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June 02, 2003
A lil' somthing for the Scrabble players out there...
Word of the day:
quidnunc: One who is curious to know everything: one who is perpetually asking "What now? What news?" One who knows, or affects to know, every occurrence. originally, a translation from the Latin of the words that signify "what now?"
Love those words, don'tcha know?
you may have noticed I have a love for making up words, too...I dreamt that I was trying to describe an italianate, multi-leveled courtyard area in Park Ridge as 'Paduaonic' to a police dispatcher (long story) and being corrected by said dispatcher.
"If that were even a word, it would be "Veronic", as Romeo fled to Padua from Verona, so the balcony scene would have clearly taken place in Verona, not Padua...unless you're describing some desolate, depression-inducing courtyard of exile, in which case we don't have those in Park Ridge - you must be in Niles"
Which means I'm dreaming about making up words and correcting myself on said words in my dreams. someone stop me before I start composing lyrics or something.
on an entirely different subject:
I've been chatting with friends, lately, about other friends. it's weird, there was a time in my life when my friends didn't know my other friends. my family hadn't even heard of my friends, let alone had met them to talk about them, and now my sister is asking me "is that (insert website name here) Buttercup, or (insert embarrassing relationship gaffe here) Buttercup?"
It's funny, how a life can change in a year. I remember when I used to have to say "a friend of mine" whenever I talked about people - and it was just to relate a story to another friend, it wasn't like "you know how so-and-so does this-particular-thing? why do they do that?" .... who knew I would love this cross-pollination so much? I wonder if I'll love it as much if things go weird with so-and-so or bad with such-and such? will I still get to talk about the thingamagoochy with the whatchamacallit, or will I have to wait until the whoosamaquatchy becomes a quidnunc again?
yeah, I'm having a goofy-in-the-head day. who wants to know?
Posted by Heather at June 2, 2003 06:25 PM
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Comments
Actually the word is quidnunc with the n before the last C. Best correct it in case somebody does use that in Scrabble and loses when they find that it is not in the dictionary after all.
In other related wordy things, since you like made-up words, may I suggest the brilliant http://www.enlumine.com
Yes.
Posted by: Naz at June 3, 2003 01:19 AM
thanks for the spell-check, Naz! I see from my source that I was *not* reading closely enough when I was re-typing.
let the scrabble games begin!
Posted by: heather at June 3, 2003 01:30 AM
So long, Heather.
Posted by: sourbob at June 3, 2003 03:30 AM