One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!

Mal ,'War Stories'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


JenP - Jan 05, 2012 5:24:01 pm PST #14671 of 30001

Hey, what's a word for someone who gets easily distracted and flits from thing to thing? It's like a bird or an insect or something? It's possible I'm making it up. I know it's not magpie, and it doesn't seem to be mayfly. I want it to be an m word, apparently. Any ideas?

ETA: OK, never mind. I went with scatterbrain. Well, I mean, feel free to come up with the word; just saying that the crisis is averted. I'm sure you're all relieved.


Atropa - Jan 05, 2012 5:28:13 pm PST #14672 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Plus, anytime you say, "The whole purpose of literature is to elevate," I want to smack you.

Ding ding ding! That sort of phrase makes me very angry.

Hey, what's a word for someone who gets easily distracted and flits from thing to thing? It's like a bird or an insect or something? It's possible I'm making it up. I know it's not magpie, and it doesn't seem to be mayfly. I want it to be an m word, apparently. Any ideas?

Hummingbird? (waits for x-post)


Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2012 5:31:06 pm PST #14673 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Jesse - Jan 05, 2012 5:31:16 pm PST #14674 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Flibertigibbit?

If you say this about ANYTHING except a hot air balloon, a smack is totally called for.

What about an elevator??


brenda m - Jan 05, 2012 5:31:48 pm PST #14675 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

mayfly

Gadfly?


Kat - Jan 05, 2012 5:31:57 pm PST #14676 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Hey, what's a word for someone who gets easily distracted and flits from thing to thing? It's like a bird or an insect or something? It's possible I'm making it up. I know it's not magpie, and it doesn't seem to be mayfly. I want it to be an m word, apparently. Any ideas?
not a bird but dilettante?


sarameg - Jan 05, 2012 5:33:29 pm PST #14677 of 30001

Gadflies annoy. Flibbergidget is my first choice.

That or a cracked out squirrel.


Amy - Jan 05, 2012 5:36:16 pm PST #14678 of 30001
Because books.

Oh, flibbertigibbet! Wow, that's a word I never had to spell before.


dcp - Jan 05, 2012 5:53:04 pm PST #14679 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

new bow

Nice! How does it shoot?


JenP - Jan 05, 2012 5:54:15 pm PST #14680 of 30001

Fabulous selection of words, thank you!

I came across flibbertigibbet when I was searching around... excellent word, but, yeah, never had to spell it before. Have sung it plenty, though. (For a long time, I thought it was a made up word they put in the song because it sounded all flighty and silly.)