Word nerd

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I love words. I love them, I love them, I love them!!! I love learning new words, and incorporating them into every day language; I read the dictionary more than the Bible. I don’t recommend that to any of you… but it helps during Scrabble, which, by the way, is one of the few possessions I have left after The Great Purge.

So now, a couple of tidbits of joy, straight from me to you…

My latest favorite words:
falter
aplomb
prowess
pilgrim
ameliorate

The world’s greatest palindrome:
Go hang a salami, I’m a lasagna hog.

And very appropriate for today:
triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun:
A morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th.

Happy weekend!

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3 Comments

  1. mom on July 13, 2007 at 10:10 PM

    I went to a funeral today where the pastor who did the sermon explained that whole phobia of Friday the 13th. How timely of you to raise it to my attention again.

  2. Jordan Dawn on July 14, 2007 at 9:34 AM

    Ha ha! I love to read the dictionary, too! People always laugh, but now I try to justify it by saying that it is “professional development.” I’m glad to know there are others out there!

  3. Sarah Kate on July 16, 2007 at 4:43 PM

    THat was sooooo the word of the day on http://www.dictionary.com.

    Ok, so I rarely look at the dictionary (although I’m more inclined to now after reading your blog) but the one time I did was last Friday and I remember that was the word of the day.

    Wow.

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