Friday, November 06, 2009
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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!
5 comments:
An orohippus is a recently invented replacement part for elderly folk having difficulty walking. It is made of a new material which is extremely pliable and as expensive as gold.
Interestingly enough, I woke up with this condition this very morning. Orohippus is the condition of waking up with sore or numb hip bones from sleeping on them. This usually occurs in people who have interrupted sleep patterns and are too plump to sleep on their stomach.
Orohippus was a little known god of ancient Egyptian mythology. He was reputedly very ugly having an enormous mouth similar to that of the behemoth; a hippopotamus like creature that resided in the papyrus swamps. When provoked to anger Orohippus would open his huge mouth and swallow everything in his path. None of his offspring survived.
A orohippus is a hippo that has been orphaned by its parents. One Orohippus in a zoo was raised by monkeys. Because it thinks that it is a monkey it hangs (or tries to hang) in trees, and loves bananas.
The well to do gents in Edwardian times used to take their orohippuses with them when hunting. A solid gold flask usually charged with whiskey. When they returned to the local hostelry they would celebrate their success by simultaneously cheering, "Orohipp, orohipp hoorayus!
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