The word pusillanimous is used in The Rutles "Another Day" which as we all know means timid.
also The Orchids have a song called Thaumaturgy (even though the word isn't used in the song) - means perform miracles.
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Originally posted by johnr View PostMs johnr tells me that 'facsimile' was in the Osmonds' 'Let the Reason be Love '.
'Honey, give me love - not a facsimile O-OF!' (Cue seventh chorus, followed by blinding smiles.)
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Ms johnr tells me that 'facsimile' was in the Osmonds' 'Let the Reason be Love '.
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The database i linked to isn't perfect. For instance, it seems not to include "snied" (I am the Walrus).
"Snide" is similarly absent, though relatively common on this forum.
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post
There's this thread.
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Ah, my bad. The site that Sporting linked to upthread indulged my misspelling.
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Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View PostLooks like The Police are the only band to name-check Nabakov.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View PostThanks, that's the fella - five years ago, tbf.
(What expression did you use to locate it? I used 'onomatopoeia', but it only returned 'this' thread.)
Boom, and indeed, tish.
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Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View Post
Interesting that, in that thread, Ray mentions my first thought which was "Parallelogram" in "Motorhead" by, well, Motorhead (and Hawkwind before that) but apparently it's not the only usage. I am not sure whether the others are in the five years since then.
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Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post
There's this thread.
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Rick Springfield does well with his hit-making use of 'moot' in Jessie's Girl.
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No mention of Bad Religion yet? The first verse of '1000 more fools':
I heard them say that the meek shall reign on earth
Phantasmal myriads of sane bucolic birth
I've seen the rapture in a starving baby's eyes
Inchoate beatitude, the Lord of the Flies
Or from Delirium of Disorder:
The anechoic nebula rotating in my brain
Is persuading me, contritely, to persist
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Originally posted by johnr View PostMe and Ms johnr lead an exciting life, and got to talking about the word 'Cahoot' in 'Respect Yourself'. I suggested that it was the only time that word might have been used in a popular song/hit.
Anyway, we then wondered about other words that as far as we know are only used in one song, and came up with
'Tarry' - from Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)
'Onomatopoeia' - Annie, I'm not your Daddy.
All three, fine words and well-used in the songs.
Anyone know the words to any of the The Cocteau Twins songs ?
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Originally posted by ale View PostHow many in Bohemian Rhapsody-Scaramouche Silhoueto Bismillah Monstrosity Beelzebub Fandango
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I definitely should have put the word 'popular' in this thread title...
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Thanks, that's the fella - five years ago, tbf.
(What expression did you use to locate it? I used 'onomatopoeia', but it only returned 'this' thread.)
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post(Don't know if anyone can find the thread, because the search facility here doesn't really assist in doing so.)
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Originally posted by ale View PostHow many in Bohemian Rhapsody-Scaramouche Silhoueto Bismillah Monstrosity Beelzebub Fandango
Young Dudes-Juvenile Delinquent Unlocked
Ashes To Ashes-Synthesis Sordid
Jean Genie-Beautician Nutrition
Drive In Saturday-Formation Saturation Bureau Snorting
Life On Mars-Tortured Saddening Spit
London Calling-Phony Imitation Truncheon
But we did this fairly recently, no?
(Don't know if anyone can find the thread, because the search facility here doesn't really assist in doing so.)
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Originally posted by johnr View PostMe and Ms johnr lead an exciting life, and got to talking about the word 'Cahoot' in 'Respect Yourself'. I suggested that it was the only time that word might have been used in a popular song/hit.
Anyway, we then wondered about other words that as far as we know are only used in one song, and came up with
'Tarry' - from Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)
'Onomatopoeia' - Annie, I'm not your Daddy.
All three, fine words and well-used in the songs.
(usual apologies if it's already been spotted)
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Crystal Staples wrote (Quote function not working):
Victorian Ice (whitebait, carbonate, hoopoes, Edwardian)
It Ended on an Oily Stage (elegiac)
Waving Flags (Carpathians, Vistula)
Oh Larsen B (desalinate)
Carrion (brilliantine)
Fatima Mansions’ Ciao Ceaucescu has ‘Carpathians’
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