Comments on: Connecting Words

By: How blogging helps us get connected… or what happens when the mists come down | Confident Writing

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:04:04 +0000

[...] jumped up. Perhaps the couple were famous! It might just be the chance for some kinnearing… but it wasn’t to be. Before she could say a silent “cheese” the figures were gone again, [...]

By: Connecting Words - Project Summary and Grand Prize Winner | Word Sell, Inc.

Connecting Words - Project Summary and Grand Prize Winner | Word Sell, Inc. — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:54:38 +0000

[...] Deb followed with an exploration of grembling, goleor, and lammies. Go put that in your duffel bag! [...]

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:20:19 +0000

Now those are very original. I like Kinnearing very much!

By: Connecting Words « Booking Through Thursday

Connecting Words « Booking Through Thursday — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:39:53 +0000

[...] I’m not sure if you’re supposed to leave a comment there or not. She only specifies that you should link to it in your post, but . . . I suppose a comment wouldn’t hurt. But, as always, comment here, too, please so that all of us can play along. I’ve already answered this one here. [...]

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:05:50 +0000

Hi Deb, what a fabulous contribution, thank you! I loved all of your words - and the stories, emotions, people, connections that are associated with them - and now will always be linked in my mind with you, and them…

Is there a knitting analogy here?

Joanna

By: Gillian

Gillian — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:56:05 +0000

Here’s one from my family and I really don’t know which parent it was. “Sufficiently suffoncified suffice” I’ve never written down before and have no idea how the middle should be spelled (spelt?). Taken out of context, I can’t even remember how we used it. I think it means ‘I’ve eaten enough’ or ‘it’s enough’. Something I say these days when I lose my train of thought is ‘The train left the station without me’

How about something on ‘tragedy’ and ‘tragic’. We hear them all the time, but I’m not even sure I can use them correctly.

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:19:17 +0000

Forgot to say thanks for contributing to our little project, and I love your blog. You’re a captivating writer, and you talk about incredibly important things we don’t pay enough attention to. Grammar has always been very intimidating to me. Whenever I write something I’m afraid I’ve mispunctuated it. Is there a word for that? Punctuphobia?

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:57:54 +0000

You’ve got some a-plus words there! Grembling ought to be in circulation for sure. I remember the first time I heard “plethora”. Howard Cosell used it on a Monday Night Football game about 30 years ago. For some unknown reason it’s always stuck in my mind.

By: Judy H.

Judy H. — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:45:58 +0000

Hmmm. This requires some cogitating… My first thought is ‘perambulations,’ which is what my family takes dogs on, since it seems to be too large a word for a dog to learn to recognize. (This started after the dog I had growing up apparently learned to spell ‘walk.’)

Another good one is ‘expanded maize,’ from when my dad was trying to suggest making popcorn to my mom without my brother or I understanding what he meant.

I don’t think this is quite what you were thinking of, but last night my DH and I were talking about how “big room with cars” has become a code phrase between us for “I just blanked on an ordinary word and can’t remember what I was trying to say.” You can probably extrapolate the story on your own…