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  • DPDPDPDP
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    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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  • johnr
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    Ah, that's it, ta Jah.

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  • Jah Womble
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    Originally posted by johnr View Post
    Ms johnr tells me that 'facsimile' was in the Osmonds' 'Let the Reason be Love '.
    That'll be the 1974 number one Love Me For a Reason (as later - appropriately - carbon-copied by Boyzone).

    'Honey, give me love - not a facsimile O-OF!' (Cue seventh chorus, followed by blinding smiles.)

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  • Walt Flanagans Dog
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    Originally posted by Sporting View Post
    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.
    Loads here. (edit - which is the same site you linked to, I didn't realise at first).

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  • johnr
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    Ms johnr tells me that 'facsimile' was in the Osmonds' 'Let the Reason be Love '.

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  • Sporting
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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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  • tee rex
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    Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post

    There's this thread.
    I want points for "gavotte", held over from last time. You're So Vain might even meet JohnR's criteria.

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  • johnr
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    Originally posted by johnr View Post
    I definitely should have put the word 'popular' in this thread title...
    ...in big, bold letters...

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  • Nocturnal Submission
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    Ah, my bad. The site that Sporting linked to upthread indulged my misspelling.

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  • Fussbudget
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    Originally posted by Nocturnal Submission View Post
    Looks like The Police are the only band to name-check Nabakov.
    Not sure who Nabakov is, but if he's the same bloke as Nabokov he (along with a whole bunch of other writers) appears in The Divine Comedy's insanely irritating smugathon The Booklovers.

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  • Walt Flanagans Dog
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    Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
    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.)
    Maybe you should have tried a word that sounded like it?

    Boom, and indeed, tish.

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  • Bored Of Education
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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.
    I thought that, perhaps, "Orgasmatron" by Motorhead might be a good one but not only does Prince use it but Motorhead kybosh it themselves with use of it in "Slow Dance". It's almost like they don't realise the competition.

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  • Bored Of Education
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    Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post

    There's this thread.
    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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  • WOM
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    Rick Springfield does well with his hit-making use of 'moot' in Jessie's Girl.

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  • Gert from the Well
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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

    Last edited by Gert from the Well; 22-06-2020, 17:09.

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  • fatbear
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    Originally posted by johnr View Post
    Me 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.
    Todd Rundgren did a song called Onamatopoeia

    Anyone know the words to any of the The Cocteau Twins songs ?

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  • pebblethefish
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    Originally posted by ale View Post
    How many in Bohemian Rhapsody-Scaramouche Silhoueto Bismillah Monstrosity Beelzebub Fandango
    Didn't Procul Harem trip the light fandango? And I'm sure Beelzebub appears in many death metal lyrics, if only anyone could understand them.

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  • johnr
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    I definitely should have put the word 'popular' in this thread title...

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  • Jah Womble
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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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  • Stumpy Pepys
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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.)
    There's this thread.

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  • Jah Womble
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    Originally posted by ale View Post
    How 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
    Well, if you mean 'in that particular order', then maybe.

    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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  • Guy Profumo
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    Originally posted by johnr View Post
    Me 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.
    Let him go, let him tarry

    (usual apologies if it's already been spotted)

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  • 3 Colours Red
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    Must be a few here:

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  • johnr
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    'popular song/hit'...

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  • Felicity, I guess so
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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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