Melty

[Thadeus]

So my niece was using the word 'melty' as an adjective a few weekends ago and it caused a discussion. As in, "the cheese is too melty".

Does 'melty' stand up as an adjective? I only realized it is used commonly after the discussion... I've heard it a number of times now in unrelated conversation.

 

[SamBones]

Zoom to the present...

Melty metal, melty metal

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Are you saying it would be incorrect to say molten iron or molten steel?"

When using a noun not starting with "l", you use the French article "le" to make it work. So, "molten steel" would be very silly, whereas "molten le steel" is proper.

"I haven't heard about the "l" rule when using molten; can you provide a reference?"

Well, it's new. The, uh, Department Of "L" Words just came out with it last Sunday, in response to strong lobbying by the Fancy Cursive Letter Society.

They haven't finished the complete beta-test yet, so I'm kinda planning ahead.

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

You've overlooked the most important of them all: Molten Chocolate Cake"

Well, sure, but that cake isn't ACTUALLY molten. It is "molten" in the same way the International House of pancakes is "international."

They just grabbed the word because "Sludgy Brown Plate Slurry" didn't have the shazam-factor they needed.

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[KenCunningham]

Molten apple or other pie fillings as found in McDonald's seem to fit the bill!

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[snuv]

I didnt know that McD's still sold those fruit filled fire balls but then I dont go there anymore.

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

I somehow doubt that Sir Isaac Newton ever said "Criminy"

"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I somehow doubt that Sir Isaac Newton ever said "Criminy""

Then he probably stole the cat door idea from someone who did.


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[mjldba]

melty? spendy?

I have a niece who can find a way to work "thingy" into most discussions.

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Thingy"?

Silly children.

She should be taught that the real word is "doohickey".

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[KornGeek]

Well, sure, but that cake isn't ACTUALLY molten.

While the cake isn't molten, if properly made, the chocolate flowing through the middle should be. Incredibly dangerous and delicious. Mmmm... Dangericious.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

She should be taught that the real word is "doohickey"."

"Doohickey" is the polysyllabic indeterminate pronoun form of "that." 8)

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[stackdump]

Below age of 10, add "y" to everything;

Be careful!, melty cheese is often too hotty, it can stick to your mouth and burny. If I eat cheese which is strongy, I get a headache which can really hurty.

Above age of 10, throw in my pet hate (the word 'like') and you get teenage kids speak...

Be like careful!, melty cheese is often like too hotty, it can like stick to your mouth and like burny. If I like eat cheese which is like strongy, I get like a headache which can like really hurty.

 

[KenCunningham]

Seems that over here in the UK, the 'y' or equivalent is also added to almost every name connected with football, for example Cloughie, Besty, Marshy, Rooney (OK, the last one may by legit!).

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[wahnula]

here in the UK, the 'y' or equivalent is also added to almost every name connected with football

Like surly, calamity, bloody, bobby, pokey, pukey?

We American football (not, um, soccer, don't kill me on this one, yours is more football than ours) fans prefer to do our fighting and shooting of each other in traffic on the way to & from games rather than in the stadiums while the game is going on.

It seems when an American gets behind the wheel his common sense goes melty...

Tony

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[KenCunningham]

Hi Tony. IMHO Brit football (of the Association variety) has really cleaned up it's act in terms of crowd trouble over recent years.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I had forgotten, of course, that kids (or TV characters who exemplify childlike innocence coupled with adult activity) construct words that make sense using the words that they know and the rules that they know. So if you melt cheese and you go too far, then it's too melty.

When, of course, the simplest way of describing it is "too soft," which addresses the function, or "too hot" which addresses the temperature.

Six year olds, for all the hassle they can be, provide one with endless lessons in language construction. 8)

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[genomon]

An interesting article on U.K. football:

http://www.dailysquib.co.uk/?c=121&a=1389

"Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted."

 

[AnotherHiggins]

"She should be taught that the real word is "doohickey"."

"Doohickey" is the polysyllabic indeterminate pronoun form of "that." 8)

for some reason that reminds me of how much I transitive pictograph verbalizations.

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[wahnula]

Having a competition where there have not been any major violent episodes but just sport has been a ratings disaster for the BBC...

Sort of like US hockey games...no fights, the fans go home unhappy. Imagine that, "just sport" is a ratings disaster!

Tony

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[KenCunningham]

That 'interesting article' is clearly a spoof, but might be taken literally by some I guess. 'Lee Chavhard' and the author 'Vinnie' indeed!

For what it's worth it was a pleasure to watch the Euro Championships with no personal investment in the outcome, but I wouldn't want to do it every time there's a major competition.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[wahnula]

That 'interesting article' is clearly a spoof

Melted!!!

I guess the DailySquib is like The Onion...but it sure fooled me. British humour (see I can use it too!) sometimes whooshes over the top of my head. I also thought nobody in this forum would post something that is not true!!!

Tony

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