Gorm, v. To smear, as with anything sticky. When a child has smeared its face with something soft and sticky, they say: “Look how you have gormed your face.”
Gormless, Chiefly British. Lacking intelligence or vitality; stupid or dull. Origin of gormless. From dialectal gawm sense from Middle English gome notice from Old Norse gaumr.
Feck (or fek or feic) is a form of effeck, which is in turn the Scots cognate of the modern English word effect. However, this Scots noun has additional significance: Efficacy; force; value; return. Amount; quantity (or a large amount/quantity)
feck·less – adjective
lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.
“a feckless mama’s boy”
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I have all the ferns I need, some in the backyard are like 6 feet tall.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 4 years ago
Buy some fecks and you will be my fine feckled friend!
Buy some gorms and be gormly!
Buy some ferns and be fernly!
Specials on feckled, gorm-A (the best kind) ferns!
ChukLitl Premium Member over 4 years ago
I thought I had gorm & feck until the fern died.
Superfrog over 4 years ago
I only became that way by being careless but fortunately, I’m shameless.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ over 4 years ago
Call me feckless, will you? To quote Father Jack (from ‘Father Ted’): ‘Feck off!’
Rotifer FREE BEER & BATH MATS ON FEB. 31st Thalweg Premium Member over 4 years ago
Movie star sunglasses!
*Space Madness at The Station* over 4 years ago
But I live in San Fernando, where it is gorm weather the frek or not…
Zebrastripes over 4 years ago
Hey, Guido, leave the gun, take the cannoli….duh
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 4 years ago
In the after dark chocolate malted, all cat’s pajamas look the same.
Kaputnik over 4 years ago
I think I’m very efecktive and gormful. That’s enough fern now.
WaitingMan over 4 years ago
I wonder where Ruth is.
*Space Madness at The Station* over 4 years ago
Ya I know Fernny from Gormany Frekas…
3hourtour Premium Member over 4 years ago
…the feckless finger of fate award goes to Fern Gully…
…and the usual bunch of idiots…
…why are sunglasses sexy?…
…and can knights wear them?…
…Mz. Burritt called me gormless…
…bet you never got a gormless…
…just what are the orange and grey/gray boxes?…
…meanwhile, armed apes are marching on statehouse demanding a banana republic…
…I’d rather be blissfully happy thanks…
….the Joker is running the place…
…in kahoots with Lex Luthor…
…while Supes & Bats wallow in fan fiction fantasies…
coltish1 over 4 years ago
Gormless, warmest, and formless am I. (Saith the Blob.)
Howard'sMyHero over 4 years ago
Ok, Ok … I’ll buy a fern … how much for a feckin’ gorm …?
willie_mctell over 4 years ago
Wanna buy a duck?
Radish... over 4 years ago
Gorm, v. To smear, as with anything sticky. When a child has smeared its face with something soft and sticky, they say: “Look how you have gormed your face.”
Gormless, Chiefly British. Lacking intelligence or vitality; stupid or dull. Origin of gormless. From dialectal gawm sense from Middle English gome notice from Old Norse gaumr.
Feck (or fek or feic) is a form of effeck, which is in turn the Scots cognate of the modern English word effect. However, this Scots noun has additional significance: Efficacy; force; value; return. Amount; quantity (or a large amount/quantity)
feck·less – adjective
lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.
“a feckless mama’s boy”
.
I have all the ferns I need, some in the backyard are like 6 feet tall.
Sun over 4 years ago
I see no difference, replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of.
Ray_C over 4 years ago
Muster Mark is here, looking for his quarks. He will not accept gorms.
Meh~tdology, fka Pepelaputr over 4 years ago
Fern, I’m gormless about what the feck is going on.
How am I supposed to read this anal print where the moon don’t shine?
Sisyphos over 4 years ago
Auntie Fern has left us, ’tis sadly true. As for being stupid and ineffectual, well, take off those sunglasses and repeat it! So there! Pbttth!
Eight-ball in the corner pocket, off the far cushion….