Comments on: A word you won’t hear (or read) from me

By: olllllo

olllllo — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:44:27 +0000

Lets agree to never use the word, coiffable then.

By: Lisa Morrison

Lisa Morrison — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:46:27 +0000

… except “lawnmower-able” sounds like you’d rather run it over with some sharp, whirring blades than drink it.

Hmm … come to think of it, that’s not a bad description for some beers!

By: Sean Inman

Sean Inman — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:40:34 +0000

Now I have to find a way to work lawnmower-able and quaffable into a review.

By: Stan Hieronymus

Stan Hieronymus — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:34:42 +0000

It’s nice to know a one-word post can start a conversation.

And totally inspire Lisa Morrison: Stan’s Dirty 9-Letter Word.

Mr. B rightfully points out that once I typed it you did read the word from me. I should have stuck with “hear.” Because that’s what I actually meant. I was provoked by the fact the word seems to be suddenly prominent in so many press releases I’ve read.

I said to my wife, “There’s a word I never say.”

That’s it. I don’t hate the word. I just don’t use it. And I don’t plan to start using it. Except at least once Thursday while I am judging the second round of the National Homebrew Conference in Minneapolis. Some entrant is going to get a scoresheet back that remarks on his or her being “quaffable.”

It will be a compliment. And now I’ve typed it twice.

By: Stephen Beaumont

Stephen Beaumont — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:07:57 +0000

I’m sure it hasn’t escaped you, Stan, that in writing that we will not read that word from you, we just read that word from you.

I quite like the word, actually.To me, it conveys something quite different than the hated “drinkable” in that I find joy in “quaff.”

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:24:09 +0000

I think there is an onomatopoeic aspect to “quaff” as I think that is the sound that beer makes passing between and below the ears.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:32:45 +0000

Jeff- You totally forgot Chugable..

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:22:46 +0000

Which synonym do you use?

Swigable?
Guzzleable?
Imbibleable?
Sessionable?
Knock-Backable?
Inhaleable?
Lawn-mowerable?

Not sure some of those are real words, though…

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:57:51 +0000

I love that word personally.. better than stating a beer has ‘improved drinkability’.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:25:12 +0000

Hey, that’s like, the Allstrom Brothers favorite word! (I am not a fan of all three, either.)