"More-ish" (Was: The Beauforts Was: reverse dictionary )

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> Geoff wrote:
> > >   The fact I said they are 'more-ish' answers your last 
question.
> Perhaps you haven't met the term - it's an English colloquialism 
for
> absolutely scrumptious.
> > 
>  addedSharon:
> > We use the same term here in Oz (Australia). I take 'more-ish' to
> mean that it's so good you want more and more! Those who live 
across
> the pond, however, probably think it means something to do with
> prairies or fields (moors) LOL.
> >
> Carol responds:
> 
> Thanks, both of you. I thought it meant "somewhat more" in 
relation to
> some adjective in the quoted post, only there was no such 
adjective,
> only "somewhat more-ish" than black pudding, which I still find to 
be
> revolting based solely on its contents. I certainly didn't expect 
it
> to mean "scrumptious," though Sharon's definition/etymology makes
> sense of that meaning.
> 
> I did think of "moors" even though "more" and "moor" aren't 
homonyms
> for me (neither are "pore" and "poor"). I also thought (with 
distaste)
> of Sir Thomas More, More-ish being a quality of which I'd like to 
see
> less-ish. <g>
> 
> Also "noonish" and "elevenish," even though there's no connection:
> "around noon" or "around eleven" makes perfect sense, but "around
> more" just confused me.
> 
> Carol, still wondering whether Geoff places black pudding in the
> "more-ish" category along with Eccles cakes

Geoff:
Personally, having been brought up as a Northerner before being 
brainwashed when I later went to school in London, I like black 
pudding. It used to be very much a Northern 'thing' but nowadays 
often appears all over the country as part of that menu curiosity, 
the all-day breakfast.

I was however, suggesting it as a punishment, with the Eccles cake 
to take away the taste and lessen the severity...... kind and 
compassionate person that I am. Also modest.
:-))