Now that I am not officially employed as a minister in a church, my wild side is coming out. Yep, I am living sassy. Case in point: using LMAO. But LMAO is not the funny word I refer to in my heading. That would be the Word of the Day: Sniglet! I just love the sound…
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…
Sometimes I find a word that I love, typically creative, silly sounding words. Today’s Word of the Day email presented me with a new favorite: Stinkaroo (noun) Slang. something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture. Origin: Stinkaroo arose in the 1930s from the word stink combined with -eroo, a suffix that creates…
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…