"piffle" - a word rarely used on Cyprus 44

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:23

Earlier today, member "kittyfun" used the word "piffle" in a comment and when I saw it, I thought, "I'll bet not many people have used that word on Cyprus 44"

I used the "Google Custom Search" feature (above) and searched for "piffle" and I discovered that according to the search results, it has only been used eleven times in 70 odd thousand threads which equates maybe, to well over a million postings.

Admittedly, it maybe a while since this site was last indexed for Google 'site' search and therefore, the results may not be 'bang' up to date, but even so, eleven times out of more than a million posts is not a lot so, according to the search results, who has used this word on Cyprus 44 ? :-

PtePike, No1Doyen, Groucho, Lazydays, Mickeyrourke, Ballyboffin, glencoe, ang1706, wynyardman and Moover321

I wonder, whether there is a connection between these members/moderators or, is this post just piffle ?

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:27

Year but it is such a lovely word sums up everything:



a load of piffle!!!!

nicola


Joined: 06/09/2011
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:29

It should be used more as most posts on here are summed up perfectly by that word

Washerman


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Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:30

HildySmith.....you are correct (of course), but even you must admit - this is an interesting one !

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:31

Your beginning to sound like you belong on countdown in dictionary corner )

Washerman


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Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:34

nicola......I agree, but as not many people have used that word, does it follow and is it reasonable to assume that the same person may have used it more than once or, twice, but using a different identitiy ?

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:36

I'll have a vowel please, Cooper

nicola


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Posts: 246

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:37

washerman, I couldn't possibly comment

HildySmith


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Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:39

Giv uz a pee Bob!!!

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:39

The Urban Dictionary defines piffle as " The act of having sex in an Amplitheatre ! maybe that explains it's rarity ?

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:41

Well I know for a fact 4 of them live in Esentepe so the conspiracy theory is over,piffle is obviously an Esentepe word

daisy dukes


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Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:44

Eamonn.....fabulous!!



DD

Washerman


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Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:45

Gooligan......I think that you are too quick to jump to a conclusion.....is it a full moon ?

nicola


Joined: 06/09/2011
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 20:50

msg 10:



Amplitheatre: is that like an amphitheatre with a roof on it ha ha ha ha and you claim to be well read, get outta here you fraud.

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:08

Nicola,



You really are quite childish, your every utterance proves it beyond doubt ! Go and have your tantrum somewhere else !

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:17

Isn't being 'childish' wonderful



you can get away with murder by being childish



it is super fun!!!!!

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:25

piffle,



Its difficult when posting on Cyprus 44 nowadays, Not to use the word piffle



wynyardman

Washerman


Joined: 19/09/2008
Posts: 2301

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:28

wynyardman - but not many members have used that word (in more than a million posts) - is there a connection beween those who have ?

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:34

Washerman,



Insanity? or maybe they have all been banned from Cyprus 44.



Good observation, though.



wyn

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:34

Crikey, blimey! Two more words rarely used on here too

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:37

Love it... I had simply forgotten that the word existed !!



my father used to use this word all the time when he listened to 'A Labour Broadcast' on the radio...



piffle... a load of piffle he would say... ...

Ed1957


Joined: 03/09/2011
Posts: 377

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:47

What about some other good words like 'fettle'

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 21:57

Or ' trifling' !

wynyardman



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Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:01

Another favourite unconscionable.



wyn

wynyardman



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Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:04

Britvic,



Has the hurricane struck yet?



crikey.....................Youll be standing for mayor of London next!



Take care,



wyn

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:08

Blimey! Your well out of it John, never have I known anything like this weather.

Woodspeckie


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Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:33

Ed1957. Fettle - condition or trim (in fine fettle) but have heard it used as "have you fettled it"?

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:35

Reminds me of "call my bluff" on BBC2 when I was a kid

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:41

Amazing how you can find these things out



Maybe you can help and find out if I was the first poster to use the word Tosh,



Thanks





Spider,X

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:41

I agree the weather is a load of piffle, and I have to fly tomorrow to Spain amongst the load of piffle, leaving under the winds of the hurricane. hopefully arriving into the sunshine!



Piffle is an old Manchester saying! a good word for a load of rubbish

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 22:56

Perhaps words such as piffle and balderdash are now far too genteel for the modern generation. Things like "an urban dictionary" have crept up on an old fart like me. I have had to accept that aggression in most things is the modern way so I do not even blink when I now read communications punctuated by the likes of bollox, bilge, squit etc and I admit to responding in kind.

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:01

Msg 31,



Happens to us all, eventually .

nicola


Joined: 06/09/2011
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:18

Msg 15, A dictionary would be good companion for you, you clearly have trouble with words, I am having fun at your expense, hardly a tantrum.

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:31

I think words do go full circle- It's only a matter of time before the kids realize that Piffle Is a good word and re-use it.

Only problem is when kids re invent words they have a different meaning-piffle will probably mean an attractive woman,or a dog with one ear and a limp.

Look what Bad now means in street slang for example- It now means good.

I have had some very confusing conversations with teenagers.

But think back to the 50s/60s when teens (who are now in their 60s /70s) were shocking their parents with words like- groovy & cool-must have sounded like Gibberish(which I believe has Yiddish origins).

Its a sign of getting old I suppose, not understanding what the next generation are talking about.

Whens the last time you ever heard anyone say-" Blimey" or "cripes"?

I recall my dad said at the dinner table that the screwdriver he bought was "Crappy" my mother remonstrated with him for swearing in front of the children-I remember thinking it was Bollocks at the time.

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:31

Nicola ,





Your arrogance knows no bounds ! Please try and get a life, the world does not revolve around you ! Your racist comments on other posts have been well flagged ! Talk your way out of that !

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:38

Eamon-don't take it personally- have you seen how she spells "out of" as outta.

I knew what you meant-and I can see another perfectly good friendly thread being ruined.

nicola


Joined: 06/09/2011
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:42

what part of Ballyfermot you from mess 35

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:47

PhilUk,



You are, of course, correct ! I do not mean to hijack the thread but I reserve the right to respond to other posts. This is a good and friendly thread and I hope it continues ! Thanks for your comments !

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:51

Nicola,



Wrong again , but at least in my profile I don't hide where I am from ! Are you on the run or something ?

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
12/09/2011 23:59

Eamon- wasn't having a go- i was on your side mate- read my post,never suggested you hi jacked the thread.

Any how my rather amusing post has now been ignored though.... ho hum same old Cyprus 44, In fact i was backing you up big time- I think Nicola has ruined the thread.

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
13/09/2011

Eamon- wasn't having a go- i was on your side mate- read my post,never suggested you hi jacked the thread.

Any how my rather amusing post has now been ignored though.... ho hum same old Cyprus 44, In fact i was backing you up big time- I think Nicola has ruined the thread.

PhilUK


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Posts: 236

Message Posted:
13/09/2011

oops posted twice sorry!

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 00:08

PhilUk,



I know you were not having a go, as you say. the post started off as piffle and it is probably the same now ! Thanks for the double posts, I do it myself, frequently. lol

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 00:23

I just happened to have the Oxford English Dictionary by my side (so there!) and the definition is "silly, commonpace stuff" - it doesnt sound as if that is a good description of the UK weather at the moment.

Perhaps message 30 was confusing it with other words beginning "pi"



Fettle is a good old Yorkshire word. Anyone read Reginald Hill ?- Dalziel is always saying What fettle?"

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 00:30

Msg 44- fettle is a good lancashire word too, as In-"ows thee doin' me owd fettler"

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 00:41

Msg 45,



Yeah, just before he grabbed her tits ! politically incorrect but funny, I think. I know its an old joke !

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 00:59

Eamonn -it's got nothing to do with grabbing tits-it means "Hello" In Lancashire.

I suggest you don't travel to Lancashire If you think that is an invitation to grab a Ladies Top Bollocks or you may find you have problems with the Lancashire constabulary.

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 01:15

"My goodness, what utter TWADDLE and what may all this nonsense have signified, pray?"



from The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor



M & B xxx

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 01:32

Message 47.



Has anyone ever told you you have a lovely turn of phrase?



No? Hardly surprising really.

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 02:05

I take it that was a rhetorical question Jeannie?

What's hardly surprising-please enlighten me, my psychic powers are eluding me tonight?

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 02:09

Phil, msg 47,



You may be right but where I come from Grabbing as it was called was effective for both sexes ! A lot of it was just sparring and really was not too serious, it was part of the game of life ! We're all older and wiser now but where's the fun ?

boroles


Joined: 28/11/2010
Posts: 93

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 06:01

piffle meaning(s)

1.(n) trivial nonsense

2.(v) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

3.(v) act in a trivial or ineffective way

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 07:10

Gooligan msg 11... Esentepe folk know 'piffle' when the hear it that's all. There's lots of words you'll hear bandied-about incorrectly on Cyprus44.

Those who don't know the difference betwixt advice and advise are advised to check out the meanings.

magicart


Joined: 05/10/2008
Posts: 985

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 07:38

Interesting post and this could explain why a certain member has not been banned from this forum.



Will the real Kittyfun stand up please or a you a moderator in disguise?



Who can solve the mystery?

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 08:29

I have enjoyed reading this thread, it brought back memories of bygone days when I was a nipper and stayed with my grandparents during the holidays. They lived in the wilds of Co Durham and their language was hard to understand at times. My grandfather used to say to me, hard thee wisht or I'll fettle thee gal. This was when I was talking to much at the table. I think it meant stop talking, else I would be in trouble.





The butlers wife

Tango1


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Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 12:42

I just love the word "codswallop" and use it quite a lot a ordinary conversation. I think it's akin to "piffle"

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 12:46

my favourite is poppycock............x

nicola


Joined: 06/09/2011
Posts: 246

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 17:15

E.Mc msg 39, I suggest either water with it or a good strong cup of coffee as I have no idea what you are piffling on about.



msg 46, you kinda got that a tad wrong, ha ha ha ha.

stelee77


Joined: 06/06/2011
Posts: 557

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 17:31

some of you must be out of your nut, oh geck.

BizziLizzi


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Posts: 855

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 17:37

A lot of balderdash really!

Ed1957


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Posts: 377

Message Posted:
13/09/2011 20:26

When my mrs say piffle, I know that she is seriously pissed off

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 02:49

re msg 1..



>>I wonder, whether there is a connection between these members/moderators or, is this post just piffle ?<<



As I know for a FACT that at least four of the posters are separate 'entities', I'd say the question was rhetorical ...



re msg 54



>>Interesting post and this could explain why a certain member has not been banned from this forum. <<



Your 'campaigns' for such things are 'interesting' and as accurate as predictions of writs being served... or being 'spanked' in the press ;)))

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 07:16

'kerfuffle' That's one of my favourites....

I love it when Lou (Little Britain) uses it... in particular the visual joke when they are stranded on an island and Lou spells out a large sign which reads "Help...we are in a bit of a kerfuffle."

moxie


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Posts: 969

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 09:08

kerfuffle is the winner !!! great word lol

magicart


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Posts: 985

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 12:45

6mms



The public spanking you had in the Cyprus Star has obviously got to you-this together with your fraudulent activites in the South throws your personal credibility out of the window.



Have you visited the head doctor yet?

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 12:54

"fraudulent activites in the South"

Hold on Art... that's getting a bit close to libel, make sure you can back it up by something more substantial than gossip on another forum... fanciful gossip is often quoted as fact and it's simply not good enough.

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 12:56

You might start a kerfuffle!

It's pretty much off-topic too :(

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 13:10

re msg 66 Groucho..



don't 'spoil' my fun.. our MagicArt has been making quite a few bloopers and hilarious comments and when corrected - simply repeats 'em.. ;)



MagicArt.. try and explain ( for once) how the



1/ Cyprus Star 'articles' that 'spanked me' and discussed in full in Jack Lobbs 'right to reply' thread and



2/ his obvious 'internet problems' - ( his computer system 'serviced by your mate [ ;) ] ) prevented him from checking FACT - rather than posting 'fiction'... BEFORE writing the articles that completely misled it's readers...



3/ You'll note that a letter was published from ErolZ that politely informed the author of his 'mistakes'...





ALL you are doing is repeating a fib and you WILL look VERY silly....

magicart


Joined: 05/10/2008
Posts: 985

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 15:36

6ms,



You forgot to mention that following the publication of EROLZ letter the Newspaper publised another article in which you got your backside smacked.



Understandably you have side-stepped this article but its too late the damage to your "I am the Peoples Champion" campaign was done.



Where are your supporters now?

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 20:59

Dear MagicArt



re 69



>>You forgot to mention that following the publication of EROLZ letter the Newspaper publised another article in which you got your backside smacked.<<



Nope! YOU forgot ( again) that the author was roundly pilloried on this very board and ironically entitled his thread, "right of reply" ... for those not comatose - the irony here is that the author - having made contact - never quoted ANY facts.. just the nonsense he'd been fed - something that poor MagicArt keep regurgitating ;)



In the meantime , I wonder if you'd care to explain why I'd need to be consulting a 'head doctor' ? ..... Is THAT your 'field of expertise' - it is clearly not satellite TV, TV rights, or Piracy thereof...

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 21:34

Piffle!



I,ve said it before.



wyn

0maintenance


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Posts: 2179

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 21:40

Message 70



Why don't you leave poor Erolz out of your post's , sure he has had alot of stress brought on by you recently ,IMHO ,



Is there another subject we could chat about ?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sxk-6SZZk4



well i thought it was funny !

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 21:49

If you think that is funny it says an awful lot about you, is there any need for you to post such stuff on here, come on mods!

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 21:58

Message 55 (Play the music please from the Hovis advert)

when I was a nipper and stayed with my grandparents during the holidays. They lived in the wilds of Co Durham and their language was hard to understand at times. My grandfather used to say to me, hard thee wisht or I'll fettle thee gal. This was when I was talking to much at the table. I think it meant stop talking, else I would be in trouble.

- had thee wisht - keep quite!!!!

- I'll fettle thee gal - I will sort out out girl!!!

Also great in the wilds of Durham when greeting someone:

- Now then!! - Good Morning/Good Day/Good Afternnoon/Hello

- Now!! - and abreviation to all of the above......

- Am out o fettle - I am not feeling very well

- Dinnit dee that - don't do that!!

- ah divvent nar - I don't know

Its a load a ard piffle...........................

0maintenance


Joined: 22/09/2010
Posts: 2179

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 22:00

oh theres always one isnt there...



Put the same word in the search bar at the top and see how often it is used by folk on here.



Not that i wrote it.



Its a good thing we have not all got the same sense of humour !

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 22:02

Dear one of the Zeroes



>>Why don't you leave poor Erolz out of your post's<<



Er, because it was a pertinent 'counter' to MagicArt's 'misinfo' ?



>>sure he has had alot of stress brought on by you recently<<



If you mean his 'foolishly' entering the fray to back up what I said, then you question suggests any 'stress' may well be sourced elsewhere....





I LIKE the fact that he tries to communicate and reason face to face with an 'adversary' and only a VERY 'silly' person would claim he was a 'stalker'.. [ emoticon for eyes rolling in exasperation ]



ErolZ is a nice chap and hopefully any self imposed vacation from this board will not be too long - as his contributions are ( largely ) respected and sought after.....

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 22:07

had ya gobs will ya!!!!

ya spooting a load of ard piffle, codswallop and twaddle

nee body wants ta naw

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 22:08

Will I get banned by the moderators if they can understand what I said??????

MMMMMMMMMM..........

zerochlor


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Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 22:12

Nice to hear you talk some truths for once ,regarding erolz that is ,he may well be a nice chap indeed.



Maybe you should take a leaf out of his book

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
15/09/2011 22:24

Dear another Zero ..could be the same one - who knows ?



re msg 79



>>Nice to hear you talk some truths for once<<



You, naturally, being an arbitrator of such weighty matters .... [ emoticon for ironic smile ]







>>Maybe you should take a leaf out of his book<<



..Not JUST me, eh? - I didn't see you jumping to his defence when untrue things were being posted about him.. and his earnest attempts to explain. THAT might have helped...