My Husband "Subvet" says that when our first son "Sonshine" was born the sun rose on our world, when our second son "Gator" was born the sun laughed and when our daughter "Sugars" was born all the flowers bloomed. That says it all.

"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain."
Anonymous

Your mind is the garden, your
thoughts are the seeds, the harvest can either be flowers or weeds. — William
Wordsworth

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Thesaurus Thursday 2010 #2

If you're new to Thesaurus Thursday, the T-T scoop can be found here.
Please take a second or two to get the scoop before the game begins!

Are you ready to exercise your BRAIN and your FUNNY BONE at the same time??


Our words for last week were:
heu·cher·a   /ˈhyukərə/ Show Spelled [hyoo-ker-uh] - –noun
any of various North American plants belonging to the genus Heuchera, of the saxifrage family, having clusters of small, cup-shaped flowers, esp. the alumroots.






queachy - Queach"y\, a. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. "The queachy fens." "Godwin's queachy sands." --Drayton.


And the winners of our two HIGHLY VALUED AND SUPER FABULOUS prizes:

No Smarty Pants winners this week!


Silly Goose Winners are:

Molly said...
heuchera - expletive uttered by Chihuahuas and various other small breeds of dogs

Roger said...
Queachy - The noise that emanates from a thirteen-year old girl that has a large spider/mouse/rat/fuzz ball dropped on her lap unexpectedly. Has also happened to forty-plus year old men on occasion.

Congratulations to our Winners!!!


Now, for next week, see what you can do with these words:

chebec

cheddite




Remember, you can enter as many comments for each word as you like!

I'll post the REAL definitions and the winners next Thursday along with new words to play with. So tune in NEXT THURSDAY to see if you won!!

6 comments:

Liz said...

What a fun game! I know this is cheating, but "The Thinker's Thesaurus" would help a lot in this game. This is a great reference guide for anyone who loves words and loves vocabulary. You don't get the standard synonyms, but more unusual ones (and real ones, too), used in context as well. Plus, most entries have a "clarifier" so you get the most spot-on word, instead of one that's just "pretty close." And it's entertaining to boot!

By the way, I love the fabric outlines/borders/whatever on your blog. It's just beautiful.

MightyMom said...

This is the second comment in two weeks that has included a commercial for the Thinker's Thesaurus.

All future such commercials will be deleted outright, good guess or not.

Lori said...

chebec--Chewbacca's younger brother or sister, you can't tell underneath all that fur

cheddite---a religious group similar to Hutterites and Mennonites. They worship cheddar cheese, wear cheese hats, eat cheese curds, and carry a cheese slicer at all time. They milk goats to make and sell cheese.

Rita Loca said...

chebec ~ the left over spittle from a chaw of tobacco.]

cheddite ~ A new low calorie cheese ! cheddar lite!
Also an archaic term for the not so well know Jeddi Knights who are direct descendants of Chewbaca

A Bit of the Blarney said...

Cheddite is a member of the Ched Clan located on the island of chebec.

Chebec is an island recently discovered and located in the Arctic Ocean after the volcanuc eruptions in Iceland.

Again!!! Fun,fun,fun!!! Cathy

Roger Miller said...

Chebec - a liberal version of Glen Beck, he's all the rage in the jungle.

Cheddite - the residue left on your fingers after eating a bag of cheese puffs.

Ta Da!