Swashbuckle - your thoughts.

Fantasmic303

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Ok, here's a serious question, which I mean seriously:


Do you use the word "swashbuckle" (or some form of it) in casual conversation??


Here's why I ask:

A few months ago, I used it to describe my plans for the evening to a friend - "swashbuckling fun", I said. She denied its existence as an actual word and, then, when I proved to her that it was in the dictionary, she insisted it wasn't meant for casual conversation and should be reserved for very select use.

Fast forward to late Thursday night:

Again, we're discussing use of the word, and, again, she's insisting that I'm the only one who ever uses it to describe ANYTHING. Friday morning, on the Today Show, Hugh Jackman - HUGH JACKMAN - used it in CASUAL INTERVIEW CONVERSATION. Now, said friend LOOOOVES Hugh, so I called her right away and told her that his use of it justifies my regular use of it.

She told me he was an Aussie and therefore it doesn't count as acceptable American casual conversation.


So tell me - do you/would you/have you used swashbuckle/swashbuckler/swashbuckling to describe a person, place, activity, movie, book - WHATEVER...??


'Cause I like to think it's the very most perfect description of Johnny Depp. And I'm always up for some swashbucklin' fun.pirate:
 
NC Belle and I will be having "swashbuckling fun" in a couple of weeks or so. We don't usually say that, but if we do--it will be in the POTC line. :teeth:
 
I used it last night when I watched Pirates of the Carribean on DVD in casual conversation.
 
Come over to Tagliarchy Island tomorrow evening? We're having a swashbuckling pirate party tomorrow evening. Come on over.
 






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