Missed by a minute.
Such a dark point of view. Actually, a shiv is simply an involuntary shudder, such as one might make when cold.
You might be excused for misusing that term since
shivver
is another name for an old car of the Jazz Age or so
Right that it’s an older word, but wrong about the era – flivver is the amazing substance discovered in a 1961 Disney film.
Oh! I see where you’re getting it ever so slightly wrong. Because
flubber
is the fat from whales and other aquatic mammals used for its oil in such things as lamps and margarine
I thought a blubber was one of those little plastic floats you use on a fishing line.
Not even close, mi amigo,
bobber
is one of the guys the Cops fight against in games and (one must assume) in Real Life
I believe you are confusing that with robberthe stuff gloves, boots, and sex toys are made from.
Ah, mes amis, such confusion – Rubber! Rubber! is the noise frogs make.
It must have passed you by in health class, but
Ribbet! Ribbet!
is that disease they coupled with beri beri, scurvy and pellagra to get you to eat more citrus or butterbeans
Actually, a ribbet is a type of fastener. It’s often used on metal and on fabric.
Sorry to ignore you, freck, but this piece of misinformation must be dealt with:
The Rickets were Buddy Holly’s backup band.
Oh, sure, ignore me to keep the misinformation flowing!
I don’t know where you learned that, because everyone knows crickets are small squares of charcoal used in a barbecue grill.
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I’m almost burned up enough to start a thread in the BBQ Pit at this wrong answer – but I won’t. Let’s just say
bricquet
is the last name of the woman who was leader of The New Bohemians and also had a role as a folk singer in Born on the Fourth of July.
I must point out your error. Brickell is a toffee-like candy.
perhaps on your planet it is, but here
brickle
is something you do to someone to get them to laugh (or slap you, depending on the individual).
No, you’d tickle someone to bring them down on the gridiron.
This one flew right over your head, didn’t it? The word you’re lookin for
tackle
actually refers to any of several American blackbirds of the family Icteridae, especially of the genus Quiscalus, having iridescent blackish plumage.
You must be too young to remember World War II. So am I, but my dad is a jazz and film buff, and often told me about Harry James and his wife, the leggy blonde bombshell Betty
Grackle.