grammatolatry
[fr. Gk grammato- + Eng. -latry, worship of or fanatical devotion to] /GRAM eh TAL eh tree/ the worship of letters or words; fig. concern for the letter with disregard for the spirit cf. epeolatry
twitterpated
nonce-word love-struck, smitten
Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. - Friend Owl, Bambi
carnaptious
[fr. Sc. knap, to bite] /ka(r) NAP shus/
Scots & Irish dial. bad-tempered, irritable, grumpy
These are just some random words I'd stumbled across recently- aren't they clever? Well- twitterpated isn't all that "new"- but, that it's even in a dictionary was satisfying! Makes ya wonder how much of our slang is "slang" anymore. Is it even considered slang if it's IN the dictionary? Why if it's in the dictionary then you can't use it in word games? I think that's a silly rule! OH- ha! And, speaking of word games... I finally broke 50k on text-twist online. I could always do it off-line but never online today, woohoo! So.... I lead an exciting life, eh?
Today is a much slower day that what I've had this past month. The p'rents finally returned from OH and took over Granny duty. I've spent the biggest part of it in the bed curled up with my favorite Sam-man. I wish I had a picture of him- he's all crashed out in the middle of my stack of magazines that I drug in here for some inspiraition. They are smooth and cool and he loves them on his "shaved" belly. Why on earth that cat has to shear off his hair is beyond me! He looks so ridiculous!
I discovered (duh!) that one of my fav DIY shows is hosted by a good ole Austin girl! She's mentioned TX several times, but- I'd kept not had a chance to look up her show until today- anyway, discovered her (Jennifer's) blog: http://naughtysecretaryclub.blogspot.com/
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Sal, do you know how much alike we are?!? ;) I LOVE TextTwist, but I stopped playing it because I got too hooked and would sit there for hours! I did, however, play it about a week ago. Needless to say, my score stunk because I haven't played in a LONG time.
Lastly, on "twitterpated"--did you know that SEI and Rusty Pickle (I think RP) have paper lines called by that very word? I happen to think the word is very fun. It looks fun, it sounds funny...what more can you ask for?
Glad you're enjoying some time off from school!
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