[TR] Proper English for a Proper Car

[v6spitfireguy v6spitfireguy]

It was Joe Curry, many many years ago in a misspell in a post! It caught on and never left!


> On August 17, 2018 at 2:08 PM William Brewer <billbrewer59 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>          I drove my TR3 to work the other morning. When I left my home at o'dark thirty it was in the mid-50's and I wore a leather coat. I live at about the mile high elevation in the southern Sierras. When I left my work in Mojave that afternoon, it was 109 degrees. The car interior felt hotter and hotter inside as I drove and I was looking forward to getting up the hill to cooler temperatures.  Soon thereafter I ran across a new proper English word - "Calescent" which means "growing warm; increasing in heat". I also enjoy using the word "Recalcitrant" to describe the TR's too-fast-a-shift from 1st to 2nd, "recalcitrant" meaning "resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant". A synonym could be "balk".
>          Another word that has come in handy many times, especially at parties, is "calipygous". I use it in conversation whenever possible. Usually, ladies say "thank-you" for the compliment and then go home and look it up.
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>     https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous
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>         A word I haven't seen used on the Triumphs list recently would be "Fluif". I can't remember who used that misspelling two decades ago, but it has still stuck in my vocabulary. Who was that? Are you still on the list?  I think that his name was Joe-something.
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>         Have a good Friday. Triumph over conformity.
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>          Bill in Tehachapi
>          Anglophile, Logophile
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