Monday 4 August 2008

Fun Monday - Word

Our Hostesses this week are Mothers of Brothers and this is their assignment:

Words are our building blocks, our stepping stones, and, for many of us, our salvation. We string them together so quickly at times, we often lose sight of how precious they are. So tell us about your favorite word… or if you can’t pick just one, tell us about a few. Are there certain words that feel good the way they roll of your tongue? Do some words make you feel smart? Or silly? Or happy? Which words do you find yourself selecting to put in your posts? Since this response could be a short one, feel free to poll your family and friends and include some of their favorite words as well. If you think a definition is required, please share one. Please keep the words rated G for all audiences. Any language is acceptable, but please provide a translation. And stick to real words as opposed to ones made up along the way. We then challenge everyone to visit the posts on Monday and try to use other bloggers’ favorite words in your blog next week. We can’t wait to expand our vocabulary!

I love words. Do you ever find yourself browsing a dictionary? You start by looking up a word and then another word catches your eye, then another, and on it goes. It's hard to narrow it down to one, so I won't. I love words that roll off the tongue, like

Ablution (
a washing of the hands, body, etc.), or Imbroglio (A difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement) or how about Rodomontade (vainglorious boasting or bragging; pretentious, blustering talk) - doesn't that just roll perfectly off the tongue? I just love long complicated words for simple actions. Fascinating!

I can't tell you my real favourite words because this post has to be G-rated but remember the opening scene of Four Weddings and a Funeral? That's me.

Now head over to Mothers of Brothers to see who else is participating this week.

I am hosting next week and your assignment will be up tomorrow.

23 comments:

  1. Ha you must have been eavesdropping in this house as 'ablutions' is a word my mother uses everyday! FWAAF is memorable!!

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  2. Those are fabulous words! I've never even heard the last one...great choices!

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  3. These are the best words!! I am going to use each of these this week somehow. Thanks for adding to my vocabulary.

    And yes -- I too like that word from 4 Weddings and a Funeral. We may have limited our bloggers in asking for G-rated (even though Jennifer and I are not G-rated - see post called When "C" is Not for cookie". So apologies to everyone who really love that word -- we are with you there!

    Thanks for sharing - and a sepcial thanks for hosting next week.

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  4. Imbroglio- I like that one! Alot in fact! :)

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  5. We always had "ablutions" before going to bed when I was little. Such a fantastic word, always reminds me of the feeling of dunking my face in the water in the sink.

    I have also found myself browsing the dictionary :) hurrah! I think my love of words comes from my dad who now makes his living from words (his own and other peoples') and has a zero tolerance to bad rhyme!

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  6. Those are grand words. I cannot remember ever using these words. I might stumble on the pronunciation of the last two words so I might stick to writing these words. I rather like vainglorious as well.

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  7. Simply marvelous ... I enjoyed all three, but since the 2nd and 3rd are new to me, I plan to make a point to add them to my vocabulary through use in the next few days. Alas, methinks I got lost in obsessively reflecting on wordz this morning ... and lost sight of the intent of this week's challenge.
    Hugs and blessings,

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  8. Never heard of Rodomontade, I'll make an effort to us it. Hmm. This was a challenging FM for me, since it had to be G-rated.

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  9. My mom was an avid crossword puzzler - thus, she knew so many words. Something to be said for a woman who's education ended at grade 8!

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  10. The imbroglio starts in my head by now with all these complicated words, lol ! (imbroglio is also an Italian word)

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  11. I had never heard any of your words so thanks for introducing me to them!

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  12. There's a restaurant here called Imbroglio. Tablecloths, candles, dark leather...perfect for intrigue.

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  13. great words..I love the last one, I have never heard of it before!!

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  14. Whoa...I have never heard any of those words before! I feel like I got an education!

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  15. Interesting words. I can not pronounce any of them,but that does not make them any less interesting.

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  16. I'm with you on ablutions--sounds quite religious or at the least ritualistic, doen't it?
    Oh, I just jumped the track and thought of Morph--will go back to earlier posts to see if you've done an update recrently.

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  17. All I can think of is the Four Weddings and a Funeral scene. Ha!

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  18. I love words that leave the tongue feeling used - my cousin came up with canteliever (darn - have I spelled that right? It doesn't look right). Rodomontade is a fantastic word!

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  19. The mention in your comments about Imbroglio being an Italian restaurant brings to mind an old haunt of mine - the Inn Cognito.

    Thank you.

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  20. You gave me some tongue twisters there! But I like them and hope I can incorporate them into my days. :)

    I had a little panic attack thinking I was late to sign up but silly me I am early. I wanna play, but I'll come by tomorrow too. :)

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  21. Faye, Morph has been on holiday for two weeks so I will do an update later this week for you! But he's doing fine!

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  22. I love words, their sounds, their origins & how they link between languages. I don't speak Irish, so end up trying to pronounce unfamiliar words & names using the Welsh alphabet & pronounciation & invariably get it wrong! I wonder who started words off: in Welsh a horseshoe is a pedol, in Romanes, it's petal; do they both come from pedal, of the foot? Did they develop separately, or did 1 culture introduce the word to the other? How come the Celtic languages are so different & yet share a common root? Why is the word for "3" similar in so many languages? Where did Basque, Hungarian & Finnish come from?

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  23. i once went to a church which called their bathrooms ablution rooms

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