dedicated to the silly things we say...'Cockafart' was an inappropriate title. =)

Friday, April 21, 2006

kas-kas

fra·cas ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frks, frks) n.
A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl

we drop off the 'fra' and double di out and bad. ;) yuzimi!
and thats how we get kas-kas to mean brawl, quarrel or as trinis would say 'bacchanal'.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

scrum.un'gin

curmudgeon (Webster online dictionary)
Pronunciation: (")k&r-'m&-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 archaic : MISER
2 : a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
- cur·mud·geon·li·ness /-lE-n&s/ noun
- cur·mud·geon·ly /-lE/ adjective

this word has SOOOO many variations in the pronunciation I couldn't believe it was really a word:) It comes up often in the breaking of bread (ie sharing Easter Bun) at work:

YUH TOO SCRUMUN'GIN how di slice dem so tin?!