Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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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!
8 comments:
A Messuage is a new form of massage therapy. It is used to treat people who insist on tidying and cleaning the house before the cleaner comes.
Messuage is a new style of cooking, started in France. The style involves nothing more than throwing together whatever you have in the fridge/pantry at the time and giving it some fancy name. Results can vary, and if the meal is completely inedible, the old standard, "I don't know what could have gone wrong, I followed the recipe exactly" usually works. Sounds very much like meal time at my place.
Messuage means to kill the messenger. This was more of a problem back in medieval times, when the king would lop off the head of the poor grunt who came to inform him that the peasants were revolting or the queen was canoodling with the court jester. Luckily for the many bicycle messengers in the world, messuage is no longer common and the worst they have to worry about is reckless cabs.
A time in the life of a child usually between 18 months and 2 years old when the child tries feeding herself.
"Last night was a disaster at dinner with Maddie in her messuage."
Messuage is the slop that lands on the floor in the military mess halls. At the end of each shift the messuage of the day needs to be scrubbed up.
Messuage is self-massage.
She messuaged her temples with her thumbs to relieve the tension headache.
To messuage is to coerce or persuade using manipulative tactics.
WARNING! Many a desperate salesperson has been known to messuage his or her buyers!
Messuage is the short quick rub some lazy husbands give when their wives ask for a massage. Instead of being helpful or relaxing, messuage actually sends the wife into a hunched up and tense state. Messuage has been known to send some wives straight to the chiropractor.
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