I have listened for years to SAYS YOU! Even the reruns are entertaining. I hope that they can keep making shows.
Here are some words from the show that I have written down over the years.
abacot: an early crown, no longer worn by British monarchy
aberuncators: a long tool for pruning long branches
absit: permission to spend time away from college
acnestis: the part of an animal's skin that it cannot reach to scratch itself, usually the space between the shoulder blades.
advocaat: a Dutch drink made with eggs, sugar, and brandy
aestel: a pointer designed for the reading of manuscripts
afflatus: a divine inspiration, a sudden flash of brilliance
agowilt: sudden sickening and unnecessary fear
agraffe: the wire that secures a champagne cork
agunah: a woman who may not remarry until she proves that her husband is dead
apricity: the warmth of the sun on a winter day
aspeism: an ingeniously polite insult
avalement: a technique in skiing where the knees flex to take bumps
ballicatter: ice that forms from on shores and docks from ocean spray
balter: to dance clumsily
bick: the tapered end of an anvil
biffo: fighting or aggressive behavior
bigmitt: a confidence game involving dishonest cards
bitser: a mixed breed dog
blatteroon: a person who will not stop talking
blet: softness or decay in over-ripe fruit
blickey: a covered metal lunch pail
blivet: also known as a poiuyt, devil's fork or widget, is an undecipherable figure, an optical illusion and an impossible object.
bloob: slang for a blueberry muffin
blumf: a dull, grumpy person (a word of Scottish derivation, allegedly)
blutterbung: a slow-witted person who loses the thread of conversation
boggart: a household spirit which causes mischief
bort: diamond fragments too small or inferior for use
bransle: a dance or social where the crowd gets ugly
bratticing: temporary wooden fencing
braxy: a sheep dead of natural causes
brisling: a North Atlantic sardine, also known as a sprat
cabotin: a medical quack
cade: a baby animal abandoned by its mother and raised by humans
callithump: a children's mummer's parade with prizes and costumes
catillate: to lick a dish clean
chang: Tibetan rice beer
chiminage: a toll paid for passage through a forest.
chounse: to fluff up a pillow
chowry: a fly swatter made from a yak's tail
cigling: the sound made by a swarm of locusts
cincinate: hair curled in ringlets
cleek: a number one iron or a number four wood golf club
cleg: a horsefly or gadfly
clichpin: to break something by dropping it (perhaps clishpen?)
clour: a bump on the head caused by a heavy blow that does not break the skin (of Scottish derivation)
codology: the art or practice of bluffing or deception
columella: the fleshy external end of the nasal septum
corf: a basket or structure to contain live fish in water
cornhobble: to hit someone with a fish.
!! UPDATE !! A later show noted that "fish" was a typo in the source, and it should have been "fist".
corody: a medieval right of food and clothing for life
crawk: sound effects animal imitator
crawkcroodle: to snuggle together like pigs in straw
crottles: cartoon crosses in the eyes, indicating unconsciousness
culicifuge: a preparation that repels mosquitoes
cyser: a mead cidercyser: a type of mead
dap: a fist bump greeting
darg: a reasonable day's work, that expected of an employee
dhan: the village cattle
duffifie: to lay a bottle on its side, in order to get out every last drop
dipsas: a snake whos bite makes one thirsty
dirl: to tremble, vibrate, quiver
doddle: A job, task or other activity that is simple or easy to complete
dol: a unit of pain intensity
doob: Bermuda grass
dorpt: to hold a lion at baydorpt: to hold a lion at bay
doryphore: a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic
doytin: to walk about stupidly
droze: to melt irregularly and drip, as a candle
druxy: a piece of wood that looks good on the outside, rotten on the inside
duffifie: to place a bottle on its side to pour out all of the contents
dundrearies: long, flowing sideburns
dwergmal: the echo of your voice
echorche: an anatomical figure with no skin showing the bones and muscles
ecize: to adjust to a new environmentecize: to adjust to an new environment
elozable: easily fooled by flattery
eroteme: a question mark
estrapade: a horse's attempt to remove it's rider by rearing, plunging, and kicking.
excutient: Shaking off, as in a dog shaking the water off itself after a bath
farb: a careless anachronist, such as a medieval reenactor who wears a wrist watch
farouche: socially inept and awkward
favus: mange in humans
feddle: a favorite, the teacher's pet
felloe: the outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes
feghoot: humorous short story ending in an atrocious pun
fice: a small, feisty dog
fitch: a brush made from the hair of a polecat
flamfew: something pretty and of little value, moonlight glinting on the water
fleam: a blade used for blood letting
fleckerl: a dance step, most commonly found in the Viennese Waltz
flird: an object that is flimsy, gaudy, and insubstantial
flittern: a young oak tree
flob: to inadvertently run into a wall or door
floruit: birth and death dates, as in a biography
flug: lint that accumulates in navels and pockets
flychter: to run with outstretched arms
fnord: anything jarringly out of context
fondeur: a mischievous student who makes faces behind the teacher
foofaraw: frills or flashy finery
fossick: to rummage, search (Australian in origin)
foy: a farewell gift
frickle: a bushel basket
frim: marked by good physical conditioning, buff or toned
frob: to fiddle with the knobs on something electronic
frootery: superstitious observances
fudgel: pretending to do work when actually doing nothing
furfur: dandruff
furphy: a rumor, a false report
gaberlunzie: a drifter, a wandering beggar
gafiate: To leave the mundane world and enter the science fiction fandom community.
gardyloo: a warning cried out before emptying a chamber pot out of a window (of Scottish derivation)
garran: a small workhorse, possibly undersized for the job
gio: a sheep tapeworm
gip: to remove the insides of
glaikit: lacking good judgement
glaikit: showing a lack of common sense and good judgement
gleed: a glowing coal or embergnashgab: a person who answers irritably when asked a question
gongoozle: to watch idly, as in watching boats go by from the banks of a canal
graveno: a cold in the head
griffonage: Careless handwriting; A crude or illegible scrawl.
grilse: a salmon that has returned to fresh water after a single winter at sea
grimthorpe: to remodel (an ancient building) without proper knowledge or care to retain its original quality and character
guck: a foolish saying
guetapens: an ambush (and a 2012 spelling bee word)
guilloch: an engraving pattern used on currency
habbie-gabbie: throwing money into a crowd
heeltap: a little bit of drink left in a glass
hobber: a "leaner" in the game of horseshoes or quoits
holmgang: a duel on an island
ekphrastic: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekphrasis
hugaboo: pomposity
hwyl: an emotional outburst
imberb: beardless
infare: a house warming for newly weds
inkhorn: affected or ostentatiously learned
inkle: to attend a party to which one has not been invited
jark: a counterfeit sealjerque: to examine the papers of a ship to uncover smuggling
jettator: someone who always has bad luck
jink: to make a quick, unexpected turn
jipijapa: a Panama hat made from palm
jollup: an amount of liquor so strong as to be useful as a laxative
juju: a West African charm made of chicken feathers and snake skin
keirin: a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer.
kelt: a salmon that has recently spawned and is usually in poor condition
kenspeckle: easily recognizable; conspicuous.
keurboom: a purple flowered shrub from South Africa
khamsin: an oppressive, hot southerly or southeasterly wind blowing in Egypt in spring.
kis: a weavil, the English wheat worm
kish: slag
knittle: A string that draws together a purse or bag
knoup: to ring a church bellknoup: to ring the church bell
loke: a dead end street
lollybanger: gingerbread with raisins
louster: to bustle or scramble about
lovat: a predominantly dusty color mixture (as of green) in fabrics
lubberwort: food or drink with no nutritional valuelurgulary: the crime of poisoning water
lurgy: A fictitious, highly infectious disease
lurgy: a not necessarily real ailment, for example: cooties
lushburg: a counterfeit coin
lygeraste: one who prefers romance with the lights out
mabsoot: absurdly happymackle: a blurred impression in printing
makebate: a trouble makermalmsey: A sweet, rich, aromatic, fortified wine originally made in Greece and now produced mainly in Madeira.
maloik: a hand gesture made with the index and little fingers extended, "hook-em-horns"
manoir: stolen property discovered on the body of a thief, hot merchandise
meecher: one that sneaks about or behaves dishonestly or dishonorably
meed: a fitting reward, a comeuppance
merliton: a musical instrument with a vibrating membrane (like a kazoo)
micraner: a very small male ant
midden: the pile of nuts collected by a squirrel
miggle: in the game of marbles, the marble that you are shooting at
mimp: to purse the lipsmimp: to purse the lips
mird: to pry into the private life of a coworker
mokita: a truth we all know but agree not to talk about
morkin: an animal that has died by accident
murcous: lacking a thumb
nang: British slang for "excellent"
natkin: a bad taste or smell
naumkeag: to buff a shoe bottom prior to finishing
nebby: inquisitive, overly snoopy
nephalist: someone who has sworn off drinking
nesh: to act timidly
nibby: nosy, interfering
nidget: one who fetches the midwife when the time has come
niff: an odor bad enough to make you cry
nipter: a vessel for washing the hands and the feet, a basin
nisgul: the smallest, weakest bird in the brood
noil: short fiber removed during the combing of a textile fiber and often separately spun into yarn
nunu: the early chaos that formed the world
obacerate: to get the last word in
occlupanid: a plastic piece to close a bread bag
oche: The line behind which darts players stand when throwing.
oding: watching dragon flies (yes, there is a word just for that)
olor: a swan without a bump on its head
ontogeny: the development of an individual organism or anatomical or behavioral feature from the earliest stage to maturity. "There was a dollhouse and a clan of rag dolls in diverse phases of ontogeny"
ooch: to attempt to move a sailboat by lurching your body
oose: Fuzzy lint under the bed, wool or cotton
orp: to fret morosely
ourie: shivering with cold
palama: the webbing on the feet of an aquatic bird
pandy: to strike the open palm with a cane as punishment
paup: to walk about meaninglessly
pegh: to breathe hard after exercise
perstringe: to continually criticize or nag
petrichor: that good smell of a rain after a long dry spell
phoresy: transportation of one organism by another, more mobile one
phrop: an insincere, euphemistic saying, such as "We must have lunch!"
pickelhaube: a spiked helmet worn by German soldiers
pillion: from wikipedia: A pillion is a mostly British English term for a secondary pad, cushion, or seat behind the main seat or saddle on a horse, motorcycle, bicycle or moped. A passenger in this seat is said to "ride pillion". The word is derived from the Scottish Gaelic for a "little rug", pillean, which is itself from the Latin pellis for "animal skin". One or more pelts would often have been used as a secondary seat on horseback; the usage has carried over to motorcycles.
pinkeltank: a young frog, a peeper.
pinponpet: a game where the object is to kick other players in the rump
pleonaise: unnecessarily wordy, superfluous verbosity, filigreed prose, endless rambling and meandering without really getting to the point discussing dinner plans while trying to get the taxes done with much unimportant and encumbering detail about the upcoming street fair and swap meetpleonase: to talk too much, to be wordier than necessary
plodge: to plod and trudge
plumicorn: the ear tuft feathers on an owl
podsnappery: insular complacency and blinkered self-satisfaction; the behaviour or outlook characteristic of Dickens's Mr Podsnap in Our Mutual Friend (1864).
poke-nook: an inaccessible corner of a pursepoonac: an oil cake made from cocoanut
popination: outrageous drinking, the frequenting of taverns
porlock: to interrupt an artist
poronkusema: the distance a reindeer could travel without stopping to urinate
prester: a neck vein swollen in anger
preta: a ghost that is always hungry
psychrolute: A person who bathes outside regularly throughout the winter; spec. a member of a society formed c1840 to promote this practice
puggry: a light scarf wrapped over a helmet to provide shade
puggy: sweaty, clammy
pulvinar: a cushioned seat at a stadium
pung: a sleigh with a box-shaped body
pungle: to make a payment, used with "up", as in "pungle up!"
quadriga: chariot drawn by four horses abreast
queach: a thicket
quipu: a Peruvian abacus, using strings of varying lengths and colors
rastral: a five pointed writting deviced used to draw parallel staff lines for music
reast: to be noisily uncooperative (especially horses), also to become rancid
rigwelted: A sheep on its back, unable to stand upright due to the weight of wool on its back
rinkafadda: an Irish dance resembling the Virginia reel
roo: to pluck wool from a sheep by hand
rort: a rowdy party or celebration
rowen: the second crop of grass or hay in a season
ruft: a significantly prolonged, resonant belch (sources differ, some say a fart)
runcation: the act of weeding
sarcle: to dig up weeds
sakkara: a mousy shade of grey
sastruga: a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains
schlenter: an imitation diamond
schnibble: to finely chop meat
scobberlotcher: a lazy person
scoon: to skip a rock across the water
scopperloit: rude or rough play
screef: to clear away top soil for tree planting
scunner: an irrational loathing
semple: of humble birth (a good Scottish word)
sennet: a call from a trumpet for a stage entrance (can any of you theatre musicians confirm this one?)
sharrow: the arrow and bicycle painted on the roadway to indicate that bicycles have the right of way
shroff: a sorting process
shortzy: A nomadic Tartar people of Western Siberia
shot-clog: One who is tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them
shotten: exhausted from a recent romantic encounter
skelp: (sometimes spelled scelp) is wrought iron or steel that is rolled or forged into narrow strips and ready to be made into pipe or tubing by being bent (into a cylindrical shape) and welded.
slatch: A momentary lull between breaking waves, favorable for launching a boat; also, an interval of fair weather
smalt: a deep blue cobalt powder for coloring glass
smeuse: a hole in a hedge
smirr: a drizzly light rain or mist (Scottish derivation)
sneap: to chide or repress
snellfungus: a traveller who complains about everything
snoach: to speak through the nose
snoutband: one who constantly contradicts himself
spang: straight, directly, "He ran spang into me!"
spelk: a splinter that you cannot get out
sphragistics: The study of seals and signets
springar: a Norwegian dance
springe: a snare for catching small game
spronk: the stub of a broken tooth
spudger: a tool that has a wide flat-head screwdriver-like end that extends as a wedge, used to separate pressure-fit plastic components without causing damage during separation
squabash: to crush with criticism
staboy: a cry for encouraging to hunting dogs in pursuit of prey
staddle: a stump used to support barns in a fashion to keep rats from climbing up
stalko: a poor man posing as a rich man
stillicide: dripping of water drops
strickle: An instrument used to level off grain or other material in a measure
sucket: a combination fork and spoon
supe: an actor without a speaking role
swarble: to climb a tree that has no branches
swinker: someone who will do a job that no one else will
stegg: a sheep that has never been sheared
tabnabs: cakes and pastries served aboard British merchant ship
tegg: a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn
thenar: the fleshy part of the thumb
thew: muscular strength
threap: to scold, to contradict
tiffin: to take lunch
tinchel: a ring formed by hunters to drive or enclose deer
tobie: an inferior cigar
tohubohu: complete disorder or dishevelment
toom: empty (of Scottish derivation)
truchman: an interpreter.
truttaceous: of or pertaining to trout
tump: to tip or dump over, especially accidentally
tup: the weight at the end of a pedulum
tussie-mussie: a small bouquet
twip: a unit relating area on a screen to printed area
tzot: a square peice of cloth used a headgear in Guatemala
varve: the annual build-up of alternate layers of silt or clay
vernepator: a long dog with short legs bred for running on a wheel to turn a spit for roasting meat, also known as a Turnspit Dog
visavol: a chewy substance similar to myrrh
voidee: a snack at the end of the evening, just before a guest leaves
vorlage: the position of a skier leaning forward from the ankles usually without lifting the heels from the skis
waney: a sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring.
wayzgoose: an entertainment given by a master printer to his workmen each year on or about St Bartholomew's Day (24 August)
wheeple: a poor attempt at whistling
whiffet: an insignificant person; whippersnapper
widdershins: counter-clockwise
widdiful: one who deserves hanging, a gallows-bird; a scamp, rascal
windbroach: an inferior fiddler
winklehawk: an L shaped tear in a piece of fabric
winze: a short passageway that connects levels in a mine
wittol: a man unaffected by his wife's infidelity
wiwi: New Zealand slang for a Frenchman
woggle: a device to fasten the neckerchief, or scarf, worn as part of the Scout or Girl Guides uniform
wounderclout: a showy but useless thing
wyzenbeek: a measurement of upholstery wear
xertz: To gulp down quickly and greedily (presented the same week as jollup, are the two related?)
yealing: a person of the same ageyealing: a person of the same age as you (several of you readers are my yealings)
yepsen: the amount one can hold in their two cupped hands
yonks: a very long time
zenana: the pecking order in a harem
zerk: a fitting for applying grease to a machine
zhoosh: to tweak, finesse, or improve something, such as one's hair
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