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Hard News: Name That Food Blog

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  • Rich Lock,

    Gut Instinct

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • hamishm,

    From Soup to Nuts.

    Since Nov 2006 • 357 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock, in reply to Lilith __,

    Feeding Frenzy

    This thread, or the name of the new blog? 9 pages in less than a day.

    Lucky we weren't asked about coffee - the reaction would have borked the internet.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Aston,

    What a creative bunch we are !
    We could generate endless threads on just naming threads .

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 510 posts Report Reply

  • RoseB,

    Feed is good .. or maybe even FoodFeed.

    Or ... Talk With Your Mouth Full

    Horowhenua • Since Dec 2011 • 1 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Rich Lock,

    I bean thinking...

    Lucky we weren’t asked about coffee
    – the reaction would have borked the internet

    ...on what grounds?
    </joking>
    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Isaac Freeman, in reply to Richard Aston,

    We could generate endless threads on just naming threads .

    Or a whole blog.

    It could be called Kicking Ass and Taking Names or Losing the Thread or Dubbed or ...

    I really basically only have one schtick.

    Christchurch • Since Feb 2007 • 134 posts Report Reply

  • Ross Mason,

    Food Fight!!

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Aston, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    I bean thinking…

    Lucky we weren’t asked about coffee
    – the reaction would have borked the internet

    …on what grounds?

    You are so quick Ian , love it - grinding through the language to expresso your thinking, so... stimulating

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 510 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Richard Aston,

    We could generate endless threads on just naming threads

    verily

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Calder,

    Table Talk

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 66 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Richard Aston,

    latte day saints...

    grinding through the language
    to expresso your thinking...

    ...and you guessed I take it with sugar, too!
    sweet...
    ;- )

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Aston,

    Don't know if you are still reading this Russell but ...
    I have enjoyed the creativity coming through in this thread and wondered about other threads around words . I read this lovely quote from a 4 yr old, Billy
    "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

    Got me to thinking about thinking of words that feel good in your mouth, word like Blancmange or Plop . Euphonious words ( actually euphonious feels quite nice) .

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 510 posts Report Reply

  • Grant McDougall,

    "The Munchies" or "Getting The Munchies" if no one's suggested one or the other so far (I haven't looked at the previous nine pages, sorry).

    Dunedin • Since Dec 2006 • 760 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Richard Aston,

    euphonious feels quite nice

    <tangent>
    As far as I’m aware we don’t have a word for things that feel nice to touch. Why is that? “Tactile” is the closest I know, but that doesn’t really convey the feeling of something feeling nice. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    latte day saints...
    grinding through the language
    to expresso your thinking...

    The origin of the specious.

    Singularity of blended?

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Islander,

    Swift check of the thesaurae didnt bring anything to light either Lilith...so we have to go to tactile analogies - 'as smooth, soft & warm as silk velvet'...interesting question. Will pursue it further-

    Kai Home (kai can mean food, to eat, consume,arrive at - as well as much else. 'home' (a nice false friend) is a variety of kumara...)

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Stewart,

    I thought that 'plush' had a meaning not dissimilar to what you are after, Lilith.

    Mind you, it is only 1 type of 'feels nice to touch'; 'lubricious' makes me think of another.

    Te Ika A Maui - Whakatane… • Since Oct 2008 • 577 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    All the words I can think of that we use to describe something that’s nice to touch work by analogy, like Islander says: silky, velvety, satiny…or plush. And we can say that something is soft or smooth or warm or cool or whatever but that describes what its properties are, not that we find it pleasant.

    We have so many words for things that taste nice (tasty, yummy, delicious, delectable, etc.) or look nice (beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, etc), some for things that sound nice (euphonious, musical*, dulcet) and smell nice (fragrant, aromatic, scented). But no equivalent words for the sense of touch, AFAIK.

    * musical, like melodious, is perhaps a kind of analogy too, now that I think about it. But it’s a lot less specific than silky.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • BenWilson,

    A little warning to be careful with names.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 10657 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to BenWilson,

    Jeebus! All 3 meanings I know...should not be associated with food!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    a nice touch...
    touché for the neuralmantics
    and somatime for sensualists
    Haptic happiness
    the wired hand
    in the velvet glove
    muscle sense
    and biofeedback
    kinaesthetes
    massage with
    a breath
    a whisper
    a tickle
    fondle
    and finger
    eyelashed
    and feathered
    all a quiver
    caressed
    and brushed
    scintillated
    tangibly
    stimulated
    there's the rub
    the hug
    the cuddle
    frottage
    the kiss
    the lick
    a shiver
    a pulsing
    first flush
    the heat
    a wave
    rippling
    to orgasm
    pheromones
    and furry moans
    aaah....
    sin till late
    skinship...

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Islander, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Good great godlessness Ian! PUBLISH THAT!
    Call it "Skinship" - it is great-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Islander,

    I know from my nurse sisters that 2 senses remain until you are dead – hearing, and touch.
    Much crap has been hurled at so-called touch-therapy, and some of it is deserved
    BUT – in family experience, just a late-coming person to a deathbed can call/sing/speak a name, and then hold a hand, and a comatose person will enliven enough to smile, grasp, sigh- respond enough to say, I am here, I recognise you-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    a nice touch…

    Ian, bravo. I’m lost for words, really!!*

    *yes, again ;-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

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