Holy Cow, Wow,
It's Thursday again. Where did the week go??
OK, firstly (is that a word??) I need to let you folk know that I am once again becoming a lurker. Yes, I've been by all your places but I'm trying to pare down the amount of time I'm sitting in front of this silly machine so I'm not leaving comments. There are a couple of reasons for this, 1-I feel like a poop-cicle. Got a lot of congestion and a bad headache, been this way for a couple of days now. 2-I'm still trying desperately to finish Gator-boy's quilt. I have exactly 1 week left..... 3-For some reason my husband actually expects me to do the laundry...and fold the laundry...and put it away....hard to do while sitting in front of a screen all night.
OK, on to today's words. I don't remember exactly who, but someone asked for country/language of origin and pronouciation guide. I don't know how to access the phonetic symbols or I'd give the pronounciation guide...if someone can tell me how??
kapok
Javanese (or Malay of Java and Sumatra)
pretermit
Latin -- praetermittere
have fun making up silly definitions...maybe I'll pick a winning entry this week.....
4 comments:
Kapok...I was driving down the road and "kapok"my tire went flat.
Sudden event that causes the person to say 'kapok' repeatedly!(or from now on as the work has a fun feel to the tongue when saying it!)
Feel Better...poopcicle!!(now that's a word I can define)
I will only guess on this one as I want others to have a fighting chance(cause I am right on~not)
Kapok - Singular of kapoks: an especially virulent strain of a common childhood malady. Usage: My kids all had the chicken kapoks.
Pretermit - Pre (before) termit: A time in prehistory before termites existed. Usage: In pretermit times nobody had to worry about a pest control bill.
All righty, how'd I do?? ;D
Hugs,
Diane
"Kapuk" - Japanese version of cowpoke!
"Pretermit" - how the boss treats you before handing you your pink slip
Probably not even close but what the hey, thought I'd give it a shot at least!
kapok--isn't that some kind of foam or filling, like batting?
Pretermit--the fine tremors experienced before a term paper is due?
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