Yat… Haha… I would guess that Randie might have trouble with figuring out her phone… She’ll get the hang of it eventually… Probably two weeks before she gets a new one…
I must say, that I watched Despicable Me (one) again this weekend… and I love the scene where the Minions who are supposed to be watching “the goyles” are in the living room TP fighting with the girls… and Gru walks in, and Edith points and says “it was your cousin’s idea.” Minion responds with the best Look EVER and “Wha?” Look at link! http://singsintraffic.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/7166795490_c6ec304fed.jpg
Plethora taken from the words “Pleather” and “Aura”. So to have “plethora” of something means having a phony sense about them. Clearly, Odd Todd’s Nanna has dogs with identity issues.
El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?
Jefe: Why, El Guapo?
El Guapo: Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora.
Jefe: Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
The origins of words always end up getting a shrug and a ‘meh’ from me. I just use ’em, I don’t care about ’em. That said knowing my Pocket Philosopher has increased my vocabulary way more than I ever wanted. For example, I previously did not know what a ‘vocabulary’ was. I miss those blissful ignorant days sometimes!
Robert Nowall,
I don’t think a collective is appropiate; OT is saying the number of cats in the group is large, possibly overly large. He then adds that the count may even be higher than “plethora” implies.
You guys crack me up!!! I go away for awhile and you guys had fun with a plethora! Hee hee… I like that you guys are silly.
Unca Bad… I LOVE that you quoted “The Three Amigos”… a film my siblings and I watched WAY too many times as younger people.
PatJade… Yes, plethora is a funny thing to make cats out of… now I’m sure Etsy has some.
Mr. McDuff…. I got the leg-pulling… it was gentle… like a tug… it’s better than pulling one’s limb entirely off.
Lady J… I am actually rather excited about Etymology… I like to know where phrases and words came from. For instance: “letting the cat out of the bag”… here’s how Mental Floss (a FUN mag) explains it… http://mentalfloss.com/article/31180/whats-origin-let-cat-out-bag
Dada, Beetles, Odd (?) Rob(art), Pete and Jack… I will go with …
“Cats here, cats there. Cats and kittens everywhere. Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats… Millions and billions and trillions of cats.”
Thanks, Brig! Now I know what Etymology is! Also, that cat out of the bag thing is kinda interesting. Do you know where ‘spilled the beans’ comes from? That one I do hehehehehe.
Honestly, I appreciate the effort to understand language but in my lifetime it keeps mutating into horrible slang and smilies so fast I almost don’t want to know where it originated. I have too many things I can point to in my life and say ‘This USED to be something classy, high quality, and impressive…… now it’s not.’. I don’t want language to be one more.
I was watching James May and Oz Clark’s wine adventure through France… the term “wine ponce” came up. This word “ponce” fascinated me for some reason…. it sounded French… so I went online and found out the slang (derogatory as I’d guessed) meant an effeminate know-it-all and also a pimp. In French, Poncer (verb) means to sandpaper or scrub with an abrasive. Ponce also is Spanish for Prince.
Anyhoo… I don’t know why this needed to be found out, but I am educated now.
Plethora comes from the root word of Thor, and ‘ple’ meaning muscles. So to have a plethora of something is to have as many as Thor has muscles.
Cool info McDuff! I did not know that!
Interesting, McDuff. Thanks for that. Quick, text Randie so she’s less confused!
Mr. McDuff… That almost sounds like a fishy definition… Ahem… It is Derived from Ancient Greek word for fullness… Me thinks wrong set of gods.
Randie probably just figured out how to make phone calls on her phone. Wait a few days before you start throwing apps at her.
Yat… Haha… I would guess that Randie might have trouble with figuring out her phone… She’ll get the hang of it eventually… Probably two weeks before she gets a new one…
Haha Randie’s face in the last panel is priceless!
Tanks, Ep… Randie’s “wha?” face …
I must say, that I watched Despicable Me (one) again this weekend… and I love the scene where the Minions who are supposed to be watching “the goyles” are in the living room TP fighting with the girls… and Gru walks in, and Edith points and says “it was your cousin’s idea.” Minion responds with the best Look EVER and “Wha?” Look at link!
http://singsintraffic.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/7166795490_c6ec304fed.jpg
McDuff is obviously in error.
Plethora taken from the words “Pleather” and “Aura”. So to have “plethora” of something means having a phony sense about them. Clearly, Odd Todd’s Nanna has dogs with identity issues.
Pete… me thinks he was being funny! Me thinks you are funny also as well! ha ha…
She’s got plastic leather cats? O-M-G! That’s an awfully odd thing to collect. :O
Man I hope this guy goes the way of Maurice.
Reminds me way too much of one of Portland’s most annoying stereotypes.
Be banished to the wastelands of Idaho!
It means a lotta’ God-damned cats!
I was trying to make a funny, but forgot to put in stuff to make it more ludicrous. ^^; Sorry for those I accidentally deceived.
Just to offer another pantheon I’ll derive the word as: PLETH (a cross-folded pleat) + O (contraction for “of”) + RA (Egyptian sun god).
It’s a “clowder” of cats, or a “glaring” of cats, not a “plethora.”
And I’ll take the standard derivation: Latin from Greek.
I have to take care of a plethora of cats at work. If anyone has ever seen my video’s from work, That can be an awful lot of fun!
El Guapo: Jefe, what is a plethora?
Jefe: Why, El Guapo?
El Guapo: Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has *no idea* what it means to have a plethora.
Jefe: Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
The origins of words always end up getting a shrug and a ‘meh’ from me. I just use ’em, I don’t care about ’em. That said knowing my Pocket Philosopher has increased my vocabulary way more than I ever wanted. For example, I previously did not know what a ‘vocabulary’ was. I miss those blissful ignorant days sometimes!
Also my sources tell me (yeah, it’s Wikipedia) that it’s a “kindle of kittens.”
McDuff: No, you didn’t fool me. I was simply playing along.
Robert Nowall,
I don’t think a collective is appropiate; OT is saying the number of cats in the group is large, possibly overly large. He then adds that the count may even be higher than “plethora” implies.
It’s how they count their spuds. A plethora of spuds. Which means…um….a lot of spuds.
You guys crack me up!!! I go away for awhile and you guys had fun with a plethora! Hee hee… I like that you guys are silly.
Unca Bad… I LOVE that you quoted “The Three Amigos”… a film my siblings and I watched WAY too many times as younger people.
PatJade… Yes, plethora is a funny thing to make cats out of… now I’m sure Etsy has some.
Mr. McDuff…. I got the leg-pulling… it was gentle… like a tug… it’s better than pulling one’s limb entirely off.
Lady J… I am actually rather excited about Etymology… I like to know where phrases and words came from. For instance: “letting the cat out of the bag”… here’s how Mental Floss (a FUN mag) explains it… http://mentalfloss.com/article/31180/whats-origin-let-cat-out-bag
Dada, Beetles, Odd (?) Rob(art), Pete and Jack… I will go with …
“Cats here, cats there. Cats and kittens everywhere. Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats… Millions and billions and trillions of cats.”
Thanks, Brig! Now I know what Etymology is! Also, that cat out of the bag thing is kinda interesting. Do you know where ‘spilled the beans’ comes from? That one I do hehehehehe.
Honestly, I appreciate the effort to understand language but in my lifetime it keeps mutating into horrible slang and smilies so fast I almost don’t want to know where it originated. I have too many things I can point to in my life and say ‘This USED to be something classy, high quality, and impressive…… now it’s not.’. I don’t want language to be one more.
I was watching James May and Oz Clark’s wine adventure through France… the term “wine ponce” came up. This word “ponce” fascinated me for some reason…. it sounded French… so I went online and found out the slang (derogatory as I’d guessed) meant an effeminate know-it-all and also a pimp. In French, Poncer (verb) means to sandpaper or scrub with an abrasive. Ponce also is Spanish for Prince.
Anyhoo… I don’t know why this needed to be found out, but I am educated now.