A list of 24 words by bilby.
- friday the thirteenthwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- second windwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- eleventh hourwas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- second guesswas added by bilby and appears on 4 lists
- fourth dimensionwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- third eyewas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- second chancewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- fifth monarchywas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- second gearwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- first aidwas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- first classwas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- third basewas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- third rock from the sunwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- celestino the fifthwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
- sixth sensewas added by bilby and appears on 10 lists
- first kisswas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- second bestwas added by bilby and appears on 2 lists
- third degreewas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- seventh heavenwas added by bilby and appears on 8 lists
- second comingwas added by bilby and appears on 3 lists
- fifth columnwas added by bilby and appears on 11 lists
- fourth estatewas added by bilby and appears on 6 lists
- third worldwas added by bilby and appears on 8 lists
- beethoven's ninthwas added by bilby and appears on just this list
sionnach commented on the list extraordinary-ordinals
twelfth night? fifth avenue? forty-second street? I realize that opening this list up to street addresses is a slippery slope, but fifth avenue and forty-second street have non-address meanings as well.
Friday the thirteenth? the eleventh hour? fifth amendment? fifth wheel?
December 11, 2007
uselessness commented on the list extraordinary-ordinals
First look? Third nerd? Second life?
December 11, 2007
bilby commented on the list extraordinary-ordinals
I'm not familiar with the 'non-address meanings' of those, or with 'third nerd'. Enlighten please :-)
December 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the list extraordinary-ordinals
This is totally a man-who story, but a friend of mine told me about third nerds. Apparently at the Christian college she attended, the administration had some particularly strict rules regarding male-female fraternization. Whenever a couple went off-campus together, a mutual friend was required to accompany them and make sure everything stayed on the up-and-up. I'm guessing the use of third nerd to describe such a friend is purely colloquial, not an "official" college phrase.
My friend explained this to me with surprise that I had never heard the term before. Supposedly it's quite common to describe someone who awkwardly tags along during a date. But I have no firsthand knowledge of its use. Still, I like it. :-)
December 12, 2007
sionnach commented on the list extraordinary-ordinals
Fifth avenue is a (not particularly good) American candy bar, made by Hershey's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Avenue_(candy)
Forty-second street is a well-known Broadway musical. It opened to resounding acclaim on Broadway in 1980, though the triumph was bittersweet as the choreographer, Gower Champion, died of cancer just hours before the first performance (a fact which the producer, David Merrick, managed to conceal from the cast until after the first show). It also launched the career of Catherine Zeta-Jones.
December 12, 2007