C is for Contrafibularity | Blackadder The Third | BBC Comedy Greats

Name: C is for Contrafibularity | Blackadder The Third | BBC Comedy Greats
Uploaded: 2010-01-15T23:03:50Z
Duration: 107 s
Description: A Blackadder the Third scene in which Dr Johnson delivers his dictionary, which lacks Blackadder's invented insults such as contrafibularity.

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2.3M views · Jan 15, 2010 · 1:47 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2013–2021

A Blackadder the Third scene in which Dr Johnson delivers his dictionary, which lacks Blackadder's invented insults such as contrafibularity.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN quotes it as a joke in threads about made-up words and vocabulary.

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JokederlethJan 2013

“Here's Hugh Laurie as the Prince of Wales (the total idiot)”

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> Folks seem unbelievably harsh on accents they know not to be the native one, which is every time a famous actor does an accent Either Hugh Laurie isn't famous, or you don't have any idea he's British. ;) Every time he plays House, he's doing a fake American accent. He just does it really, amazingly well. Here's Hugh Laurie as the Prince of Wales (the total idiot) in a short segment from the series "Blackadder the Third": this video

JokekliptJun 2019

“I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulations.”

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"I'm anaspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulations." this video

JokejdshafferOct 2021

“I shall return interfrastically!”

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Reminds me of the "Black Adder" episode where he meet the pompous inventor of the Dictionary and purposely sets about using made up words just to annoy him. "I shall return interfrastically!" (Relevant Clip Here: this video )