valiant..portal..mugging and others

Re: valiant..portal..mugging and others
valiant is more poetic or reserved for extreme bravery so brave would be better usually

portal is again poetic - or technical usually so in normal speech gate


Mugger is the word for slimy little scumbags who rob old ladies

leaving a sloppy mess for 5 possibly or leaving the place awash with dirty water ...

- slime is even more revolting - trails of slugs and gross bodily ooze!

meticulous is fine if you want to describe extreme attention to detail (normal speech) otherwise neat, precise, consciencious or something along those lines

Vivian knows what she's talking about and what words to use.

Some words are a bit highfaultin' for every day use.

Thanks Vivien, and hi Noddy.Doesn't mugger mean also some sort of crocodiles?!, because I found it so.

Navigator, the word has both meanings plus a third.

The verb "to mug" can also to make faces or grimace, so a mugger is a robber, a crocodile, and a person who makes faces.

I didn't know it meant crocodile as well - I don't think anyone here would understand if you used it with that meaning.

Yes gurning is another word for mugging when pulling faces - a really old word.

I think "mugger" was used for crocodile in British India. Kipling writes of the muggers--I remember vivid descriptions of the muggers slated on European corpses after the Indian Mutiny.

interesting stuff- thanks

told you, I'm genius