Thursday, December 07, 2006
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Have fun with a new word each day. I'll choose a word. You make up a meaning.
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How to Play:
1. I choose an obscure dictionary word.
2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
2. You invent a wacky meaning and add it as a comment.
3. After a certain time I list the true meaning and choose a winner for the invented meaning.
There are no prizes, just lots of fun!
Remember, children use this site too.
About Me
- Word Imp
- I am a children's author who has had a handful of books published by trade publishers. They're in book shops and libraries. I've also had a sackful of books published by educational publishers. These are mainly found in schools. I love words and that's why I invented this blog site.
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What I'm writing...
- Picture books in my head...
- Job applications so I can earn actual money.
- Boring stuff for companies to earn actual money.
- This blog
What I'm reading...
- Penina Petersen's Table Tucker
- Rereading my fave - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- Mike Gayle's To Do List
- Any good biography
- The dictionary!
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A "hellebore" is the socially correct way of defining someone as a hell-of-a-bore. A hellebore is the person I hope to avoid at tomorrow evening's dinner party. The hellebore of whom I write speaks endlessly of his child's dubious accomplishments, giving unexpected whistles and small sprays of spittle during all conversations. (If I am cornered by the hellebore, I will fling myself into the figgy pudding.)
(it's tougher to do this if you actually know what the word means...)
a hellebore is a small, dark purple beetle with a yellow band across the abdomen, that lives in the duff that accumulates under birch trees.
It's an archaic spelling, and it's actually pronouced heel-bore. It's a disgusting type of worm that lives in damp places like the tropics. It's very quick and difficult to spot, and as the name would imply, it bores its way into your body by way of your heel. Then it multiplies. It's very bad.
A hellebore is a type of shoe in which the wearer can skate or walk or if they are not very talented slide straight into hell.
In the medival times, surnames were given to people according to their jobs, personality, first name, etc. The son of John became Mr. Johnson. The local blacksmith became Mr. Smith. The landscaper became Mr. Green. The miller and tailer became Mr. Miller and Mr. Tailer. But sometimes, a name was given to fit the personality. Thus, Hellebore, "one who drones on and on."
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