Well, my jaw dropped at your exposure of the limited use of some superlatives on this forum. The difference from the old forum is night and day, Likewise the veil lifted on the limited exposure of Hugo and Melco. I am sure some people will mention both Hugo and Melco further as time passes, however could you please clarify whether the occurrences of “Jaw Dropped”, “Veil Lifted” and “Night and Day”, and results for Hugo and Melco were individual mentions, or number of posts mentioning? I’m sure the count for individual mentions of “Jaw Dropped”, “Veil Lifted”, “Night and Day”, Hugo and Melco must be more than you reported - why even in this one thread I count 5 instances each of “Jaw Dropped”, “Veil Lifted” and “Night and Day”, and 6 for Hugo and Melco…
Actually, I think the count is the number of threads in which the word or phrase appears, not rather number of posts or individual mentions, so they may be far higher.
I’m thinking of changing my username to ‘Jaws Dropped’ to increase the number of occurences. I’ll also be able to use sentences like ‘Jaws Dropped’s Jaw Dropped…’
Someone intelligent should open a thread titled " word of the day ". We can all post interesting and obscure words with a witty example, to contemplate whilst listening. English has many that are just not used in written let alone in spoken communication. Plus those in other languages that defy our interpretations…
As an example…
Chad. A piece of waste paper produced from force to create a hole.
" I bought by mistake cheap toilet rolls from Aldi. When I finish my business, I’m left with just a mess of unintended chad "