My favorite word in the dictionary--I don't know them ALL, but I know more than the average gumball--is flibbertigibbety. (Middle English, 15th century, from flepergebet, according to Webster). It's the adjective form of that crazy noun flibbertigibbet: "a silly, flighty person." So, whenever you're in goofball mode, you can dazzle your friends by saying, "Man, am I ever feeling flibbertigibbety today!" or if your friends are annoying you, get their attention with, "Quit being so flibbertigibbety!" This word also works as a great substitute for profanity, as in, "That flibbertigibbety toilet has backed up again!" -or- "Oh, flibbertigibbet! I just spilled a gallon of paint all over the cat!" Try out this word on someone today and you're guaranteed to make him or her think you've lost your flibbertigibben' mind--or just gone plain flibbertigibbety. Hooray for words!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
WORD FOR THE DAY
My favorite word in the dictionary--I don't know them ALL, but I know more than the average gumball--is flibbertigibbety. (Middle English, 15th century, from flepergebet, according to Webster). It's the adjective form of that crazy noun flibbertigibbet: "a silly, flighty person." So, whenever you're in goofball mode, you can dazzle your friends by saying, "Man, am I ever feeling flibbertigibbety today!" or if your friends are annoying you, get their attention with, "Quit being so flibbertigibbety!" This word also works as a great substitute for profanity, as in, "That flibbertigibbety toilet has backed up again!" -or- "Oh, flibbertigibbet! I just spilled a gallon of paint all over the cat!" Try out this word on someone today and you're guaranteed to make him or her think you've lost your flibbertigibben' mind--or just gone plain flibbertigibbety. Hooray for words!!
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LOL I have used that word before. I love it too!
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