Verification Vocabulary is an unusual dictionary for randomly generated words.
Wednesday
Faulph
Pronounced (Ful – m – f) noun
The sound made when landing at the bottom of a helter-skelter as the coir woven matt hits the tufted mat at the journeys end. Painting by Stanley Spencer
I haven't been on a helter-skelter for ages... they should put one in every city! Seems a pity that many children of today are missing out on 'faulph'.
It’s a slide that goes down in a spiral. It is very fast and the chance of getting friction burns on the way down is fairly high due to the centrifugal force throwing you outwards. Added to that the good ones are always made of wood and the sides are quite high (when sitting about up to mid way between elbow and shoulder) for obvious reasons. You sit on a brown coir mat and curl your legs up so your feet are on the mat too, it is quite hard to launch because it is so slippery but often there is someone up there to put their foot on the back of the mat while you get comfy and then the let you go……..If I had a lot of money I would buy a wooden one because I just did not have enough goes on one as a child. I am so sad for you that you have never been on one; don’t they have them in the States?
Pronounced (Ful – m – f) noun
I haven't been on a helter-skelter for ages... they should put one in every city! Seems a pity that many children of today are missing out on 'faulph'.
ReplyDeleteGosh Jess we have 2 more people folowing Verification Vocabulary. Hello Becca and Pignut!
ReplyDeleteYou have me going, not knowing if things are real or not. What is helter skelter - I only know it from the Beatles song. Is it the same as a slide?
ReplyDeleteIt’s a slide that goes down in a spiral. It is very fast and the chance of getting friction burns on the way down is fairly high due to the centrifugal force throwing you outwards. Added to that the good ones are always made of wood and the sides are quite high (when sitting about up to mid way between elbow and shoulder) for obvious reasons. You sit on a brown coir mat and curl your legs up so your feet are on the mat too, it is quite hard to launch because it is so slippery but often there is someone up there to put their foot on the back of the mat while you get comfy and then the let you go……..If I had a lot of money I would buy a wooden one because I just did not have enough goes on one as a child. I am so sad for you that you have never been on one; don’t they have them in the States?
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