#rumgumption

[rayless-reblogs]

"You do like I tell you, my girl, and don't start to argufy. I'll allow you got more rumgumption than most females, but you ain't got so much in your nous-box as to what I have, and don't you think it!"

You know what you're in for when you read Georgette Heyer.

[shippingsincebeforeyouwereborn]

Ramfeezled is my new favorite word

Your word for Wednesday 25th January is: ramfeezled, adj.

ramfeezled, adj.

[‘Worn out, exhausted; confused, muddled.’]

Pronunciation:Brit./ramˈfiːz(ə)ld/,  U.S./ˌræmˈfiz(ə)ld/,  Scottish English/ramˈfiz(ə)ld/

Forms: α.   1700s– ramfeezl'd,   1800s– ramfeezled,   1900s– ramfeezl't,   2000s– ramfeizilt.  β.   1900s– ramfoozledBrit./ramˈfuːz(ə)ld/,  U.S./ræmˈfuz(ə)ld/,  Scottish English/ramˈfuz(ə)ld/. 

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English ram-, an element of uncertain origin.

Etymology:Apparently <  Scots ram-, intensifying prefix (see note and compare earlier ramgunshoch adj.) + a second element of uncertain origin (perhaps feeze v.2) + -le suffix 3 + -ed suffix1. Compare Scots (north-eastern) feezle to wriggle, twist (first attested in 1916; <  feeze v.2 + -le suffix 3).

For further examples of Scots ram-, intensifying prefix, see Sc. National Dict.  at Ramscooter v., n., Ramsheuchet participial adjective, Ramskittle v., Ramstacker n., v., Ramstageous adj., Ramstoorie adj., v., Ramstougar adj., Ramstuggen n., Ramtanglement n. (none of which is attested before the beginning of the 19th cent.); for the origin of the prefix see discussion at ramgunshoch adj.

 It is unclear whether the first element of rumgumption n. represents the same prefix.The β. forms apparently show alteration after foozle v. Originally and chiefly Scottish.

Worn out, exhausted; confused, muddled.

1786  R. Burns Poems  203The tapetless, ramfeezl'd hizzie, She's saft at best an' something lazy.

1803 Portfolio  3 Dec. 389/2His uncouth dialect spoiled all, and before he had read him half through, he was quite ramfeezled.

1877  A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake  52Speak, man! ye auld ramfeezl'd doddie!

1890  J. Service Thir Notandums  ix. 63He wrocht awa till he was ramfeezled.

1901  W. J. Milne Reminisc.  63.‘He'll ken fine what ye mean.’ ‘He'll need,’ quo I, ‘for I'm fair ramfoozled, an' divna ken.’

1950  C. U. Gardiner in Sc. National Dict.(1968) 338/2[Perthshire] A'm fair ramfeezled.

1982 Guardian  19 Jan. 10/5He is said..to be feeling extremely ramfeezled..and even to have been driven at times into a state of loundering kippage.

?2002  I. W. D. Forde Hale ir Sindries  ii. vi. 163Wi the idaia in hiz ramfeizilt mynd.

[pathsofoak]

I was looking for a fancy synonym of "impulsive choice" on OneLook Thesaurus and I just screenshotted the whole page because I couldn't pick which ones are the most ridiculous:

ID in alt text but all one-hundred words are under the cut as well

I did not find what I was looking for.

1. whim 2. whimsey 3. whim-wham 4. whimsy 5. whimsicality 6. whimsiness 7. figary 8. flam 9. crincum-crancum 10. whimling 11. Dizard 12. rumgumption 13. zany 14. flippancy 15. meeja 16. cutup 17. jobby jabber 18. witwanton 19. gelotology 20. levity 21. dizzard 22. diarrhea of the mouth 23. farcicalness 24. gewgaw 25. Hooray Henry 26. clowning 27. franion 28. Billy Barlow 29. myn 30. ribble-rabble 31. earbasher 32. gimcrack 33. roister-doister 34. toyer 35. wacky 36. silly 37. jabbernowl 38. sauciness 39. funster 40. flippantness 41. clownage 42. risibleness 43. wagster 44. jackpudding 45. clownery 46. full-mouth 47. gobbledegook 48. waggery 49. Jack Pudding 50. menz 51. bourd 52. gelotologist 53. balductum 54. jibber jabber 55. funny man 56. class clown 57. blatherskite 58. ridiculosity 59. Jabbers 60. ludicrosity 61. zanyism 62. puck 63. dry humour 64. blatteroon 65. wit-cracker 66. jibbering 67. babble-word 68. blah 69. gallows humour 70. humourist 71. edubabble 72. jibberish 73. humorousness 74. twaddle 75. galimatias 76. bourder 77. modest proposal 78. quippishness 79. balderdash 80. droller 81. Black Humour 82. drollist 83. droll 84. blooter 85. Crimble 86. joculator 87. comicalness 88. bigheadedness 89. gobbledygook 90. bunkum 91. humorsomeness 92. Merry Andrew 93. fandangle 94. balatron 95. blathering 96. buffoonism 97. big-headedness 98. blatter 99. jabberment 100. wiseass

[talvin-muircastle]

This is Music Monday, Shawn McBurnie Part 4/6!

This is a classic folk song about two ravens discussing a dead knight, sung in Scots dialect. (I think.  If I am wrong, Shawn will probably correct me.  He’s used to that with me.)  

[j216]

dysphrasia rumgumption by Jared Haer Tempests Unresistedness Study #me #tbt #illustration #generativeArt #Python #beautiful

[thescotslanguage]

Rumgumption: n. common sense, understanding

[talvin-muircastle]

This is Music Monday, Shawn McBurnie Part 6/6!

A Capital Ship is a nautical romp by Rumgumption, with Shawn providing the lead vocals.  It’s one of those songs you sing with the kids on a long car-trip.  Or sing when you are drunk.  

Please don’t sing this song drunk, with your kids, on a long car-trip--that would be very bad.  And if you want to sing this song with your drunk kids on a long car-trip, we’ll need to see their IDs, please.  But kudos for being Designated Driver.

That wraps up Music Monday for this week!  If you are sitting here wondering where the other 5 posts are, look at the clock:  these are being queued up on Friday to appear on Monday between 3:00 and 3:05 PM Eastern.  They are in reverse order so they appear in the proper order on your dash.  So just listen to the song, and by the time it is done, all six will have posted!