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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

SEPTEMBER 2017 WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY


And here are the words for this week:
edacious
crucible
gauche
melee
inhere
fester  
                    and/or
bona fides
schadenfreude
chthonic
regimen
manumit
splenetic 

Please remember to blame Merriam-Webster and not me:-)

36 comments:

  1. When Mrs Brown moved next door to me, at no stage did she show me her credentials. If I had known that she was a bona fide psycho bitch from hell of course I would have known better than to indulge in a little gauche schadenfreude and laugh when she came off second best in a melee with my cat. Her wounds didn't even fester. Much.

    She was absolutely splenetic with rage and now because she is some kind of chthonic deity masquerading as a social worker I am condemned to this terrible regimen. Each and every day I must feed her edacious crucible with all the perfumes of Araby in an fruitless effort to conceal the sulphurous smells which follow her. I fear this situation will inhere till the end of time. Mrs Brown has told me that she will issue me with my manumit when and only when my cat apologises.

    I am doomed. Doomed I tell you.

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    1. Fantastic job of using these words EC. I could 'almost' figure out what most of them mean. Now I shall 'hie me to a dictionary' and see if I can come up with something.

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    2. Terrific, EC...well done!! :)

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    3. Wow, this is excellent EC. I'm going to struggle a bit, I know it already.

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    4. Excellent job E.C. I simply hope you did not come up with the "psycho bitch" Mrs. Brown because you were thinking of me:-) Actually I am pretty sure you were thinking of River's neighbor...Mister Psycho B.

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    5. Wow, just, wow!

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    6. Grannie Annie - you were not the psycho bitch this week. It is a role I fill fairly well myself.

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    7. Very well done EC!

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  2. All right, okay...here we go again!!

    "Many decades had passed since her ancestors had emancipated, but at times her insecurities took over, giving her no peace.

    No matter how hard she tried to hide her innermost feelings, she felt MANUMITted by ghosts of the past. It was if they’d all come back to haunt her, refusing to leave; refusing to be ignored.

    Like a heartless SCHADENFREUDE those faceless EDACIOUS phantoms gained pleasure feeding off her discomfort, her doubts; her uncertainties.

    Time had its own agenda it seemed. Like a CRUCIBLE of past centuries she wasn’t allowed to shake off the shackles. She felt hobbled by unknown forces.

    Her INHERE sensitivity was essential to who she was as a person. That would never change. Her nature was gentle, sincere in no way SPLENETIC. She could be pushed to the limits of her tolerance and many times she had been, but she never became spiteful or vindictive.

    Over the years, with a personal REGIMEN of learning about herself, discovering who she really was, piece by piece, BONA FIDES, authentic evidence began to sneak through, giving her the strength and faith to continue with her odyssey.

    It was of no concern, if in the past some of her forefathers were GAUCHE, lacking tact or grace. Everything is relative, and one person’s opinion does not a life or family make.

    If she allowed her thoughts to FESTER upon the bad, an out of control MELEE would begin to tear her apart, and she couldn’t afford to allow that to happen. Not now - not when she’d grown so close to learning all the secrets, discovering the answers and uncovering the mysteries.

    She was sick to death of the inner tug-of-war that had been an unwelcome visitor throughout her life. It had to stop.

    Like wailing banshees or CHTHONIC harradins those ghosts had tried to drag her down to the mire of their dark nether world...she would not let them win."

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    1. You did very well also Lee. I'm stacking every dictionary I own on my table right now. Thesaurus too.

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    2. Once again you have conquered the maze of unknown words Lee. Aren't your proud of yourself? I cannot participate myself for a day or two because I am out of town. Had to leave in case any of my blog friends were coming looking for me:-)

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    3. Well done, Lee!

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    4. Choppy waters of long and strange words but you swam through it and emerged on the other side. Good job.

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    5. It feels good to reach the safe shores doesn't it Lee.

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    6. It will feel good to reach the end of September,EC!! lol

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    7. Good job Lee.

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    8. Thanks, Jimmy. :)

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  3. Gosh darn it all, I completely forgot to look for one of these Merriam-Webster dictionaries.
    I'll see what I can do..

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  4. That damn Merriam-Webster dictionary just leapt into Annie's hands again...and randomly, without any help from her, opened it's pages!! :)

    We will get you for this, Annie. Blaming it all on the innocent dictionary that, even though, filled with words, can't speak for itself, is not a good look!

    Our memories are long! :)

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    1. I went online and ordered myself a copy, got the one with the thesaurus included. I should have it by the end of the month and probably won't need it until Annie's turn comes around again.

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  5. I seriously need dictionary here

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  6. Did you know there is a price on your head?

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  7. Sorry it took me so long......I had to make a Costco run with my daughter and then, well, it seemed like a good idea to have lunch out.


    Here goes:

    As Ally described to Grace the mess that was her garden a few short days ago Grace closed her eyes and was able to see in visions what had wreaked such havoc.
    "It was a splenetic, ehthonic demon. Given their inherent edacious eating habits it's a wonder anything was left at all in my lovely garden of herbs, cures and potion material.
    We can't let this evil fester above ground." she said firmly. "With a strict regimen of spells and a regular cleansing of garden, yard and house we should experience manumit from this demon. It will give me schaden freude to cook its evil goose."
    "We'll step into this evil melee Estelle but take care not to be gauche about this demons capabilities. Fire up the crucible dear. I'll go get grannies grimoire. This emergency takes precedence over anything else we may have on our plates."
    Estelle laughed with pure joy. "My first look at a bona fide witches' grimoire. I'm so excited."

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    1. As a gardening loon I love this. And long for a grimoire of my own.

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    2. By the looks of it you came up with a very good idea over lunch, Delores!

      This, too, is excellent. :)

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    3. I had faith you would pull it off Delores, and you did.

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    4. I knew you would come up with something good Delores and I'd like a grimoire too or at least a look at one.

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  8. Oh dear. I want to read the others, but will wait and see if I can do this!

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  9. I found this one easier, my story is on my blog Friday 22nd.

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  10. Alrighty everyone here is my offering for this week:

    My edacious brother in law once again filled his plate to capacity, and sat down facing the crucible of finishing his fifth plate. His recent gauche manner of caring for himself was in direct contrast with his previous bona fied family man persona.

    This change began when his overly strict regimen at home began to fester into the melee that resulted in his manumit from a longtime marriage.

    Everyone thought that his depression would lessen once he became involved with the younger woman now at his side, but she gave off a chthonic aura when she talked, and this was beginning to inhere into his demeanor as well. Her sense of schadenfreude was obvious in her satisfaction with his sudden lack of care for himself. All of this made absolutely no sense to his mother who had no problem bringing it up in a direct question to her son.

    His reply came in a splenetic outburst that quieted all conversation at the table. His new love sat back and smiled as he made his way into the kitchen for dessert.

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    1. Whoa...I don't like that broad at all. Not easy words this week but you pulled it together. Great job.

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    2. A classic case of the devil you know being better than the one you don't. He should have stayed with his wife it seems.
      This is great Jimmy.

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    3. A terrific use of the words, Jimmy!

      I had a brother-in-law once who ate like that! He was a glutton at buffet...and boy, I hate that!!! lol

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    4. Way to go Jimmy. I knew you could do it! Mine is up now also on Friday combined with Friday Funnies.

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    5. well done Jimmy, but I hope he suddenly sees the light and gets rid of the new 'love'.

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