DOLDRUMS

And other fantastic words. (Short blog here (I know, everyone heave a sigh of relief.) By the way, I never mean to be long-winded but I find it hard to stop once I start going. I love words. I’d like to eat them. They’d be nothing like that canned alphabet pasta in its thin faux tomato sauce; they’d be rich and toothsome and there’d be layers of flavor and spices scenting each delectable mouthful and sometimes they’d sting your palate. So anyway I thought I’d mention a few of my favorite words and invite you to do the same.In the English language I’d include the following for the tantalizing way they trip off the tongue. Some of them are onomatopoeic (they sound like what they mean) and others are evocative- they whisper their meaning ever so softly.

The aforementioned DOLDRUMS

CRACKLE

WINCE

CLOTTED

LUSCIOUS

PIMPLE

ELLIPSE

INCISOR

RUBBISH

JUICY

IMBIBE

WHISKER

ERUDITE

WAGGISH

NINCOMPOOP

RASCAL

And in FRENCH I love the words:

CAUCHEMAR (which means nightmare) PAMPLEMOUSSE (grapefruit)

And CRAPAUD (toad- Because face it, a toad sort of looks like a big pile of…¦)

All ITALIAN words sound fascinating and romantic but I’m particularly fond of:SCOREGGIO (flatulence)

LUCE(light) PASSEGIATA( a walk)

And MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO (a very nice wine)

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