing with their wealth and the stability we had. You clearly don’t like it when people criticise the terrible owners. |
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Post by werrington on Dec 24, 2022 8:55:40 GMT
Toxic and rotten are an Oldham Athletic or as were Charlton Athletic etc etc You’ve lost your mind Bayern….Stoke City football club is not toxic It absolutely is. We have sunk so low from a position that was so stable to a place where we could realistically go down to league one and are lucky it hasn’t happened already. That should never have been a thing with their wealth and the stability we had. You clearly don’t like it when people criticise the terrible owners. I’m not against people criticising them I just don’t agree with you Toxic owners are not what we have Are you actually clear in your mind what toxic owners are? Anyway I’m not going down the old rabbit hole as it’s Christmas Eve and I can’t be arsed |
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 9:00:34 GMT
Post by prestwichpotter on Dec 24, 2022 9:00:34 GMT
Toxic and rotten are an Oldham Athletic or as were Charlton Athletic etc etc You’ve lost your mind Bayern….Stoke City football club is not toxic It absolutely is. We have sunk so low from a position that was so stable to a place where we could realistically go down to league one and are lucky it hasn’t happened already. That should never have been a thing with their wealth and the stability we had. You clearly don’t like it when people criticise the terrible owners. "Hyperbolic" is another good word |
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Turgid
Dec 24, 2022 9:01:43 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 24, 2022 9:01:43 GMT
It absolutely is. We have sunk so low from a position that was so stable to a place where we could realistically go down to league one and are lucky it hasn’t happened already. That should never have been a thing with their wealth and the stability we had. You clearly don’t like it when people criticise the terrible owners. I’m not against people criticising them I just don’t agree with you Toxic owners are not what we have Are you actually clear in your mind what toxic owners are? You are, your replies the thread LGH started show that. And they are. They don’t do it on purpose but their uslessness seeps into every pore at this club and breeds the culture. A culture of delusion and laziness. Toxic owners are ones you feel that drag your club down. A club without the Coates seems an infinitely better proposition than one with them. Spare me the bullshit about the debt they created through their awful dealings as an almost blackmail why we need to keep them. |
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Dec 24, 2022 9:02:48 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 24, 2022 9:02:48 GMT
It absolutely is. We have sunk so low from a position that was so stable to a place where we could realistically go down to league one and are lucky it hasn’t happened already. That should never have been a thing with their wealth and the stability we had. You clearly don’t like it when people criticise the terrible owners. "Hyperbolic" is another good word Ah yeah 6 years of utter shit and plumping depths that should never have been reached from the position we were in “hyperbolic”🤦♂️ |
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Post by ohbottom on Dec 24, 2022 9:12:55 GMT
I’m not against people criticising them I just don’t agree with you Toxic owners are not what we have Are you actually clear in your mind what toxic owners are? You are, your replies the thread LGH started show that. And they are. They don’t do it on purpose but their uslessness seeps into every pore at this club and breeds the culture. A culture of delusion and laziness. Toxic owners are ones you feel that drag your club down. A club without the Coates seems an infinitely better proposition than one with them. Spare me the bullshit about the debt they created through their awful dealings as an almost blackmail why we need to keep them. Toxic owners are the ones that nearly destroyed Brighton in the 90's for their own profit, or the Oystons at Blackpool. The Coates family are a world away from that. |
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Dec 24, 2022 9:24:02 GMT
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 24, 2022 9:24:02 GMT
You are, your replies the thread LGH started show that. And they are. They don’t do it on purpose but their uslessness seeps into every pore at this club and breeds the culture. A culture of delusion and laziness. Toxic owners are ones you feel that drag your club down. A club without the Coates seems an infinitely better proposition than one with them. Spare me the bullshit about the debt they created through their awful dealings as an almost blackmail why we need to keep them. Toxic owners are the ones that nearly destroyed Brighton in the 90's for their own profit, or the Oystons at Blackpool. The Coates family are a world away from that. A different shade of grey. |
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