Theres a word for that!?

[Extra-Ordinary]

The most classic one's got to be "aglets." For those of you who don't know, its what you call the little hard plastic-feeling ends of your shoelaces.

Yo, I remember "aglet".

 

[Lufia Erim]

Im not as smart as the lot of you so my entry is " Crestfallen". To be sad , disappointed , depressed

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Skeuomorph: a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues from structures that were necessary in the original.

The shutter-click on a camera phone? That's a skeuomorph.
Typewriters in Resident Evil to leave a register of your playthrough? That's a skeuomorph.

Love it <3

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Hmm...interesting that there isn't some kind of history or origin behind such an obnoxiously long word.

But I feel really bad for all of the locals when they have to file applications.

There is. It's basically just describing some of the local features in Welsh.

"Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the parish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch)."

It was originally just the bit I bolded, the lolcals* made up the new one in the 1860's as a publicity stunt.

*That was originally a typo, but I feel it fits somehow.

 

[AXimilao_Elotus]

Hmm...interesting that there isn't some kind of history or origin behind such an obnoxiously long word.

But I feel really bad for all of the locals when they have to file applications.

There is. It's basically just describing some of the local features in Welsh.

"Parish [church] of [St.] Mary (Llanfair) [in] Hollow (pwll) of the White Hazel [township] (gwyn gyll) near (go ger) the rapid whirlpool (y chwyrn drobwll) [and] the parish [church] of [St.] Tysilio (Llantysilio) with a red cave ([a]g ogo[f] goch)."

It was originally just the bit I bolded, the lolcals* made up the new one in the 1860's as a publicity stunt.

*That was originally a typo, but I feel it fits somehow.

Interesting! What's more, it's a fortunate stroke of serendipity that someone actually had an answer to such an overwhelming pronunciation.

Are you a lolcal (hehe...that does fit) by chance? Or was this something you researched?

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

Interesting! What's more, it's a fortunate stroke of serendipity that someone actually had an answer to such an overwhelming pronunciation.

Are you a lolcal (hehe...that does fit) by chance? Or was this something you researched?

Not quite either, being English it's one of those half remembered things from school, but seeing as our school had an outdoor pursuits centre in the relatively nearby Cwm Penmachno, it was something we learnt more about than most would.