Jane@janesjournals loves the letter J. So, when I read the following (from Mental Floss), I had to post. Tomorrow I shall return with more janglery and jargoogle. “The letter j first came about as a variation of the letter i, originally used to clarify the last in a sequence of Roman numerals—so iii, for…
I leave soon for youth camp. Does life get any better: my paid employment includes spending a few days in a peaceful setting with creative young people? I should be packing and getting Tango ready for his stay at Don’s house–the bachelor pad. I reach out to close the laptop and a word bores into…
More wacky words to share! These are not words I add to my writer’s vocabulary; that would be verbose. However, I do appreciate a clever word. It’s like finding a cool new rock to add to my collection. You can find these nuggets and more at dictionary.com. You can find my other posts about wacky words…
The dictionary.com word of the day posts have been especially interesting over the holidays: Moose Milk \MOOS-milk\ noun 1. Canadian. homemade or bootleg whiskey. 2. Canadian. a cocktail of whiskey or rum and milk. Quotes My first drink was dad’s moose milk. That’s what he called it. Moose milk on accounta he brewed it so…
Yesterday I checked out a lake/campground/park that is only 10 miles from town. It is lovely. I picked my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice spots. Tango and I walked and enjoyed some fresh air. As usual during the week, we encountered only a few fishermen. While I am wandering and wondering, I have also been…
Omphaloskepsis: I have not decided which is funnier, the word or what it describes. The word does not give much in the way of clues…well the “espsis” suggests it is a diagnosis of a physical/mental condition. Yes! But what else? Ignore the “phal” as it has nothing to do with that body part. Any guesses? Here is…
My brain is on vacation for a few days so I have nothing insightful or moderately interesting to write about today. I might find something interesting to say about Tango working diligently to lick every speck from the empty peanut butter jar, but yaaaaawn, too much effort. I could make a big tadooo about sitting…
I stopped by the Verizon store yesterday to buy a new screen protector for my smart phone. Two twenty something men helped me and we all started yakking about nothing much. One of them used the term buttload. I joked with him about his language, but he informed me that butt is a real unit…
Here are my favorite words from recent weeks. wamble WOM-buhl, or WAM-buhl, verb 1. to move unsteadily. 2. to feel nausea. 3. (of the stomach) to rumble; growl. An example that comes to mind quickly: The groom wambled down the aisle the day after his wild bachelor party delitescent del-i-TES-uhnt, adjective: 1. concealed; hidden; latent. This word sounds so…
I have loved words since I was a wee child. My Dad, a journalist, and Mom, an English teacher, surely had much to do with that! I was allowed to dress as I pleased, eat whatever, listen to music late into the night,and read under a tree all day, but should I misuse a word,…