D is for DASHPOT
Dudes and Dudettes!
I declare: your daily dose of diligence, dished out to de-stress, and destined to destroy your dampened spirits and downheartedness…
D'oh to doomsayers who declare us to be dotty, self-deluded dimwits. Dare I say, don't disregard us daring and dazzling dreamers!
Dang! Duty demands I gotta dash!
Yóu xì bî mò fãn yì fei huà……..
— is an old Chinese philosophy which refers to somebody who has the innate ability to decipher unusual words.
JUST JOKING.
(you can read the details about this challenge and the competition running throughout the month of April)
The word for Day 4 is——-
DASHPOT
This is an idiot who is always on the move… dashing from one place to the next in total confusion…
So that's my definition. What's yours? Post it in the comment box below. Remember you stand to win a prize.
I'm so that dude in the picture. I hate to admit it, but I get frantic at times.
You're not alone. We all have our dizzy "dashpot moments" 🙂
Dashpot – the pee trough at the ball park so guys can dash in, pee, dash out, and barely miss a pitch!
I LOVE this! The mental image is hilarious… I'm laughing so hard… 🙂
Ha thats Gold
Cute new look. How do I go to older posts?
Thanks Mary. Scroll all the way down to the end of this page. You'll see a link to the previous post.
First of all…I LOVE the new look.
Dashpot – A witches bowl where she mixes her potions.
"Be a dearie an' snatch me one of those dashpots behind you. Make sure its' the red one, love. Those are the best for love potions."
Thanks Mina!
Bubble bubble, toil and trouble… just came to mind this minute… sort of like a miniature cauldron…?
It's a cook that doesn't follow recipes. Just a dash of this and a dash of that goes into the pot. Of course, the cook really isn't that great.
I like your faux-chef answer… LOL.
I think, I'll be using this word a lot – all of the suggestions work for me – I have definitely been a dashpot since this challenge started, I've got to get clean my dashpot, but before I do – I have to run and use the dashpot downstairs.
You are the embodiment of the word dashpot in all it's different forms? Thanks Ms. Dashpot! 🙂
I love your A-Z theme and the playfulness of it all!
Thank you Maia! 🙂
Ah, I know, I know! The pot where you can cook fast food!
That's quite a pot. You could be on to something here. Where can we get hold of it Al?
Dashpot – that's where you toss all those overused, unnecessary, and incorrect hyphens and dashes of all sizes that the editor strikes from your manuscript 🙂
I LOVE it! Not a bad idea. You could be sitting on a gold mine with this container.
Hey Carol, you're getting quite good at this. 🙂
If that's your defintion, I think I'm a dashpot, lol! 😉
I think we're all a little "potty" 🙂
Dashpot: A leafy herb that when smoked causes people to abuse punctuation. *nods* fun post!
I abuse the ellipses… and that's without smoking the leafy herb! Maybe I need this herb, it might have the reverse effect…? Who knows? Thanks Hart!
Where unused dashes go to die.
I can imagine that CP's & editors go through lots of these containers…
It's an extra feature on a car – a toilet in the dashboard.
Mobile ablution services… ? LOL
Dashpot = a crock in which a writer keeps his/her supply of dashes. There are only so many and then they're gone.
A limited supply of dashes would be a good thing? It would eliminate abuse of the punctuation… a handy utensil for a writer, wouldn't you agree?
Hilarious definitions in the comments, and on your post! Loving this theme!
Dashpot – someone who's addicted to dashes in their writing. I think I would be an ellipsespot in that case.
That makes two of us… I should be fined for it! *shakes head*
Dashpot: A boy who picks pockets on the crowded sidewalks of 17th century England.
ex: "Ee's a dashpot 'ee is. Took all me money!"
Loved this posts! Great fun!
Karen
I think he's a part of Oliver Twist's crew… a great definition!
Dashpot=a writer with a small bladder and poor scheduling skills.
Sentence: I'm such a dashpot when I'm in final edits.
Derivation: Late Latin, usually referring to temple scribes low on ink and coming up on deadline.
Hahahahaha! Small bladder? Poor scheduling skills? Late Latin? This is too funny C.Lee…
I like this game.
Dashpot: def. A type of spitoon used in saloons and bars in the midwest during the great goldrush. As cowboys chewed many types of tobacco spitoons were prevalent for them to spit into instead of the floor. Dashpots were the ones at the doo with a wider brim, more like a bowl or small trough for the busy gold prospector to eject the contents of his or her mouth when running to stake a new claim they had just got wind of. For example:
"Tex ran toward the swinging door of the saloon when the news of the new vein in the creek hit town. He spat out his 'bacco, whoch hit the dashpot with a surprising clang. He thought he heard the piano player say "B Flat…" as he swung onto his horse."
This is REALLY good, Wayne! Vivid… and absolutely entertaining! The scenario played out in my mind's eye… and I love your attention to detail… 🙂 Thanks for playing along!
What a fun idea. Next time I'll know to think of my own definition before reading the others!
Thanks for popping in, Cindy. I look forward to your definitions!
You are Definitely Delighting with your Diligent Dedication to Dynamic Definitions 🙂
Well, you got me… I'm speechless at the moment! Mark, you are The Dude when it comes to response… quick on the draw! 🙂
Similar to a chamber pot under the bed, if you can't get to the bathroom in time!
Probably quite useful in nursing homes/old-aged homes….
Don't think I can come up with anything better than I read in the comments. Fun, fun, fun!
I'm having such a blast! This is a great collection of definitions. Thanks for popping in.
I love this! How creative 🙂 You definitely caught my attention.
Have fun with a-z.
Hope to see you here again, Jessica! 🙂 Pop in… and play along. It's lots of fun!
I love a dotty dashpot! My definition is: dashpot – the inkwell of a frustrated writer.
Love your new blog design.
I can picture that messy inkwell… and the (maybe) doodles on the page with the writer hovering over it… hey, that's me!!
That's obvious! A dashpot is an ashtray that is compact and portable for you to pull out of your pocket when you need to ask a single, tall, dark and handsome, though not bright enough to not smoke, man to put out his cigarette, of course. 🙂
Hopefully the "not bright enough to not smoke" guy gets the message when you present him with the dashpot!! 🙂
What a hysterical image!
dashpot… Well lets go literal here…. Lol. A pot sits on the stove… Sprouts legs at the first sign if heat and dashes out if sight.
Love the literal take on the word. Nice to see you here again, Michael.
My goal is to use this word this weekend. Ha!
Good luck Kimberly!
Dashpot (n): a cooking utensil, used to deliver a 'dash' of an ingredient.
I'm imagining a computerised state-of-the-art type of mini measuring utensil? Whatdya think?
A dashpot is a pot that boils water faster than most…
I need that dashpot. My kettle stopped working and I haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. *sighs* It's no excuse though…
I've come across a few people like this.
Me too. Though I shouldn't talk. I'm one of them… sometimes… not all the time…
I like your definition. Great stuff!
Thanks Duncan!
I think I'm going to put this one into use. 😀
It's a quaint and delightful word which can be used just about ANYWHERE… 🙂
I keep meaning to tell you how delovely your new site looks! Sorry I didn't get here sooner, but I ran into this dishelved derelict drug dealer..He doused me in Drambuie, as we danced away the night. When my devasted husband found us, the dashpot drove his dirt bike out of town.
I simply L-O-V-E this! Good one Julie!