I ought to be in bed

[conuly]

and I'm going just now, but I have to share two words I learned just now: kolk and riprap. I probably will never have a chance to say "kolk" again, but, as I live in a city of islands it is very possible for me to take walks that allow me to casually walk by riprap and refer to it as such! I actually do this already, except I've never had a specialized word for those rocks before!

...occasionally, I have cause to identify very strongly with Tiffany Aching.

There was a lot of mist around, but a few stars were visible overhead and there was a gibbous moon in the sky. Tiffany knew it was gibbous because she’d read in the Almanack that gibbous meant what the moon looked like when it was just a bit fatter than half full, and so she made a point of paying attention to it around those times just so that she could say to herself: “Ah, I see the moon’s very gibbous tonight....”

It’s possible that this tells you more about Tiffany than she would want you to know.

Anyway, riprap is now my second favorite rock related word, immediately after "chossy" but before "scree".

Comments

[marahmarie]

I thought you were talking about the fence definition since it relates to your top post in that when it's used in that sense, it holds back rocks.

[conuly]

...I think I must have missed a step here. We're definitely talking about hahas, right?

[marahmarie]

Yes. There's a French haha (holds back rocks) and an English one (like LOL). I thought you were discussing the former.

Edit: actually, I think I'm inventing the part where it holds back rocks, though it can be a retaining wall, which yes, was the one I thought you were talking about.