Wondrous Words Wednesday
Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get creative! 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 handy Word-a-Day Calendar. I chose these words because they reminded me of other words.
1. osculate – “”I’ve been osculated by everyone in the building!” Kevin exclaimed, wiping his cheeks to remove the vestiges of kisses planted there on his graduation day.”
Osculate is rather obscure but it means to kiss.
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2. paronomasia – “Humorists claim that Harry Truman offered the delightful paronomasia “Missouri loves company” when he invited a friend to join him for dinner.”
It took me a while to get that one, but a paronomasia is a play on words: pun.
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3. flapdoodle – “And you ask me to devote a whole day to discussing that sort of flapdoodle with you.” —George Bernard Shaw, Collected Letters
What a fun word! Flapdoodle means nonsense.
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What words do you want to celebrate today?
I was way off on what I thought “osculate” meant. Great word. I wonder what Henry would say if I told him that I wanted to osculate him?
Happy 4th Kathy!! Hope you have some fun plans scheduled for today. Flapdoodle, will definitely add that to my vocabulary. Ocuslate…I guessed and thought it had to do with hearing…Wrong!! lol
Someone had posted flap doodle last week so I knew that one as well as oscillate. paronomasia is new and I really like it!
Flapdoodle I could guess because it’s such a funny word. The other two, not so easy.
Flapdoodle! I love it.
I like a lot flapdoodle ! It’s a “singing” word !
I love flapdoodle…looks like a lot of us do.
I love flapdoodle too. Never have seen it in a book.
I love the “Missouri loves company”!
I now <3 flapdoodle. Can I use it instead of sh*t? This is total flapdoodle. Oh flapdoodle I stubbed my toe.
I LOVE flapdoodle, and think that I need to use it more often! What I love about these posts is that it broadens my vocabulary and makes me more cognizant of using new words in conversations. Great post today!
Excellent words today, Kathy! This one is from my word-a-day calendar: petard. It means a case containing an explosive (to break down a door or gate); a firework that explodes with a loud report.
Have a safe and happy 4th!
Lol, osculate
LOL …flapdoodle is one of my favorite words!
I love to oscillate Lucy on the top of her head…and most of the time I love flapdoodling!
I’d rather have a snickerdoodle.
Flapdoodle… snickerdoodle
I have to use these now 
Flapdoodle is definitely my favorite out of those!
Only knew one — flapdoodle! Isn’t it the name of a kids’ clothing line too?
Great words. I love flapdoodle.
Hi Kathy,
I just realized this is last weeks but I love all these words. I especially like trumans missouri loves company pun!
I can certainly use flapdoodle somehow!!