Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post and come back and add your link to Mr. Linky! All of my words this week come from my Word-a-Day calendar. I picked these words because I think they’re all fun to say.
1. williwaw – “All the new crew members had heard stories of ships capsized by the williwaws that plagued the strait.”
In this case, a williwaw is a sudden violent gust of cold land air common along mountainous coasts of high latitudes. It can also mean a violent commotion, and I think I can use it with that meaning.
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2. skimble-skamble – “Halfway through the Broadway show I decided that I should stop trying to keep up with the skimble-skamble plot and just enjoy the musical performances.”
Skimble-skamble means rambling and confused: senseless.
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3. callithump – “The town has enlisted one of Hollywood’s most famous leading men to serve as grand marshal for this year’s Memorial Day callithump.”
A callithump is a noisy boisterous band or parade.
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Have you come across any new words lately?
These three sound… funny to say! But I don’t think I’ll be using any of them soon
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I think I could figure those out with the context of the sentence but I’m not sure I would have known their meanings otherwise.
Great words. I don’t think I’ve come across them yet.
Never heard any of these but I really like williwaw.
These words are hilarious! How fun!
All of these sound like made up words, but I can see that they are real! Very creative choice today! I love these words!
Those are totally fun words!
I love your words this week! they are such fun words! Did not post this week but am visiting those who did! Have a great rest of the week.
Funny words ! I like them ! Thanks.
The only one familiar to me is the first, and they are all fun to say.
I’ve been at many callithumps lol.
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I like your three new words. They are fun and ones I think could be used in normal conversation, especiallly skimble-skamble.
These are fantastic words, Kathy! Totally fun!
I’ve heard callithump before but I don’t think I could have tols you what it meant out of context. My favorite is williwaw but I like skimble-skamble,too..it sounds like its meaning! I wonder if scramble came before or after this word and either one infuenced the other. Hhhmmm
I finally remembered, after several weeks of forgetting, to list some words I’ve come across in my reading and posted them on my blog!
I love the way those sound! Great words.
HA! The word williwaw made me laugh!
Even though I live at sea level, I swear the williwaw attacks me on my afternoon walk!
Lol, good ones
What fun words!! I might have to change my favorite word(s) from sippy cup to any/all of those!
Kathy, you find the best words for this meme! All new to me this week….
These are my favorite words so far…I need to work them into my conversations…williwaw…I love it…
callithump sounds like what it is:) and all three are fun words! and new words..
Hi Kathy,
All three of your words made me smile. They all suit the context in which they are used, but I can’t imagine myself ever managing to drop one of them casually into the conversation!!
It seems that all the words can be traced back to British origins … now why doesn’t that surprise me? Only we Brits could call a violent gust of wind a ‘Williwaw’!
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All of these words are SO fun to say!!! Think Williwaw is my favorite, though.
Wow. What 3 wondrous sounding words you found. I do love skimble-skamble. Callithump made me think of eckythump and I always like that!