strange words you use and have heard of

[darran77]

This one came to light tonight accuratizing, never heard of it before but as it was connected with a gun i think its the equivalent of blueprinting.
My personal favorite is calafudging, any ideas ?
daz
I will edit post later with my answer.

[Brooksy]

I don't think either figure in T Dictionary.

Google .... Nobheadwhocannaspellowt. That might help.

[eboswan]

I don't think either figure in T Dictionary.

Google .... Nobheadwhocannaspellowt. That might help.

[Pat g]

This one came to light tonight accuratizing, never heard of it before but as it was connected with a gun i think its the equivalent of blueprinting.
My personal favorite is calafudging, any ideas ?
daz
I will edit post later with my answer.

I have never heard of the word accuratizing!!!!! But what i can tell you,was that a word was used back in the late 1970's and particularly the early 1980's and that was "Accurising" or "Accurised" Basically this came about during the Pistol shooting years . Many pistol shooters used Browning 9mm high powers and the Colt 1911 in 45 ACP. Now both of these pistols are originally military side arms as i'm sure you are aware but they were readily available in their masses and on the whole provided a good solid pistol and action on which to work on or improve. With the advent of more modern pistols coming onto the market Sigs and Glocks to name but two the Brownings and Colts were struggling on the competion front so several firms sprang up that specialised in the modification of both the Browning and the Colt. The term accurised and accurising came about and was widely used. Sadly after the 1988 ammendment act pistol shooting in this country was lost and many of the companies that "accurised " pistols had to divert their skills elsewhere or become victims of changing times , which many did and are no longer here. And no one mention LBR and LBP pistol shooting of today as these things do not replicate real pistol shooting at all Hope this info helps
ATB,
Pat

[Katzenjammer]

calafudging is patching up or repairing. Most likely a made up word from over the water Same with accuratizing. The 'z' gives it away as a US invention. Another non existent word. Made up or incorrectly recalled for a similar word - most likely that identified by Pat.

[Mason]

I would consider these as "bastardised" words that try to creep into the English language; an American speciality, championed most notably by the famous airhead G W Bush during his public speaking gaffs, in the vain attempt to appear intelligent.
The American English spell checker that this site uses is very discombobulating at times, as it continually underscores words that are spelt correctly.
Pusillanimous is a nice sounding word that I've yet to find the occasion to use.

[Katzenjammer]

-Surely it could be weaved into the 'Did you know thread'? Or haven't you the courage to do that

[Mason]

no

[Raj]

Callipygian .... The more I move in cycling circles, the more I see and hear it

[darran77]

calafudging is patching up or repairing. Most likely a made up word from over the water Same with accuratizing. The 'z' gives it away as a US invention. Another non existent word. Made up or incorrectly recalled for a similar word - most likely that identified by Pat.

How did you work that out "calafudging" meaning new to old , repairing or patching up. it was first told to me buy the outlaw (our lasses step father) who said he first heard it in his youth
he is 88 years young now, not sure if it was an american thing or something devised in Bradford where he grew up.
daz