Words that only ever get used with specific other words.

[muggboots]

Incandescent with being on fire?

Well to be fair you wouldn't be best pleased would you?

 

[Scimmy]

Same size as well?

Depends if it's a furious dwarf Scotchman!

 

[muggboots]

This is like watching QI.

Well said.

I can't think of an example of incandescent being used other than with rage.

Light bulbs. Angry f***ing light bulbs.

Depends if it's a furious dwarf Scotchman!

Is there any other kind?

 

[The Sinful Dwarf]

It's when they hoy the big boys into the draw.

Are you playing at being Captain Bloody Obvious this evening?

 

[muggboots]

Are you playing at being Captain Bloody Obvious this evening?

Playing?
I've thought of another...
Clopper and hairy.

 

[zinedine]

What about gruntled?

Dis ^^

 

[WattStaxy]

What about gruntled?

Is a word

 

[muggboots]

Unrequited love. Are you on a promise if your love is requited?

 

[Snugster]

Double Whammy, can you get a single whammy?

 

[black cat in france]

Someone can be in a high dudgeon, but never just in a dudgeon.

Someone else can be hoist with their own petard. A petard never occurs anywhere else but in the context of self-hoisting.

Very odd.

Stark naked.

 

[Curlyteeth]

Mere bagatelle

 

[jaxaxe]

Forklifts.

You never hear of knifelifts, do you ?

 

[Jonny Ringo]

Is anyone ever 'adjudged' outside of football?

Bankrupts, people are always adjudged bankrupt.

 

[PinzaC55]

You hear about mid air collisions but never air collisions.
You can buy Special K but not Ordinary K.

 

[peachy]

You hear about mid air collisions but never air collisions.
You can buy Special K but not Ordinary K.

But you can have O K.

 

[muggboots]

Bankrupts, people are always adjudged bankrupt.

Or made bankrupt.

 

[JAZZMANB]

No

You hear about mid air collisions but never air collisions.
You can buy Special K but not Ordinary K.

Non of the words are exclusive to each other though

Or made bankrupt.

Declared bankrupt

 

[TexasMackem]

'Morbidly' Obese.

People are never just Obese any more. Aren't fat people supposed to be jolly?

 

[Hue Jorgan]

Flammable and inflammable are two odd words

 

[Deleted member 45261]

Strenuous denial
Half pissed

Flammable and inflammable are two odd words

They are different marra, flammable means it will burn if it's set on fire, inflammable means it can suddenly burst into flames without ignition, the opposite of them both is non-flammable.