More words from The Word Museum

Herewith I share more words and their meanings and my comments about them.

carfumish - to diffuse a very bad smell. Isn't it interesting that this word begins with car. You know, when you're trapped in that very confined space and there exists an odor, we pull our shirts up over our noses while two windows are opened so that cross-ventilation can occur and the offending odor can be sucked out the windows.

causey-webs - to neglect one's work. Yes, I confess, it is because of the web that work has been neglected.

celebataire - bachelor. Makes him sound sophisticated.

chamber-lye - fermented urine, used for laundry purposes being a strong detergent. Yuck. Just yuck.

chatter-broth - tea. Yes, it is best for me to not talk in the morning before the first cuppa tea, otherwise who knows what chatter will be forthcoming.

clamberskull - a heady liquor. Seems reasonable.

clawscrunt - an old tree which cattle rub themselves against. Maybe Pioneer Women needs a few of these for her herd.

clointer - to make noise with the feet as in one who treads heavily. Why do the lightest and littlest people always make a racket by their clointer?

clumpst - hands stiff with cold are said to be clumsy. This is most certainly true.

cover-slut - a long apron used to hide an untidy dress. I can think of several celebrities who need this.

cramble - to hobble. Sounds painful.

crapulous - given to gluttony. Well, I bet this word alone would be a great deterrent to over-eating.

crizzles - rough sunburnt places on the face and hands. We'll be adding that to our words to use to describe sunburnt, along with our already used crispy-critters.

curglaff - the shock felt in bathing when one first plunges into the cold water.

cynanthropy - madness caused by the bite of a dog, wherein the patient avoids light and water. Can you say Old Yeller?

dansey-headed - persons growing giddy from dancing. This describes my daughters who enjoy dancing so much and talking about it so much that they are giddy from it.

day-spring - first appearance of light in the morning. I like this, it's more poetic than dawn.

deepmusing - lost in thought.

deosculation - the act of kissing. Sounds poetic.

dirt-haste - a course term denoting the hurry occasioned by one's losing the power of bowel retention. Doghouse dweller suffered from this malady according to a post by Kelly a few days ago.

dittology - double reading. Ditto.

doatte - to nod the head when sleep comes on whilst one is sitting up. Former President Clinton suffered this at a recent MLK celebration.



dowfart - a stupid, dull fellow.

dwang - to harass, worry or oppress with too much labor. Dwang-it!

dwizzen - having an appearance of withered fruit such as the skin of old people.

Smashtabulous

Our mid-week Bible study is on the Book of Concord. So this week we've been learning about the theological underpinnings of original sin and free will. What was interesting to us was that we were able to weave the main idea of concupiscence together with an off-hand remark (Romans 14:23) from our Pastor's Sunday Bible study (which was the end of our study about the LDS and how to approach them), and a devotional from Higher Things today.

I've got a doozy of a cold, so reading aloud from the BoC and having to read the word "concupiscence" dozens of times was difficult. At times I was just referring to it as "that word." My children like to make fun of the words that get garbled coming outta my mouth when I read aloud. I'll have to share about those mis-speaks sometime.

That conversation morphed into thinking about the words that my older kids use on a regular basis that are a combination usually of other words. Some are part of the lexicon of teenage speak now, and some are of their own origination from my older girls!

Here for your edification and pleasure:

confuseled = confused and misled, you've deliberately confused me by misleading me

smashtabulous = smashing, fantastic and fabulous, meaning REALLY great!

indeedity = indeed with another two fun syllables attached

fantabulous = fantastic and fabulous, not quite as great as smashtabulous, but close!

This reminded me of a George Carlin routine where he talks about "soft language." If you want to view it, visit here http://youtube.com/watch?v=h67k9eEw9AY. Remember folks, this is George Carlin, and while his language isn't as colorful as it once was, I did count 5 explicatives in this one.

Words, words and more words

When KellyJean and I went out last week, we spent some time at Barnes and Noble. It was delicious being able to examine books without children interupting every few seconds to say, "Mom, look at this!"



One of the books I looked at was this one




















Here are some of the words from there that we've been enjoying.


allecter: to wamble as a queasie stomacke dothe. (This made me think of my queasy stomach friend.) :-)


all sorts: a slang term designating the drippings of glasses in saloons, collected and sold at half-price to drinkers who are not overly particular. (This, of course, made me think again of my queasy stomach friend because I'm sure she would go EWWWW!)


aquabob: an icicle.


aubades: songs or instrumentall music, sung, or playd under anyone's chamber window in the morning. (Um, someone who stands and sings or plays music outside my bedroom or bathroom in the morning would not be someone who is appreciated.)


audit ale: extra strong ale, supposed to be drunk when the accounts are audited. (This made me think of KellyJean's doghouse dweller hubby since he's an -whispers, looks left then right-accountant.)


azzardly: a wayward child. (Thankfully I haven't one of those, but this sounds like a fun word to describe such a child.)


Now we're moving on to the B's...


ballop: the old name for the flap in the forepart of the breeches which is buttoned up; in English, formerly called the codpiece. (Personally it was the codpiece that made me laugh.)


beblubbered: swollen. (Now that's just funny!)


beggars' velvet: downey particles which accumulate under furniture from the negligence of housemades. (Sounds better than dust bunny!)


belly-pinched: starved; hungry.


billy-winks: a child's term for sleepy; said of a sleepy child. (awwwww.)


blepharon: he that hath great eyebrows.


blutterbunged: confounded, overcome by surprise.


bouffage: a satisfying meal.


As we continue to be entertained by this book, I'll probably share other words!

Oh yeah, all the spelling is taken directly from the book, least some of you spelling champs thinketh that it is moi who misspelt them!

Entertainment for Logophilia

This was entertaining for those of us who are logophiles.

It also would be useful for those involved in the NCFCA.

How much does it cost to pay attention?

R and I stayed home to take care of mountains of work (which I am currently hiding from hoping it will somehow dissapate while I play) while S, K and hubby went to Omaha so K could try out for American Idol. It's also a mini-vacation for them all and I am glad they are enjoying the company of friends out there.

R and I were talking about politeness and how you should pay attention to your hosts and hostesses so that you don't intentionally give offense to them. But R wasn't paying close attention, and asked, "How much does it cost to pay attention?" :grin:

I told her it doesn't "cost" anything except our time and focusing on what people are saying and doing, like when I tell her to listen in church.

Our elderly neighbor called late this morning. She was quite agitated and immediately went into a tirade about a phone call she received late last night that she supposed was from one of my older daughters. The caller had told her to turn her TV off, close her window and go to sleep. The caller also chided her for watching whatever was on the TV. Our neighbor when on for about 4 minutes before I shouted over her to tell her that our girls were in another state! This took a while to sink in and our neighbor was telling me she didn't want trouble with her neighbors and it couldn't be the neighbors on the other side because she's never had trouble with them.

Until this neighbor called, we did not have her phone number. I suppose we could have looked it up in the phone book, but we haven't needed to so far. Our very limited contact with her came in the form of checking on her after the blizzard last October and subsequent heavy snowfalls for which my hubby shoveled for her. The girls also brought her some home-baked goodies at Christmastide.

She repeated herself several times and after finding out that I agreed with her that she should be able to watch whatever she wants on the TV as well as keep her window open, she apologized and invited me over for coffee.

Proving again, that it just takes time and focus to *pay attention.*

Old Cars

We were doing errands yesterday and happened upon a 50's Ford station wagon pulling out of a parking lot. I pointed it out to R and K who were with me. R wasn't too sure it was so old since it was still running. I told her it was older than me. That made her eyes go wide with surprise. I told her those kinds of cars were classics and obviously someone had taken much care with it because it was so old and still running.


She told me that she thought old cars were from the 90's.


I guess what constitutes an old car is a matter of perspective.

Of wedges and wedgies

Those vowels become important when communicating!

Tonight K went shopping with her Dad, spending her b-day money as soon as she could! (She'll be 16 on Sunday!)

Anyhow, she was talking on the phone with her friend while shopping and said, "I bought some wedges." Since they had previously been talking about CDs, her friend thought she has just bought a new CD and the band was called "Wedgies."

So, we are laughing about this one.... hope it put a grin on your face, too!

Computer's Frozen! AGAIN

So, earlier today the computer froze on me for the third time. The kids were all around, and so I had to be careful in expressing my frustration.

I blurted out, "Evil, nad, basty, twisted!" Boy, did that make them laugh!

Their laughter lightened my frustration at the wonderful technological wonders at our fingertips!

:-)

Sound Traction

In preparation for going to see Pirates of the Carribean later today, we are watching the previous movies. K likes to watch movies with the caption on. None of the rest of us do. However, K usually gets her way because otherwise there's no living with her! But the typical discussion ensured prior to the movie...

R -- "Mom, tell her to turn the *sound traction* off!"

K -- "I can't watch it without it."

And so it goes, until I, wishing to preserve family peace, relent and let K have her way. All the others being infinitely more tolerant for K's proclivity.

Anyway, having heard this discussion today, it reminded me that I needed to add *sound traction* to the list of our family's special words.

I'm glad Pirates is opening today as K, our family's cultural critic on movies and music, has been sorely disappointed in events of the last week -- namely Apolo winning on Dancing with the Stars instead of her favorite, Joey; Jordin beating out Blake on American Idol; and Charlie who seemingly died on Lost last night.

Someday I'll have to write a post about how Lost preserved our family when we were truly lost.

Our Sunday

So yesterday was the ususal 3-ring circus getting ready for church.

As I was the first awake, I decided to take the first shower and let everyone else take a few more moments of sleep. When I was stepping into the bathtub with my right foot, it slipped, smacking the side of the tub with my foot, and my left leg went crashing into the shower door track. Ouch! I actually saw stars it hurt so bad. So there's a lovely hurtful knot on the inside of my left knee that is wonderful colors, while the outside of my right foot is bruised and sore.

With only one bathroom, two teenage girls (who now have contacts -- or as R says eye tacks), and two members of the family who are so allergic to mornings it's like waking the dead, Sunday mornings are rife with stress. We cannot have people take showers the previous evening due to stringy hair... So, I'm now adding this rather mundane situation to my prayer list.

We used DSIII from LSB which is one of my favorites! That put me in a better mood from the hustle and bustle of getting there. We began with "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" (461) which is one of my favorites and hearing the lovely voices in our church truly sing out this song in harmony gladdened my heart. The sermon was from Revelation 22 about how we are known by God by name and with His mark upon our forehead from baptism we are rightly the children of God because of Christ's propitiative death.

At church I had forgotten that we were having a voter's meeting and it was my week to count. So, I had to make a choice which to do as we were due at a graduation celebration in the afternoon. Of course, I counted. We don't like to keep money in the church overnight as we've been broken into too many times.

Anyway, after church, we came home and there ensued griping and sniping as if we hadn't even been in the house of the Lord early that day. What is it with mouths that refuse to be useful and polite instead of hurtful and mean? What is with huge boulders (forget the chips) on shoulders that are permanently attached? Ugh!

I also was well on my way to a stress headache for a variety of reasons which means that medicated intervention was necessary. I cannot believe how quickly I fell asleep after the big girls and hubby went to the graduation celebration. R was engrossed with watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in her room, and the dogs were blissfully quiet.

The rest was just what I needed, and I awoke feeling much better. And, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was on TV which made me happy as I really love that movie! Jimmy Stewart at his best!

Then, as I prepared our evening meal -- we call it dinner -- the bar-b-que had a freaky thing happen to it. The hose that connects the knob with the gas tank came loose. This was first noticed by the knob becoming loose. I asked hubby, who was finishing up mowing, what was up with that. He started to investigate, and couldn't see so he blew on it and that moved the hose completely off the knob which started a small fire melting the plastic knob and burning the black paint off the metal front. Good thing a garden hose was nearby. Meanwhile, I was trying to reach over the flames (I'm a short 5'2" so that was quite a feat) to remove the shish-k-bobs so that at least our meal could be salvaged. I did manage to do that before hubby put out the flames with the garden hose.

And so I was reminded at the end of the day of something from the epistle reading from Revelation 22 -- "Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!" And that's how the day ended with that upon my lips and in my mind.

And that reminded me of a friend of mine who often prays for the return of Jesus. She is a good friend and I am glad for her friendship. So the day ended nicely.

Hi - sterical

R is reading, and has decided that many words in the English language are not spelled correctly. I would agree that there are many exceptions to the rules in both spelling and pronunciation.

Recently she was reading to me and came across the word "hysterical." She pronounced it "hi - sterical."

So that's the newest word in our family lexicon of words that have special meaning to us.

I love getting to tuck another child beside me and watch them discover the wonder of words! What a precious blessing it is to watch them learn to read. Thank you, Lord for this special blessing -- it's hi-sterical!

Pluto

So, R informs us this evening that Pluto is her favorite planet.

S tells her that Pluto isn't a planet anymore and that it shoots Persephone's chance of being a planet.

To which, R replies, "Who shot Pluto?"

What Happens when Dad watches Dancing with the Stars

Ok, so last night we were watching "Dancing with the Stars" via tape as the time it was aired was when we were at the library.

Usually it's just S and K and I who watch. But hubby had been at a council meeting for our church which he had to chair as vice-president because the president of our congregation was on a business trip. It was a grumpy meeting about budgets. Recently we changed our constitution at church to have our fiscal year run from January to January which added 5 months to this years' budgets. Budgets are always a mystery to me anyway because how can one predict what expenses we will have in the future? For instance, who knew last year that we would need to update and replace the air conditioning (and believe me that was an expensive project). That wasn't in the budget.

Anyway, after this meeting my hubby came home and was ravenous! He heated up some left-overs in the microwave and joined us as we watched "Dancing with the Stars." He must have been delirious with hunger as otherwise he wouldn't have willing watched that.

Now, as an athlete in the public school system in high schooler, hubby bought into the idea that athletes don't dance well. So hubby's dancing resembles the stiffness and awkwardness of Billy Ray Cyrus. Hubby's idea of dancing is moving a little to the beat and maybe shuffling your feet.

S and K however, love to swing dance and ballroom dance. They do it every chance they get! And they are good at it! Graceful and poised -- they float upon the dance floor.

As we're watching, of course, the comments from the females in the room were about the quality of the dancing. After being tortured for a few dances, hubby pipes up and says (referring to Samantha Harris), "What is she wearing?" He then answers his own query with, "A burrito wrapper?"

We all laughed! He is such a big kid!

Ding Bats

It was lovely to be able to spend some time with my niece and her family today! They are stationed nearby so I look forward to seeing more of them while they are here.

Anyway, her 4-year-old son was jumping around on some bean bag chairs with our 7-year-old daughter. As he joyfully jumped around he called the bean bags at first "ding bats" and then "ding bags." It was funny, and still makes me smile when I think about it.

Oh my he is a smart young man! He is blessed to have two of the most loving parents I have had the privilege of knowing.

And his younger brother -- of my! What a joyful, curly-haired lad he is. This is the first time I've seen him.

Thank you, Lord, for bringing them all so close!

Logical Musings of a 6-year old

So, last weekend was a debate tournament that S was competing in.

Hubby brought daughters K and R to the last round to see S debate. While waiting for the debate to start, the younger brother of S's debate partner was talking with R. She wanted to go home and he teasingly told her that no one was going home that there was going to be a big sleep-over at the church where the tournament was being held. He told her that the boys were going to sleep in the sanctuary and the girls would sleep on the roof of the church.

She put her little hand on her jutted out hip and said, "Nuh-uh! If the girls sleep on the roof (it has snowed that day and was bitterly cold and windy) they'll die from the cold. Then the boys will have no one to talk to. If the boys have no one to talk to, there will be no one to marry. If they can't get married, there will be no children and the world will end."

He wanted to know when she was going to start debating. Clearly she had a well-thought out and articulated argument against his plan. Guess she's picking up debate theory from listening to her older sisters! :-)

FREEDOM!

With two older sisters, R is exposed to more mature matter than her older sisters were at the same age.

A favorite movie of our family's is Braveheart and we recently let R watch it on TV for the first time. It's a rather long movie, and so there were lots of commercial breaks.

A few days after watching that movie, R broke out into an appeal of "Freedom" just as the character William Wallace does near the end of the movie. We all looked at her in surprise, and then, R being the ham that she is, started singing one of the commercials from that movie watching... "I'm free to do what I want." (Which is from a credit card commercial.)

I find such enjoyment in the connections that the minds of the children in my life make.

Word Usage

It's funny to me the way R chooses to use her words sometimes. So amusing to this joyful Momma!

We've been studying the human body via the five senses. R is soaking this up and at her age is, of course, very curious about how the body works.

Anyway, overheard today as we were preparing to go to the library, R said, "I've got to go unfull my bladder."

I like it and think it will become part of our personal family vocabulary lexicon.

Here's a sampling of some of our personal family vocabulary:

Toys For Us (from S, and not very original as lots of kids have used this and I think it may have been intentional on the part of the store in their clever pick of a name)

Mogurt (from R from when she was learning to talk and wanted more yogurt)

Bacuboom (from R again when she was learning to talk. It means vacuum)

Turktoise (from K when she was about 4 and we were buying our one and only new car and she expressed her desire to have a turquoise colored car)

There's more. But that's enough for now.

Feel free to share your family's personal vocabulary in the comments section!

Peace to all!