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[Todd Bardoni]

Ponsonally, I have no doubts but what do you think?

What does "ponsonally" mean? This word does not exist in my vocabulary.

 

[Legacy 21301]

It’s a ponsonalised combination of abridged versions of other words intended to convey the general feeling of a longer phrase. Or more simply, a sort of epitomic coalescence.

It is derived from the verb "to ponsonalise" which is an epitomic coalescence of the phrase "to follow or make use of the personal opinions of Ponsonby".

 

[Glaswegian]

Most interesting - the things one can learn on this Board!

How would one use this verb? In what way would I be able to use it, say, in a social setting?

 

[Legacy 21301]

How would one use this verb? In what way would I be able to use it, say, in a social setting?

Use it like any other verb.

In a social setting use it when you think the other people present are more boring than you. It might provide a topic of conversation suitable for boring people.

 

[Glaswegian]

I very much doubt if anyone could be more boring than myself.

So I could perhaps say

"I would just like to ponsonalise here..."

Would this have the desired effect?

 

[Legacy 21301]

Sounds good to me. A definite improvement on both "See you, Jimmy ...." and "Dis ya mither sew?".

 

[Glaswegian]

jings crivens help ma' boab - that's quite a Glasgow accent there Ponsy!

BTW I think the correct syntax for your second example should be

"Dis yer mither sew".

 

[Cbrine]

You could also use as verb in this context.

Go ponsilize yourself.

 

[Greg Truby]

..."to follow or make use of the personal opinions of Ponsonby".

And would "Ponsonby" be a reference to thyself or another? Since I know of no prominent figure with that name, I did a search on Google for "Ponsonby" and to my surprise, it returned "about 114,000" hits. However most of which seem to refer to a suburb of Auckland, NZ and not a person.

...an epitomic coalescence...

And since I do have a dictionary, I took a moment to look up "epitomic", which I'd not seen before. It does not appear in Webster's Ninth New Collegiate. However, knowing that Ponsy would blast me, were I not a little more thorough, I also checked Dictionary.com. No hit. It does however appear in Merriam-Webter's site http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=epitomic&x=13&y=19 so, I did learn at least one valid new word today.

 

[NateO]

And would "Ponsonby" be a reference to thyself or another? Since I know of no prominent figure with that name, I did a search on Google for "Ponsonby" and to my surprise, it returned "about 114,000" hits. However most of which seem to refer to a suburb of Auckland, NZ and not a person.

Greg, you ventured farther from home then you needed to:

http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=13636