Dwellar Dictionary

[Gravdigr]

"Careful, mate. She's a growler."

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by monster

Chase/Kelly they're all the same when it comes to growlers, I'm sure.

Hahahaha. Actually, I initially posted that it was 'the other Lorraine' before changing it to clarify.

I had never heard the beer thing before, no.

And: 'Growler filling station' is frikkin hilarious. Heeeelarious.

[limey]

I'd have taken it to mean some sort of digestive disorder which may or may not result in an urgent visit to the loo ...

[Sundae]

Never heard of the beer reference either.
And it would take a very long time for another meaning to take hold and for it to stop making me giggle.

I still grin at the memory of some of the phonics sessions, where the teacher, trying to make up words would not have quite the same vocabulary as the other TA and me. She dismissed Mook as a made up word, which was just worth a shrug. And then Quim. At which point I had to go into the corner for a little while to recover my composure. Hearing a class of six year olds sounding it out was priceless. No-one mentioned it afterwards, she wasn't known for her happy-go-lucky demeanour.

[BigV]

That *is* funny!

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

There may be a sandwich type thing called a growler. Maybe.

I believe the lower-pitched attention getting device on a police car or fire truck, the part that ain't horn, nor siren, is called a growler.

Isn't growler the name for the communication device onboard a submarine or other naval vessel? (not looking it up, that is).

[glatt]

I only know of the Marine's ridiculous Jeep that I posted about here a few years ago.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by monster

Chase/Kelly they're all the same when it comes to growlers, I'm sure.

Curious, Dna, Sundae and Caruhers if you had really heard of the beer thing.

Our Growler Filling Station keeps me amused no end, especially as it's Ginger Beer at the moment (full license due next month, then people with be able to drink a pint while they shop)

Local Growler filling stations.

Local ginger beer (perhaps in a growler).

Beer is *big* in Seattle. I learned from this article, The New Guide to Washington Beer, that only California has more breweries than Washington. This is most obvious in my neighborhood, Ballard. I love beer.

[Undertoad]

Urban Dictionary further specifies a type of vag:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Growler

I must have not encountered this type before

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

To me--and I'm quite sure no one else thinks this,

It's not just you. It's what first occurred to me, too. My family didn't use the terminology, but somehow we heard that some acquaintance did, and we had a good laugh. That's the only context I've heard the word in. (Other than, say, describing a dog or something).

[monster]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

To me--and I'm quite sure no one else thinks this, and I'd never use it out loud in this way, but for whatever reason it was my immediate instinct as I read the word... To me, the first definition that appeared in my mind was of a giant, turbulent, gurgling shit.

As in, "Oh man, I just left a growler in there."

I did find a definition relating to turd on my googles. I already lent my spare profanisaurus to the Graphic Artist and my first one is buried in a pile here somewhere. Anyone know what Roger Mellie has to say on this topic?

[Carruthers]

Small chunks of iceberg.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by BigV

Isn't growler the name for the communication device onboard a submarine or other naval vessel? (not looking it up, that is).

It's *also* a "Sound-powered telephone", aka, "growler".

The microphone transducer converts sound pressure from a user's voice into a minute electrical current, which is then converted back to sound by a transducer at the other end. The most significant distinction between ordinary telephones and sound-powered telephones is in the operation of the microphone. Since the microphones used in most telephones are designed to modulate a supplied electrical current they cannot be used in sound-powered transducers. Rather, most sound-powered telephones use a dynamic microphone. A common approach to transducer design is the balanced armature design because of its efficiency. The number of simultaneous listeners is limited because there is no amplification of the signal.

A sound-powered telephone circuit can be as simple as two handsets connected together with a pair of wires, which is defined as the "talk" portion of the circuit. Talk circuits can be realized over a pair of wires that are 50 km (30 miles) long. More complex circuits include magnetos, selector switches and bells to allow one user to select and call another, which is defined as the "calling" portion of the circuit. The voice communication ("talk") circuit is completely separate from the "call" circuit, allowing communication to take place without external power.

Sound-powered telephones are widely used on naval vessels. A typical example on a U.S. Navy ship is the "JL" circuit which is used by the lookouts to report visual contacts to the pilot house and the Combat Information Center (CIC). In this case there would be five stations on the circuit (stern lookout, port lookout, starboard lookout, pilot house and CIC).

Now *that's* a big boat.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Small chunks of iceberg.

That's right, I forgot about that. SCORE!

[Sundae]

OMG I forgot about that too. And yet I was looking through my book of Ponting's photos just the other day.