Saturday, March 21, 2009

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

What marvy words! And the poem is full of them. Take for instance: gyre, gimble, mimsy, frumious, uffish, whiffling, burbled, snicker-snack, and galumphing. It is all jabberwocky, of course, (meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber), but I love saying them outloud! Though the "real" words in the dictionary are not all quite so fun to say, I do keep a list of some of my favorites and thought I might share a few.
  • blather: foolish talk; non-sense, and in conjunction with that, a blatherskite: one who blathers; a blustering person who talks much and says little.
  • haberdasher: a dealer in the things men wear, such as hats, ties, shirts, and socks
  • kooky or kookie: odd or silly; quaint, whimsical; crazy
  • The "J" section of the dictionary has some fabulous descriptive words if you are having a good day. Take for example, jaunty, jocund, jollify, jovial, jubilant.
  • Here are two "G" words that have distinctively different definitions by changing just a few letters, a fun juxtaposition--glutinous: like glue; sticky; viscid and gluttonous: greedy about food; having the habit of eating too much.
  • perspicacious: keen in observing and understanding; discerning, shrewd, acute.
  • whigmaleery: a fantastic notion; whim

1 comments:

Jane said...

LOVE 'perspicacious'! What a lovely vocabulary you have.