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anitarobi
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Offering 2 options here:
1. to devour sth or to eat too much
2. to make sth grotesquely large, enormous |
26 Aug 2010
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stexstme
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Linda,
I had to check what a gourd is...  ...! [From the French gourde = thick, dumb. ie : gormandized = a place filled with dumb people.]
Brainy is off..  |
26 Aug 2010
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donapeter
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Gormandize=to eat like is the last meal ever, to enjoy eating a lot
I think this one is easy as we have this word in Romanian too. And it is quite used.
Is the etymon of this word French?
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26 Aug 2010
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Zora
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Sylvie... lol .... Although, a place filled with dumb people is just as crazy as my invention. 
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26 Aug 2010
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serennablack
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Gormandize= something that isn �t that tasteful but starts being when someone gormandizes it.
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26 Aug 2010
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joy2bill
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Well, a "gormless person" (excuse spelling!!!) is a nerd or a geek, so gormandize must mean to turn somone into a geek, or become a geek! |
26 Aug 2010
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Apodo
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joy2bill,
Aren �t they the opposite? I�m puzzled...
... a gormless person is a dimwit, stupid, dull etc. A nerd is a smart person, a brainbox academically clever, as is a geek, though they tend to be more obsessive.
Thanks for the pork explanation Stexstme 8-) |
26 Aug 2010
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