these are of course not my words
I didn't make them up
I wish I had
I only read them in a book
and thought they were interesting and worth posting about
I totally enjoyed doing phonics with the kids when the workbook went over kle, ckle, le words.......chuckle, kettle, giggle, fiddle, fizzle.......you know, the FUN words
Hope you enjoy these:
THE WORD MUSEUM
jeffrey kacirk
aflunters: in a state of disorder-her hair was all aflunters!
allemang: mixed together-as in two flocks of sheep driven together
anywhen: at any time
antipodes: people who live on the other side of the earth to us....going with their feet directly against ours
begrumpled: displeased
brizzle: to scorch near burning
bruffed: thickly clothed
bruzzle: to make a great a-do or stir
burdalone: the last child in the family, the lonely bird
causey-webs: to neglect one's work
chatter-broth: tea (I love this one)
crizzles: the rough sunburnt places on the face and hands
dansey-headed: giddy, thoughtless
davering: riding or walking in a dazed condition
duffifie: to lay a bottle on its side for some time after the contents have been poured out....to completely drain off the few remaining drops
egg-wife-trot: an easy jog, the speed a farmer's wife might carry her eggs to market
faffle: said of work which occupies much time, the results not being worth the time expended on it
falling weather: rain, snow, hail
feff: a bad smell
fillemot: a colour like that of a faded leaf
flothery: slovenly but attempting to be fine and showy
flurch: a great many: a flurch of strawberries
flurn: to show contempt by looks
fratchy: quarrelsome
frippery: a shop where old clothes are sold ( smile)
gazooly: to be constantly uttering laments
gloppened: surprised
glunch: to frown
gowl: to weep in anger more than sorrow
motch: to eat little, slowly, quietly, secretly
neeze: to go in search of a bird nest
ninny-broth: name for coffee
noggle: to walk awkwardly
pack and penny day: the last day of a fair when bargains are sold
pantler: a servant in a great household that attends to the bread
poeteeze: to write poetry
prunk: proud, vain, saucy
quanked: overpowered by fatigue
queen's weather: a find day for a queen to appear in public
quop: throb with pain
ramfeezled: to exhaust oneself with work, to wear oneself out
roozles: the miserables
ruly: obedient
spawnwhengle: to shake or knock about violently
spuddle: to go about a trifling business as if it were a matter of grave importance
tazzled: a rough untidy head of hair
thenadays: in those days; in times past
thrunched: very angry and displeased
thunderstone: a stone fabulously supposed to be emitted by thunder
thwankin: used of clouds, mingling in thick and gloomy succession
trilemma: any choice between three alternatives
trinkle: to eavesdrop
twee: to be in a twee is to be overcome with fear
ugsumness: terribleness
unky: lonesome
wallopy: loose-limbed
wooze: marshy ground
wring: a deep line in the face
wuzzle: to mingle
yaffle: to talk indistinctly
yeepsen: as much of anything as can be taken up in both hands together
ziff: a beard
zowerswopped: ill-tempered
Now, after enjoying these words, if you comment, you must use ONE of them in the comment.
just don't yaffle
and I'm glad you came to wuzzle
it will cause a trilemma, but you must choose
don't glunch or run off to a frippery before you comment
just do it anywhen
I didn't make them up
I wish I had
I only read them in a book
and thought they were interesting and worth posting about
I totally enjoyed doing phonics with the kids when the workbook went over kle, ckle, le words.......chuckle, kettle, giggle, fiddle, fizzle.......you know, the FUN words
Hope you enjoy these:
THE WORD MUSEUM
jeffrey kacirk
aflunters: in a state of disorder-her hair was all aflunters!
allemang: mixed together-as in two flocks of sheep driven together
anywhen: at any time
antipodes: people who live on the other side of the earth to us....going with their feet directly against ours
begrumpled: displeased
brizzle: to scorch near burning
bruffed: thickly clothed
bruzzle: to make a great a-do or stir
burdalone: the last child in the family, the lonely bird
causey-webs: to neglect one's work
chatter-broth: tea (I love this one)
crizzles: the rough sunburnt places on the face and hands
dansey-headed: giddy, thoughtless
davering: riding or walking in a dazed condition
duffifie: to lay a bottle on its side for some time after the contents have been poured out....to completely drain off the few remaining drops
egg-wife-trot: an easy jog, the speed a farmer's wife might carry her eggs to market
faffle: said of work which occupies much time, the results not being worth the time expended on it
falling weather: rain, snow, hail
feff: a bad smell
fillemot: a colour like that of a faded leaf
flothery: slovenly but attempting to be fine and showy
flurch: a great many: a flurch of strawberries
flurn: to show contempt by looks
fratchy: quarrelsome
frippery: a shop where old clothes are sold ( smile)
gazooly: to be constantly uttering laments
gloppened: surprised
glunch: to frown
gowl: to weep in anger more than sorrow
motch: to eat little, slowly, quietly, secretly
neeze: to go in search of a bird nest
ninny-broth: name for coffee
noggle: to walk awkwardly
pack and penny day: the last day of a fair when bargains are sold
pantler: a servant in a great household that attends to the bread
poeteeze: to write poetry
prunk: proud, vain, saucy
quanked: overpowered by fatigue
queen's weather: a find day for a queen to appear in public
quop: throb with pain
ramfeezled: to exhaust oneself with work, to wear oneself out
roozles: the miserables
ruly: obedient
spawnwhengle: to shake or knock about violently
spuddle: to go about a trifling business as if it were a matter of grave importance
tazzled: a rough untidy head of hair
thenadays: in those days; in times past
thrunched: very angry and displeased
thunderstone: a stone fabulously supposed to be emitted by thunder
thwankin: used of clouds, mingling in thick and gloomy succession
trilemma: any choice between three alternatives
trinkle: to eavesdrop
twee: to be in a twee is to be overcome with fear
ugsumness: terribleness
unky: lonesome
wallopy: loose-limbed
wooze: marshy ground
wring: a deep line in the face
wuzzle: to mingle
yaffle: to talk indistinctly
yeepsen: as much of anything as can be taken up in both hands together
ziff: a beard
zowerswopped: ill-tempered
Now, after enjoying these words, if you comment, you must use ONE of them in the comment.
just don't yaffle
and I'm glad you came to wuzzle
it will cause a trilemma, but you must choose
don't glunch or run off to a frippery before you comment
just do it anywhen
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