words Impermanence To what end are the words that I write, if they fade away into the night? Everyone hates a "404" message when they click on a dead link. The technology does not yet address this automatically, so your poor blogger is left with doing
words Flumpet, Werdrobe Flumpet: a combination flugelhorn and trumpet. Werdrobe: badger excrement (OK, let us go there).
words Heldeguilar, Spitchcock Heldeguilar (sp?): topsy-turvy (of Scottish derivation). Spitchock: To split an eel length-wise in order to cook it.
words Dibble, Poonch Dibble: a garden tool for planting seed or bulbs. Poonch: a kind of catfish from India.
words Feijoa, Thamuatrope Feijoa: a fruit from Southern Brazil. Thaumatrope: a card on a string with partial images on each side of the card that is spun to produce an image.
words Peenge, Threap, Thruel Peenge: to whine and complain. Threap: to scold, chide, contradict. Thruel: a three-way duel.
words Frisket, Gulph Frisket: a material that protect an area of an art work from change, like masking tape. Gulph: a diminutive person.
words Verbomania Verbomania [1] has an interesting collection of non-english and border-line english words. permalink ↩︎
words jimp, sprag jimp: slender and trim, neat sprag: a simple brake, a junk of wood used to stop a parked vehicle from rolling (Hey! I knew this one from mechanical engineering!)
words Words from SAYS YOU! I have listened for years to SAYS YOU! Even the reruns are entertaining. I hope that they can keep making shows. Here are some words from the show that I have written down over the years. abacot: an early crown, no longer worn by