Comments on: Connecting Words? Rubbish!

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:07:06 +0000

Hi Jan, If you want to work up to poppycock, try fiddlesticks.

By: jan geronimo

jan geronimo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:14:41 +0000

Love the sound of poppycock. Do you think it’s quaint? Just wondering though when I’d have the guts to use it in a post.

By: Foozle And Fribble In Word Nerd Meet Up | Confident Writing

Foozle And Fribble In Word Nerd Meet Up | Confident Writing — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:05:59 +0000

[...] interest in and love for words, and over time some guest posts on each other’s sites and a group writing project that we ran together. One of the guest posts I wrote for Brad inspired this word nerd cartoon of [...]

By: How blogging helps us get connected… or what happens when the mists come down | Confident Writing

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:05:06 +0000

[...] “Rubbish!” shouted Brad, who’d turned up out of nowhere, like a ghost emerging from the mist. “These are just the sort of connections we were looking for! Creative, imaginative, literary, funny, affectionate, obscure, everyday – they’re all part of the language of blogging, the way we weave words together to create a different, richer, more intriguing narrative, the new story that we’re learning to tell. That’s it, that’s it, because these words represent something more than a mark on a page, they hint at a deeper truth, about history, places, culture, literature, tell us stories about the things that make us different but also bring us together, connecting our words and our worlds and even when we get tired of blogging, because we all do, sometimes, well this what reminds us of why we do what we do, how the internet gives us the power to make a difference, to tell a a different story, to seize the day!” [...]

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:43:03 +0000

Piffle? That’s a new one. I like it!

By: --Deb

--Deb — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:20:23 +0000

Oh, and for “rubbish?” I usually say “Nonsense!” Or, “Piffle!” Piffle is always good (grin)

By: --Deb

--Deb — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:08:51 +0000

Okay, mine is up!
http://punctualityrules.com/2007/11/16/connecting-words/

By: Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Connecting Words

Punctuality Rules! » Blog Archive » Connecting Words — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:07:57 +0000

[...] Joanna and Brad are asking about “connecting words,” and they don’t mean conjunctions like [...]

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:44:02 +0000

Hi Erik, I forgot about “bogus”! That’s a good one. We used that all the time in the late 70’s. It has a bit of hippie flavor to it, don’t you think?

By: J. Erik Potter

J. Erik Potter — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:07:01 +0000

I’m going to side with Brad on the US interpretation of “rubbish”. “Crap” was the first thing to pop into my head. If this was the late ’80s-early ’90s perhaps “bogus”?