| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4823 Registered: 12-2000 |
Inspired by the wonderful list of neologisms I have come up with my own. I am sure that every single one of you have pafimmed at some time in your life, usually when alone and in the privacy of your own home. However, my husband did this on a street a few years ago and I still laugh about it when I think of it. For the record, I don't think that my parents would have ever had the same reason to pafim in public like he did. What is pafimming? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9103 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did your husband intentionally pafim on the street? Did he literally pafim "on the street"? Or was he simply on the street when he pafimmed? Is pafimming a solo activity? Is it a bodily function? Does it require any sort of prop? Is pafimming embarrassing? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4824 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did your husband intentionally pafim on the street? yes Did he literally pafim "on the street"? no Or was he simply on the street when he pafimmed? yes, I was struggling to find the right way to express this Is pafimming a solo activity? yes, but two people could do it simultaneously Is it a bodily function? the body is necessary, but not in the sense of the toilet or eating etc Does it require any sort of prop? yes Is pafimming embarrassing? in public quite possibly, but it depends on how robust your sense of humour is | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9106 Registered: 4-2010 |
Prop - something handheld? Something typically carried around? Clothes? Something electronic? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4825 Registered: 12-2000 |
Prop - something handheld? it can be, but not necessarily Something typically carried around? ditto Clothes? no Something electronic? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9109 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it used for communication? Does pafimming involve communication? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4835 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is it used for communication? no Does pafimming involve communication? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9126 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does one have to be moving in order to pafim? Standing still? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4836 Registered: 12-2000 |
Does one have to be moving in order to pafim? minimal movement whilst Standing still? this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9132 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does one move the head? Hair? Eyebrows? Eyes? Ears? Nose? Mouth? Neck? Shoulders? Elbows? Arms? Hands? Fingers? Chest? Stomach? Waist? Hips? Legs? Knees? Feet? Toes? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4837 Registered: 12-2000 |
Does one move the head? minimally Hair? that therefore may happen Eyebrows? possibly Eyes? yes Ears? possibly Nose? possibly Mouth? most probably Neck? minimally Shoulders? minimally Elbows? probably not Arms? but not impossible Hands? possibly Fingers? possibly Chest? minimally Stomach? probably not Waist? Hips? Legs? Knees? Feet? Toes? ditto to rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9133 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is one making a particular expression? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4838 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is one making a particular expression? yes to yessish to yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9138 Registered: 4-2010 |
When pafimming, is one being completely serious? Utterly inane? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4839 Registered: 12-2000 |
When pafimming, is one being completely serious? it may appear so sometimes but it's Utterly inane? this one | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9142 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is one being sarcastic? Satirical? Mocking someone? Imitating someone? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4840 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is one being sarcastic? Satirical? Mocking someone? Imitating someone? none of these | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2476 Registered: 3-2006 |
Could a small child pafim? Can cats pafim? Can walruses pafim? Can a blind person do it? An educated flea? A deaf person? Can it be done at dead of night? Do you have to blink? Or stare? Does it involve squinting? Making your eyes go out of focus? Looking at an object? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4842 Registered: 12-2000 |
Could a small child pafim? very definitely Can cats pafim? no Can walruses pafim? LOL no Can a blind person do it? yope An educated flea? nope A deaf person? yes Can it be done at dead of night? yes Do you have to blink? you could Or stare? you could Does it involve squinting? not necessarily but possible Making your eyes go out of focus? yes, you could Looking at an object? yes, but be careful here | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2477 Registered: 3-2006 |
It's not one of those 'magic eye' pictures, is it? I simply can't do them. I've been trying to do them for fifteen years. (A bit like Nimue puzzles, really.) Is the prop the thing being looked at? Or is the prop a means of looking, as with a telescope? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1751 Registered: 6-2001 |
Does pafimming take a few seconds? 30 seconds? a minute? ten minutes? Is the etymology of the word "pafim" likely to be of any use in solving the puzzle? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4844 Registered: 12-2000 |
It's not one of those 'magic eye' pictures, is it? no I simply can't do them. I've been trying to do them for fifteen years. I learnt in a shop when the assistant stood behind me and waved into the glass frame covering a large Magic Eye picture. As I looked at her, my eyes sort of crossed and the picture popped out. Now I just relax my eyes and the picture pops. One of my daughter's friends saw things in reverse, i.e. concave rather than convex or vice versa, so perhaps eyes do see them differently Is the prop the thing being looked at? yope Or is the prop a means of looking, as with a telescope? no Does pafimming take a few seconds? rarely more than this, although you can repeat your pafimming 30 seconds? a minute? ten minutes? Is the etymology of the word "pafim" likely to be of any use in solving the puzzle? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9153 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is "pafim" an acronym? Does pafimming involve crossing one's eyes? Concerning those Magic Eye pictures, I'm with Woodworm in this matter - I cannot do them either. | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1104 Registered: 7-2001 |
Hi Lynne! does this involve the focus of the eyes changing? during the action? before? after? does it involve the eyeballs moving? up? down? left? right? going round? does it involve the pupil changing size? does it involve the eyelids moving? would a child be more likely to do it than an adult? would they enjoy it? be less embarrassed? is it done in response to another action? to something someone says? to a sound of some sort? to something one sees? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4845 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is "pafim" an acronym? almost Does pafimming involve crossing one's eyes? it could do Hi Lynne! hey, good to see you after so long! does this involve the focus of the eyes changing? not specifically during the action? before? after? does it involve the eyeballs moving? up? down? left? right? going round? it could do any or all of these, but that varies from person to person does it involve the pupil changing size? no does it involve the eyelids moving? they often do, yes would a child be more likely to do it than an adult? you would think so, but you haven't met my husband.... would they enjoy it? yes be less embarrassed? yes is it done in response to another action? no, it's complete in and of itself to something someone says? no to a sound of some sort? no to something one sees? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9157 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is pafimming a reaction? Blinking rapidly relevant? Not blinking at all? Are the eyes the main focus (no pun intended) of psfimming? Some other part of the body? | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1106 Registered: 7-2001 |
I do lurk around a lot... hope all is well with you and yours.. you said your parents would have not had the same reason to do this as he did - is that because they would not have seen what he saw? would not have reacted as he did? is this simply a way of saying that this reason for the action only arose recently? is it done in response to seeing someone perform an action? does it involve copying someone? something? is it a response in appreciation of seeing something? in disgust? in fear? is it meant to be funny? is it to look at something in a particular way? or with a particular intention? or to look at some one? is the action meant to convey a message? is it a response that usually we suppress? is it considered impolite? insulting? (can't imagine the rev being insulting though..) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4847 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is pafimming a reaction? in a vague sense, yes Blinking rapidly relevant? not likely to happen, but not impossible Not blinking at all? no Are the eyes the main focus (no pun intended) of psfimming? it's one of the major features Some other part of the body? but others are involved, but you gave a comprehensive list above. There is one other body part that wasn't mentioned by the way, which may or may not help you to discover it | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9160 Registered: 4-2010 |
Body part - the, erm, privados? Part of the torso? The back? Facial hair? Nails? Teeth? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4848 Registered: 12-2000 |
I do lurk around a lot... hope all is well with you and yours.. we're all well, hope all is fine with you and your's you said your parents would have not had the same reason to do this as he did - is that because they would not have seen what he saw? correct would not have reacted as he did? well, they would never have considered pafimming in public anyway, and certainly not in response to what my husband saw is this simply a way of saying that this reason for the action only arose recently? only the public reason, I'm sure they pafimmed in private at least once or twice is it done in response to seeing someone perform an action? no does it involve copying someone? no something? no is it a response in appreciation of seeing something? no in disgust? no in fear? no is it meant to be funny? as discovered above, it's just an inane thing is it to look at something in a particular way? in a manner of speaking, yes or with a particular intention? not really or to look at some one? yes is the action meant to convey a message? no is it a response that usually we suppress? you could say so is it considered impolite? it's neutral in this context insulting? no(can't imagine the rev being insulting though..) you don't know my husband..... | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4849 Registered: 12-2000 |
Body part - the, erm, privados? nope, my puzzles are always G rated! Part of the torso? The back? Facial hair? Nails? none of these Teeth? I'd forgotten these, but this is close, so close | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9162 Registered: 4-2010 |
The tongue? Rolling the tongue relevant? Sticking it out? Trying to flop it completely over? To "fold" the tip into a W? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4850 Registered: 12-2000 |
The tongue? yep Rolling the tongue relevant? no Sticking it out? yes Trying to flop it completely over? To "fold" the tip into a W? no, no specific tricks | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9166 Registered: 4-2010 |
Sticking one's tongue out at someone? At something? At some action? Trying to catch snowflakes or raindrops on the tongue? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4851 Registered: 12-2000 |
Sticking one's tongue out at someone? this could be a part of it At something? no At some action? no Trying to catch snowflakes or raindrops on the tongue? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4852 Registered: 12-2000 |
just a little warning to read the puzzle statement carefully in case you wander off down the wrong track | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1107 Registered: 7-2001 |
is it something you do when seeing your reflection? making faces at yourself? so most people would do it at home in the bathroom? but sometimes people do it if they see their reflection when out and about? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4853 Registered: 12-2000 |
is it something you do when seeing your reflection? making faces at yourself? so most people would do it at home in the bathroom? but sometimes people do it if they see their reflection when out and about? that is exactly it! Well done. Now why was it particularly funny when my husband did this in the street - bearing in mind that my parents would never have come across the same type of setting as him? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4854 Registered: 12-2000 |
and for the record we are talking about several decades ago, they died 20 years ago after all - not just the fact that they weren't as goofy as him. And can you work out the near acronym? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9168 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were people around when he pafimmed? Did it appear that he was pafimming at someone? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4855 Registered: 12-2000 |
Were people around when he pafimmed? yope Did it appear that he was pafimming at someone? YES but there's more | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9171 Registered: 4-2010 |
At a specific person? Had a certain event just gone on? That was received warmly? With disdain? And hubby appeared to be insulting it? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4856 Registered: 12-2000 |
At a specific person? Had a certain event just gone on? That was received warmly? With disdain? And hubby appeared to be insulting it? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9177 Registered: 4-2010 |
At you? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4857 Registered: 12-2000 |
At you? not that time, although I recall that we did simultaneously pafim at each other just last week | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9180 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you pafim as well at that time? Just him? Relevant what he had been doing just before pafimming? What you had been doing? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4858 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did you pafim as well at that time? certainly not, I'm strictly a private pafimmer ;-) Just him? yes Relevant what he had been doing just before pafimming? What you had been doing? no to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9182 Registered: 4-2010 |
Relevant what your husband saw his reflection in? A puddle? Window? Car? Car mirror? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4859 Registered: 12-2000 |
Relevant what your husband saw his reflection in? very much so A puddle? no Window? YES Car? no Car mirror? no remember the details of the puzzle statement... | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1300 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was he inside the building with the window? outside of it? Was there another person on the other side of the window? and the light was reflecting in such a way that he saw his reflection, but the other person saw him? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4860 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was he inside the building with the window? no outside of it? yes Was there another person on the other side of the window? quite possibly and the light was reflecting in such a way that he saw his reflection, but the other person saw him? close enough to declare a ************* SPOILER ****************** To pafim is Pulling A Face In (the) Mirror. I'm sure we've all done it, admit it! My husband and I were walking along a street when I noticed him pulling faces right up at an office building that was entirely made of mirror glass (which is why my parents were unlikely to ever encounter such a type of building back in their day). I told him that it was probably two way mirror glass and a whole office could see him! So, when you're walking through an airport children, don't pull faces in the mirror. The nice customs and passport control bods are probably laughing their heads off | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9208 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yes, I've pafimmed...in an airport, no less! Late warning, but excellent neologistic thingy! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4861 Registered: 12-2000 |
Thank you Balin - you worked hard on it as usual which is always appreciated. Could this be added to The Neologistic Listic? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3141 Registered: 1-2007 |
I tend to Pafim while shaving . Does this count as it's in the comfort of my own home? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9215 Registered: 4-2010 |
Lynne - listic updated. And Peter - I would think that your shaving antics would count as pafimming, but I'm not an expert on it. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4863 Registered: 12-2000 |
Technically, parfimming is the spontaneous and inane pulling of faces - my husband says that as a child he would try to beat his own reflection when parfimming (not that he knew the word back then, but I digress) Nevertheless shaving is an excellent time to perfect your parfim. After all, ladies often pafim when applying lipstick. The raised eyebrows are technically unnecessary, but the application of lipstick to the lips has an effect on the eyebrows, and the application of eyeshadow causes the lips to purse. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4864 Registered: 12-2000 |
Um, when did that rogue 'R' appear in pafim? Language is evolving already - due to typoes (sic) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4866 Registered: 12-2000 |
Dolphins pafimming! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YBYU1eayaXs | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1314 Registered: 6-2008 |
Nice video Lynne. | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 498 Registered: 2-2009 |
And one day they will all take off into space and leave us a message that says, "So long, and thanks for all the fish" (even though we can't understand it because we think it is a "surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner'" [H2G2]) while laughing hysterically at how stupid we are, Also... "For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons." (Adams, H2G2) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4869 Registered: 12-2000 |
Shame none of the dolphins joined in with this puzzle.... |
