Yesterday while I was going through my notifications on
Facebook, one in particular caught my eye.
Its title 15 obsolete words we should still be using really flipped my
switch because next to photography, I really love words. So I decided to willy-nilly a few of them
here today and link up with Tanya's Around Roanoke Willy-nilly Friday 5.
1. Here is Olive, the pug, as she basked in the sun
by our slider today. It reminds her of
the apricity (a) she missed this year during the everlasting snow storms we
endured. Looking at this picture reminds
me that we must be in denial about spring being here, because Greg’s
snow boots still sit there behind her.
2. Maybe I’m a cockalorum (b), but I think I did a
stand up job on this photo. In reality,
I’m just fudgeling (c). It’s really
Mother Nature who did all the work.
3. Tonight I’m going out with the girls. We’re going to Enrico’s Brick Oven Pizza for
dinner and then on to Brush It Off to paint pussy willow lighted wine
bottles. While at Brush If Off, I will
probably restrain myself on the wine consumption, but at Enrico’s I’m planning to
be crapulous (d) because they make a fine pizza there and serve a pretty good
Chianti.
4. The magnolia flowers on our tree in the back
yard gorgonize (e) me. I can stand awestruck
and stare at them for hours. Well, maybe
not hours, but you know what I mean.
5. Our two younkers (f) are coming home on Sunday
for Mother’s Day. I want no gifts except
the presence of their company. I will
definitely deliciate (g) that evening with my family because we are having
another nice meal at our favorite place here in town – Cedar Street Grille.
Whether or not you are a mother, there is
probably someone in your life you have mothered...be it human or canine or
feline or other. Whether or not you are connected by blood to your mother or
your child, may the sun shine on you this Mother's Day!
a. Apricity – noun. The
warmth of the sun in winter.
b. Cockalorum – noun. A
boastful person.
c. Fudgel – verb. To
pretend to work.
d. Crapulous – adj. Characterized
by excessive eating or drinking.
e. Gorgonize – verb. To
have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect.
f. Younker – noun. A
young person.
g. Deliciate – verb. To
enjoy oneself; to indulge in feasting; to revel.
9 comments:
i do hope you revel in all your food, spirits and family this weekend!
these are all words i have never heard or seen in all the zillions of books I read.. you did a fantastic job fudgeling... LOL
Sad eyes and neat nature shots. Tom The Backroads Traveller
Great post Barb! Loved the photos and those antiquated words. My goodness, I've never heard any of them before! So interesting to try to figure out the gist of them in your comments. Have a fun weekend and Happy Mother's Day to you.
I wish I was seeing both our younkers tomorrow...I will see one and got flowers from the other...
I also wish I could remember these words and their meanings.
Oh, and your photos are wonderful.
I enjoyed this post. You did a fine job using those obsolete words! I wonder if a few people started using them now and then if we could bring them back. ;)
olive is so adorable and that close up of the magnolia is gorgeous!! thanks for linking!
I missed this last week so I'm checking it out today. The only one of the words you used that I was familiar with was Crapulous. This was fun though and I like words too.
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