Wordie: Unctuous: Comments

Comment by Milosrdenstvi, about 1 month ago

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:59:16 +0000

This word is the first that comes to mind to describe Mr. Collins from Pride and Prejudice.

Comment by yarb, 2 months ago

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:35:24 +0000

'The coffee is free,'
an unctuous maître d'hôtel
once told him at lunch.
'If it's free it is ghastly,
or you, sir, are a jackass.'

- Peter Reading, Limns, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981

Comment by reesetee, 11 months ago

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:05:10 +0000

Have no fear. Sionnach's on it. :-)

Comment by chained_bear, 11 months ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:55:12 +0000

See also extreme unction, which I certainly hope someone has listed on their "Catholic Words" list...

Comment by seanahan, 11 months ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:57:11 +0000

"Now we can all be unctuous British gossip bitches" - Jordan McDeere, Studio 60

Comment by oroboros, 11 months ago

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:26:23 +0000

Greasy uncle?

Comment by nicsims, 11 months ago

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:27:34 +0000

-excessive piousness
-oily or soapy feel