Yep, this week's word of the week is ahsum. Some people 'round here make it more of an arsum.
Australians, by comparison, say awsum.
Most people will spell it awesome!
Showing posts with label word of the week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label word of the week. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Sunday, 26 August 2007
Word of the week
CRAWDAD!
Golly, I love crawdads almost as much as I love the word "cooty." Of course now I think about it, cooty probably has racist overtones. Ooops.
(that one is real fresh btw - his eye is clouded but he is actually alive and crawling on the bike path)
But CRAWDAD? Almost as good as yabby! And the self same sorta critter - a crustacean that lives in ponds and creeks. I play with the ones in the creek down the bottom of the hill several times a week.
At certain times of the month or maybe when the current is stronger, they like to all pile up in the bit where the creek comes through a big drainpipe under the bike path. I think they are feeding there. Anyway, there are lots of swirls and eddies, and every now and then (ie very often) one yabby gets caught in an eddy and goes around and around and around and around - hope they don't get dizzy! They often knock other crawdads off their safe perch too so five of them go around and around and around. Sorta like a merry go round for crawdads. Other times the current just picks them up and deposits this flailing critter about 3m downstream. Then they start crawling back to where the food is oh so good@
Golly, I love crawdads almost as much as I love the word "cooty." Of course now I think about it, cooty probably has racist overtones. Ooops.
(that one is real fresh btw - his eye is clouded but he is actually alive and crawling on the bike path)
But CRAWDAD? Almost as good as yabby! And the self same sorta critter - a crustacean that lives in ponds and creeks. I play with the ones in the creek down the bottom of the hill several times a week.
At certain times of the month or maybe when the current is stronger, they like to all pile up in the bit where the creek comes through a big drainpipe under the bike path. I think they are feeding there. Anyway, there are lots of swirls and eddies, and every now and then (ie very often) one yabby gets caught in an eddy and goes around and around and around and around - hope they don't get dizzy! They often knock other crawdads off their safe perch too so five of them go around and around and around. Sorta like a merry go round for crawdads. Other times the current just picks them up and deposits this flailing critter about 3m downstream. Then they start crawling back to where the food is oh so good@
Friday, 17 August 2007
Word of the Week
Cooties.
Man I love that word! Cooties! Every time I go into a thrift store now I worry about cooties! Of course anything that I bring home that has not been washed or obviously needs to be washed/cleaned gets washed/cleaned so hopefully I'll only have my own cooties and not anyone else's.*
My other current favourite word will have to wait until next week, when it can be Word of the Week.
(*I can't believe that they sell underwear - knickers, bras, jocks, socks - and even worse USED makeup !!!! at some thrift stores. Like who wants some nice cold sore ointment, aka used lipstick? Ick! But I still shop there for good things like sweaters to pull apart and the odd tshirt. I'm getting a good collection of tie-dye tshirts now :-)
Man I love that word! Cooties! Every time I go into a thrift store now I worry about cooties! Of course anything that I bring home that has not been washed or obviously needs to be washed/cleaned gets washed/cleaned so hopefully I'll only have my own cooties and not anyone else's.*
My other current favourite word will have to wait until next week, when it can be Word of the Week.
(*I can't believe that they sell underwear - knickers, bras, jocks, socks - and even worse USED makeup !!!! at some thrift stores. Like who wants some nice cold sore ointment, aka used lipstick? Ick! But I still shop there for good things like sweaters to pull apart and the odd tshirt. I'm getting a good collection of tie-dye tshirts now :-)
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