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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
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- 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!
7 comments:
Per•i•apt adjective.
That almost mystical ability of dentists to understand what a patient is saying while their mouth is filled with all of the office's equipment.
To the patient's comment, "ah-oo-err a-uhgngahsee-ah-oee?" the periapt dentist responded calmly, "I haven't heard about onomasiology since my wife was in university."
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... "Now, spit."
Hi Dave, just wondering what Asiago is? Of course, I could just look it up in the dictionary...
Anyway, a periapt is someone who, when walking along a beach, just has to collect a bag-full of shells to take home.
Periapt is a disfunction of the upper spine, manifesting as a stiff, sore neck, resulting from too much blog-surfing. Ouch!
Periapt (peri=around, apt=capable)
The woman was very periapt. She could be doing anything and still be good at it. I envy people like that.
Periapt is when you are not capable of doing something.
For instance, my terrible (almost) two year old is winning our battle of wills, therefore I am periapt at raising children. :)
When someone is being periapt, they are taking forever to get to the point.
"Fred was prone to be periapt at times and it could sometimes take him half an hour to tell you about his trip to the corner shop, for this reason many people avoided conversations with him"
**THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY**
Jude,
It's cheese. I choose the kind that's aged just enough to be a little crumbly. This entry describes the flavor perfectly. :)
Asiago entry at Wikipedia
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