tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post7558108433630071501..comments2023-11-05T20:31:55.272+11:00Comments on Multiple Musings: Sarspadidious Follow up.Walter parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-20799324366960996142022-04-06T06:50:47.816+10:002022-04-06T06:50:47.816+10:00I coined the word probably back in 1997 whilst liv...I coined the word probably back in 1997 whilst living in West Auckland New Zealand, although spelt it saspididious without the r. Hadnt heard it prior, just made it up. Tried to submit it to oxford dictionary, rebutted swiftly. I used it to mean all things of nonsense. Seems ive heard it prior to my conception of it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118450245731274411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-79370116845810860412020-11-12T00:50:29.095+11:002020-11-12T00:50:29.095+11:00Yes, you could add it was heard from a New Zealand...Yes, you could add it was heard from a New Zealander (Dobbsy) in rural NSW (Galong) in the late ‘60s. Meaning, something that irked him, irksome. (From my uncle)Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102775109751468664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-78117298562332282922018-10-26T20:49:37.071+11:002018-10-26T20:49:37.071+11:00Yep. Definitely a word - Australian modern; might ...Yep. Definitely a word - Australian modern; might have been made up by one of the popular comedians, I think Roy Rene. It's still used.Old Money Savoir Fairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558562856990559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-27110215377363173132018-10-19T14:29:42.019+11:002018-10-19T14:29:42.019+11:00My mother now 90, said just now that she was heari...My mother now 90, said just now that she was hearing her mother use the word when she was 7 (1936) in Wellington New Zealand. It was a word commonly used in her mothers wider family, so one could assume that it could have come from England as the family immigrated in the late 1800's.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00162718047373221778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-81943427832629127962016-10-18T20:28:17.517+11:002016-10-18T20:28:17.517+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642292173442066795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-45645768003209038972016-10-11T15:54:24.188+11:002016-10-11T15:54:24.188+11:00 Thanks for that information Barbara. And for the ... Thanks for that information Barbara. And for the spellingcorrection. Now my freind and all the others who knew or used it have a definitive answer. Many, many thanks for that.Walter parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-39690936923084370002016-10-11T15:44:08.652+11:002016-10-11T15:44:08.652+11:00Just to add that the word is spelt sarspididiousJust to add that the word is spelt sarspididiousAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642292173442066795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-82710426665415860212016-10-11T15:42:01.854+11:002016-10-11T15:42:01.854+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642292173442066795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-38092106138860520542016-04-06T18:08:50.943+10:002016-04-06T18:08:50.943+10:00Thanks Darrell. Greatly appreciate your understan...Thanks Darrell. Greatly appreciate your understanding of the word. Which while apparently known widely, its actual origins is not wildly known. Thanks again for your addition too our present knowledge of Sarspadidious.Walter parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-6861352668283952342016-04-06T18:08:36.747+10:002016-04-06T18:08:36.747+10:00Thanks Darrell. Greatly appreciate your understan...Thanks Darrell. Greatly appreciate your understanding of the word. Which while apparently known widely, its actual origins is not wildly known. Thanks again for your addition too our present knowledge of Sarspadidious.Walter parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-36711204157784118972016-04-04T20:34:56.286+10:002016-04-04T20:34:56.286+10:00This is a word my wife and I are familiar with fro...This is a word my wife and I are familiar with from on our childhoods. The meaning as understood by us is: "smart arse" behaviour, difficult to get on with but with a sense of humour attached, cheeky to the extreme.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306943230915206730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-11678347073297683602014-04-05T12:22:41.903+11:002014-04-05T12:22:41.903+11:00Thanks for the input MKN. Obviously a "word&q... Thanks for the input MKN. Obviously a "word" from a forgotten era/time.Walter parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-30801661716396249342014-04-04T22:50:53.235+11:002014-04-04T22:50:53.235+11:00My mum just used this word to describe somebody on...My mum just used this word to describe somebody on TV. I have never heard it before! I asked her about it, then googled it and this blog was the best information I found. Very strange! My mum is in her mid 50's (from northern, rural Victoria and still living there) and heard it from her parents in the 50's and 60's and as far as she was concerned it was a commonly used phrase - mknhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10382200191719127152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-59930877026918457332012-07-11T15:38:33.114+10:002012-07-11T15:38:33.114+10:00Thanks Graeme, It now seems older than first belie...Thanks Graeme, It now seems older than first believed and also not just confined to WA as originally believed.Walter parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-53038025413030881602012-07-11T10:39:29.501+10:002012-07-11T10:39:29.501+10:00This is a word my late father used back in the 40s...This is a word my late father used back in the 40s-50s in Geelong, Victoria. Silly, cranky. I always thought he made it up ... until I Googled today.<br /><br />GraemeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770475514473242098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-48378130479035208942012-07-11T10:35:47.629+10:002012-07-11T10:35:47.629+10:00This is a word my late father used back in the 40s...This is a word my late father used back in the 40s-50s in Geelong, Victoria. Silly, cranky. I always thought he made it up ... until I Googled today.<br /><br />GraemeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770475514473242098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-10478276124145005972011-02-09T21:04:51.585+11:002011-02-09T21:04:51.585+11:00Thanks for your comment Howard. It is obviuosly of...Thanks for your comment Howard. It is obviuosly of an older generation than now.Walter parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509386742779995402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896873961739757154.post-37523148864553630802011-02-09T20:52:22.443+11:002011-02-09T20:52:22.443+11:00I recently showed the word sarspididious to my sev...I recently showed the word sarspididious to my seven year old grand daughter and asked her to read it. Her mother challenged me to the meaning and authenticity of the word so I looked it up in the MacQuarrie dictionary only to find it absent.<br /><br />I first heard the word from my father when I was about eight to ten years old and was being deliberately foolish. My father grew up in the townHowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06351801393943803845noreply@blogger.com