Dang!!! It's been wayyyyyyyyy too long since I did this but as as the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns, said, "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley." I do prefer the more modern version: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. I think I know where I'm headed. LOL
Here are some really fine words that y'all might have fun working into your conversation or writing.
brachiate: v., To move by swinging from one hold to another by using arms;
adj., Having arms.
Tarzan's ability to brachiate across the jungle served him admirably.
wifty: adj., Eccentric, silly, scatterbrained.
If you read here often, you know that the author is often a tad wifty. (Or is that a gross understatement?)
theriac: n., 1. a mixture of many drugs and honey formerly held to be an antidote to poison; 2. cure-all.
My mother's favorite theriac for a bad cold was Vicks Vaporub and chicken soup.
quidnunc: n., A nosy or gossipy person.
Every neighborhood has at least one quidnunc who knows and tells all.
hypergelast: n., One who laughs excessively. (Its antonym is ageglast: One who never
laughs.)
I like hyperglasts -- they don't take the world too seriously.
epeolatry: n., The worship of words.
I suppose that I am all too guilty of epeolatry.
Hope you enjoyed them!!!!!
Happy Blogging!!!!!!!
Kay
Kay,
ReplyDeleteI love all the new words I have learned from this post.
I would dislike being an ageglast because I love to laugh and that's what most of your "groaners" make me do...
Loved 'em! Words fascinate me, and after 4 years of Latin in high school[a hundred years ago], I am still trying to find meanings of unfamiliar words by using that ole Latin!!
ReplyDeletethe road to hell is paved? what next?
ReplyDeletere quidnunc...that's a great word. the two latin words that make it up mean "what now?"
Every once in a while I shamelessly and unlawfully build a post on the Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good one:
http://lornacr.blogspot.com/2009/04/deeper-than-homers-deep-thoughts.html
There's nothing like a good shot of Nyquil and Vic's Vapor Rub on the chest to get rid of what ails you. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for teaching me something new today!
Have a great weekend, Kay! :)
Fabbo words! Have you checked out Addictionary? Fun with words, but they could use your seasoned help.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.addictionary.org/.