Yesterday, due to a miscalculation, aberration, inaccuracy, erratum, or whatever word you want to call it, I posted the wrong compendium of diurnal commemorations, including Big Word Day.
Please accept my unfeigned and ingenuous atonement for that happenchance.
Do you see any capacious or humongous words in my images for the bona fide Big Word Day?
The Daily Bitch seems rather lugubrious on Big Word Day.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “Big Word Day.”
I’m looking forward to every small, medium, and big word people choose to share in the comments section, below.
Thanks, gratitude, and appreciativeness for all who help me find my words in this daily blog, including YOU!
It’s supposed to hit 86 here today, Ann, and George Two and I have a little driving trip planned to view some of the area’s interesting sights.
I hope your big plans went well with those big numbers, Mark!
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious once earned me the epithet “smug git”
Using big words isn’t smug, Derrick. What git said that?
A grandfather on a bus who was struggling to tell his grandson
those are some humungus words!
xo
Big words are fun! 💕
More bats! I’ve never heard of a yellow bat. Yesterday though I saw a yellow flower that looked like a daffodil until I got very close and saw it was actually a yellow tulip. It did a very good impression of a daffodil. Also, I wonder if the Queen’s (actual) birthday is a date of note any more, now that UK has a King. Apparently Charles will celebrate the official birthday in June as usual.
I appreciate all your words, Debbie.
Ann, I don’t think that “whore” is a French word or that in any language it means those things. But I wonder how long it will be before the internet makes it so?
The brings to mind a wonderful children’s book, a junior novel, called Frindle. One of my favorites. It’s about a child who questions why a particular word has to be the word for something, and decides to call a pen a frindle. Years later it’s entered into the dictionary. It’s a wonderful story.
less is more.
Thank you for your wonderful stories.
I was once accused of consciously using big words in order to “sound smart.” It had never occurred to me that my listeners thought I was consciously showing off, since I was using language that felt native to me and therefore native to all other adults in the US. And the idea of using simpler language to express myself, as in, “I’d better put it this way so they won’t think I’m showing off,” felt wrong. Felt as if I would be treating grown people like children. The result was that I stopped trying to give my opinion as often.
I feel sad that one accusation caused you to change your behavior. I hope you feel free to use all the words you want, big and small.
That was a long time ago, in a special situation that I won’t go into right now. But I do try to use all my words these days, even if I sometimes need Google to help me remember them. 🙂
“Crepuscular” is one of my favorite words, along with “sesquipidalian”, which has the advantage of describing itself. But I have to add “Pirandellian” to my list of favorite words: five syllables in search of a definition.
Thanks for all the words you use, Chris!
Well considering it’s Friday I’ll choose the simple word” whore” which gave me a chuckle. All in good fun, of course. Have a nice week-end, Ann
Thanks for reading my words!
I also feel less is more although big words account for the nuances of language.
Thanks for all the nuances you bring, Maria.