Word of the Day - Ucalegon

[JonSR77]

Word of the Day - Ucalegon

ucalegon - neighbor, whose house is on fire


The irony of Clem, my favorite ucalegon, was that he was the fire chief in town.


pronunciation

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• (UK) enPR: yo͞okălʹəgôn IPA(key): /juːˈkælɨɡɒn/
  
  

from a dictionary of unusual words

https://phrontistery.info/ihlstart.html

 

[Kaila]

That is definitely not a word I will be using.

Imagine the results, (or lack of any) if I made a call, and asked:
Please help my ucalegon!!!

 

[Jules]

That is definitely not a word I will be using.

Imagine the results, (or lack of any) if I made a call, and asked:
Please help my ucalegon!!!

A few years ago I could have used this ucalegon to describe the folks living nearby whose house was destroyed.

 

[Lavinia]

I looked up the word ucalegon in my dictionary....it isn't there!

 

[horseless carriage]

That curry my wife cooked last night was so hot that I have put a fire extinguisher in the lavatory in case we become the house of Ucalegon and crash down in flames!

 

[horseless carriage]

I looked up the word ucalegon in my dictionary....it isn't there!

Ucalegon was one of the Elders of Troy, whose house was set afire by the Achaeans when they sacked the city. He is one of Priam's friends in the Iliad, and the destruction of his house is referred to in the Aeneid. He is referenced in the Satires of Juvenal. His name in Greek is translated as "doesn't worry."

 

[jujube]

"Ucalegon, Ucalegon, take me away..." Remember that commercial (Calgon)?