and the word for today is...
reckless!
as in:
wreckless though the accident turned out to be,
it was most recklessly caused!
permafrost!
as in:
this winter I absolutely, categorically
refuse to get up early to polish the permafrost!
isthmus!
as in:
Why not?
urge!
as in:
Wilbur, get me some gooseberry jam!
(I do earnestly entreat you,
for I feel impelled to make
a somewhat sour jam sanwich.)
igloo!
as in:
build your igloo
with a BIG loo
if you mean to
ask a walrus in.
brain!
as in:
'my brain' is an anagram of
Amy Nirb -
But who is she?
And more inportantly, what is she doing with my brain?
christophene!
as in:
the christophene is perhaps the most mysterious,
most furtive member of the gourd family.
It goes by many, many names,
but who can say they ever really get to know their
christophene, and what intentions lurk within its seedy heart?
Do you know any untrustworthy vegetables?
re-imburble!
as in:
Don't be ridiculous,
there is no such word!
Or is there, as of this very moment?
yonks!
as in:
It sure has been yonks and yonks
since we had a new word here,
and now we have twice the regular amount!
That is a bargainsome word indeed.
jam!
as in:
Plum
carpenter!
as in:
Jack missed his car pen terribly
after he lost it while writing on the road.
peremptory!
as in:
whatever...
roses!
as in:
rhinoceroses are the urban pachyderms
flower of choice. But rhinocerotes
are considered too clever to care for blooms.
nicely!
as in:
dear, kind, obliging Myrtle,
if you squeak nicely to his turtle,
I'm quite sure Bert'll be ever so pleased!
straw!
as in:
"This really is the last raw potato I shall ever eat,"
said Aunt Irmgard. "Tomorrow I will invent cooking!"
important!
as in:
One thing I shall never do
is import ants from Venezuela.
aglets!
as in:
Alas, now that his aglets had become
quite worn and frayed,
Andrew could no longer re-lace his trainers with
the absolute confidence of a sporting hero.
mermaid!
as in:
Mermaid is an organisation
that comes to the aid of distressed or unfortunate merms.
adder!
as in:
Some snakes are terrible adders,
but most snakes know how to multiply.
barnacle!
as in:
Barney spent hours every Wednesday evening,
trying to teach his pet barnacle tricks.
floaty!
as in:
... the aliens landed in their enormous spaceship; their mission?
To overrun the earth of course!As the spaceship door opened ominously, and everybody quaked in fear,
Elvira distinctly heard a floaty sort of bleep.
pedalo!
as in:
Has anyone seen my shiny new pedalo?
I am off to the beach and simply can't pedaloificate without it.
I am off to the beach and simply can't pedaloificate without it.
(One of the most absurd words in English is 'monosyllabic' - but it is a fine word, too. The most annoying unword ever might be 'wassum'.)
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