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| Words that describe rainbows: beautiful, amazing, unbelievable... |
so many that there has never been an English dictionary big enough to contain all of these words...
As if this weren't enough...new words develop daily....for example: 10 years ago had you heard the words:
emoticon?
blogging?
ring tone?
texting?
instant message?
twitter?
skype?
....most likely...no.
did you know that the longest word in the English dictionary has 30 letters?
yup-pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.... want to know what it means???
me too...
I read and reread the definition and all I can discern is that it is some kind of disorder?...
Want to know the shortest words in the English dictionary?
they are a, and I.
Ok Ok quit hounding me...I'll tell you ! The word (in the dictionary) that has the MOST vowels?...
euouae
( it is a mnemonic device used in medieval music to denote a sequence of tones.)-but you knew that... LOL
and I can't tell you the word with the most vowels without telling you the word with the most
consonants...
it's: twyndyllyngs- (a word of Welsh origin meaning "twins".) as in...
"God never blessed ME with twyndyllyngs, he knew I was doing well to handle them one at a time"... ha.
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| (meet one of my "one at a times...") LOL |
It is comforting to me to know that if I need a word to describe something, there are 200,000 (plus) for me
to choose from.
This being said...I, at times feel that there are words that are missing from this: beautiful, unique, vast, expansive, extensive, ubiquitous, impressive, unbelievable, implausible, improbable, excellent, superb, tremendous, prodigious, phenomenal, astonishing, and extraordinary language...
Here are just a few examples:
First example...what is the word for that thing that no one (including you) can see...you know the one...that thing that trips you... (not so you fall but just enough for you to do that embarrassing staggering run...those big clomping steps that keep you upright...but SMOTHER your pride...) - so you turn and glare at the pavement so that anyone that witnessed this thinks, " Oh that poor person MUST have tripped over a carelessly placed boulder!" rather then..."Geez-what a clut-zo!" ....yeah, that invisible thing...what is that called? hmmmmmm......
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| "What in the world did I trip on? It felt like a carelessly placed boulder!" |
Example #2-What do you call it when you stand up way too fast... OR after you have been standing on your head for a really long time (you know like you did last night) you see all these little flashy lightening buggy things...what the heck do you call those little flashy things anyway.......???
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| (I should spend less time standing on my head...oh the floaties!!! ) |
Finally, example #3-What do you call it when you speak too fast (and this generally ONLY happens when you are speaking to someone like: your boss, or the president of the United States...ha) You know when you are trying to say something like...mini-van but you say vini-man....or...you try to say ...Fruit Loops but you accidentally say: loot froops... -OR- even worse!--- you try to say something like: fancy heart and ....(gulp) ....yeah well...What is that called???
(I just HATE it when I do that...)
To sum it up...the babies have it ALL figured out...smile when your happy...scream when you're not...
enough said... : )
(Who needs 200,000 words when you have smile or scream???) : )
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| ( I just love it when she screams- then I tell mama..." I DIDN'T DO IT!") |
