Trolleyed
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OK, how did you read that word? Like the past tense of
trolley, or as troll-eyed? The latter usage is on the front page of this morning's Melbourne Age*. The headline reads'Trolleyed' in Senate: Nats figure faces alcohol claims
What IS the world coming to? ;P ;P Peter * [edit] or maybe not... the first usage appears in some dictionaries, but not the ones I usually consult... [/edit]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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OK, how did you read that word? Like the past tense of
trolley, or as troll-eyed? The latter usage is on the front page of this morning's Melbourne Age*. The headline reads'Trolleyed' in Senate: Nats figure faces alcohol claims
What IS the world coming to? ;P ;P Peter * [edit] or maybe not... the first usage appears in some dictionaries, but not the ones I usually consult... [/edit]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
Peter_in_2780 wrote:
Like the past tense of
trolleyI'd say that's trollied, but I guess trolleyed* is correct too.
Peter_in_2780 wrote:
or as troll-eyed
Yes, this! Probably because I meet more trolls than trollies/trolleys** :rolleyes: * Wow this word sucks! ** Wow this word still sucks!
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OK, how did you read that word? Like the past tense of
trolley, or as troll-eyed? The latter usage is on the front page of this morning's Melbourne Age*. The headline reads'Trolleyed' in Senate: Nats figure faces alcohol claims
What IS the world coming to? ;P ;P Peter * [edit] or maybe not... the first usage appears in some dictionaries, but not the ones I usually consult... [/edit]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
I read it as "trolley-ed": TROLLEYED | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary[^] I wasn't aware that it was in use in Oz!
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I read it as "trolley-ed": TROLLEYED | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary[^] I wasn't aware that it was in use in Oz!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
OriginalGriff wrote:
I wasn't aware that it was in use in Oz!
Neither was I! see my edit above
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I read it as "trolley-ed": TROLLEYED | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary[^] I wasn't aware that it was in use in Oz!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
Interesting. I assume that it's the British English equivalent of the US English "loaded" (in the sense of being extremely drunk).
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Interesting. I assume that it's the British English equivalent of the US English "loaded" (in the sense of being extremely drunk).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Interesting. I assume that it's the British English equivalent of the US English "loaded" (in the sense of being extremely drunk).
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
In British English, "loaded" means very rich - as in having loads of money (or "loadsa money") Given its (now) normal meaning in English, I assume the headline "trolleyed" should indeed be read as "trollied", i.e. drunk. I wonder if being "trolleyed" is related to being "off one's trolley" (mad or foolish)...
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In British English, "loaded" means very rich - as in having loads of money (or "loadsa money") Given its (now) normal meaning in English, I assume the headline "trolleyed" should indeed be read as "trollied", i.e. drunk. I wonder if being "trolleyed" is related to being "off one's trolley" (mad or foolish)...
In West Pond, loaded can also mean rich. Or drunk, so it's contextual.
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In West Pond, loaded can also mean rich. Or drunk, so it's contextual.
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OK, how did you read that word? Like the past tense of
trolley, or as troll-eyed? The latter usage is on the front page of this morning's Melbourne Age*. The headline reads'Trolleyed' in Senate: Nats figure faces alcohol claims
What IS the world coming to? ;P ;P Peter * [edit] or maybe not... the first usage appears in some dictionaries, but not the ones I usually consult... [/edit]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
Nah, "troll-eyed" would have the hyphen. Even Douglas Adams uses the hyphen when writing "bug-eyed monster". I suppose if someone comes along with a drinks-trolley and one consumes it all...
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OK, how did you read that word? Like the past tense of
trolley, or as troll-eyed? The latter usage is on the front page of this morning's Melbourne Age*. The headline reads'Trolleyed' in Senate: Nats figure faces alcohol claims
What IS the world coming to? ;P ;P Peter * [edit] or maybe not... the first usage appears in some dictionaries, but not the ones I usually consult... [/edit]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
