Insultation

[BrumJim]

Apparently it is a real word, so wasn't picked up by spell check. Fortunately I spotted it during document checking, so now corrected.

Anyone ever used it?

 

[matticus]

receival

That's another word that my non-English colleague snuck past the spell-checker, and it's now in 15 documents.

(I quite like it, so it can stay :-) )

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I didn't learn either of those words at school. What do they mean?

 

[Alex H]

I've never heard of it either, but Collins Online dictionary says it originated in 1505-15

Word origin
[1505–15; ‹ L insultātiōn- (s. of insultātiō), equiv. to insultāt(us) ptp. of insultāre to insult + -iōn- -ion]

 

[a.twiddler]

I'm sure you are pleased to have had a gratisfactory solution to your query!

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Can I be first to offer my contrafibularities.

 

[All uphill]

Can I be first to offer my contrafibularities.

If I'm not the first can I be the twoth?

 

[Poacher]

Apparently it is a real word, so wasn't picked up by spell check. Fortunately I spotted it during document checking, so now corrected.

Anyone ever used it?

Yes, for much of my career (!?) I was a Management Insultant.

 

[sleuthey]

I didn't learn either of those words at school. What do they mean?

It's a type of survey undertaken by the Council when they change building energy rating criteria 😉

 

[Slick]

It's a type of survey undertaken by the Council when they change building energy rating criteria 😉

At least I'm not the only one who came in looking for a discussion on kingspan.

 

[Dirk]

I'm feeling embiggened by this thread.