tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post9207927071598676918..comments2023-11-03T05:59:43.804-07:00Comments on A Bloomsbury Life: Have Words, Will TravelLisa Borgnes Giramontihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-70930600710274295632012-12-28T14:33:43.918-08:002012-12-28T14:33:43.918-08:00Success is much funner to say than read.Success is much funner to say than read.Coulda shoulda wouldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507021618497645667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-75787556098809851402012-11-04T21:49:39.134-08:002012-11-04T21:49:39.134-08:00authenticauthenticCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872899189875117518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-57171025554992023662012-11-01T07:48:00.997-07:002012-11-01T07:48:00.997-07:00Armoir.
Samarkand.
Portico.
Reverie.Armoir.<br /><br />Samarkand.<br /><br />Portico.<br /><br />Reverie.Sarah Faragherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549704219837574185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-76333462209442815622012-10-29T11:56:47.260-07:002012-10-29T11:56:47.260-07:00Dossier
Intertwined
Heard these recently and reme...Dossier<br />Intertwined<br /><br />Heard these recently and remembered this post.Camille Fariashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922296615021486374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-47755196050371268832012-10-29T10:23:54.733-07:002012-10-29T10:23:54.733-07:00zigzag
(because z and g are my favorite letters)
...zigzag <br />(because z and g are my favorite letters)<br /><br />calamity <br />(it sounds to happy to be such a disaster)<br /><br />scarce <br />(sounds so bare, simple and sexy)<br /><br />cringe <br />(it tastes bitter on the tongue when you say it)Chimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465508285894145718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-6696703772606007322012-10-29T05:54:47.702-07:002012-10-29T05:54:47.702-07:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224582/Ne...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2224582/New-book-built-working-days-reveals-host-absurd-evocative-English-words.html<br /><br />Fun article launching The Horologicon by Mark Forsyth in the Daily Mail lends itself to your post...<br /><br />KeyCottageMichiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12320642377967168913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-81485759400090605052012-10-27T11:18:29.364-07:002012-10-27T11:18:29.364-07:00BustlusciousBustlusciousJudyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448320253904832677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-22292558299980974562012-10-25T18:21:26.455-07:002012-10-25T18:21:26.455-07:00ballyhoo
crust
onomatopoeia
weft
feignballyhoo<br /><br />crust<br /><br />onomatopoeia<br /><br />weft<br /><br />feigncatiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05412547492361746048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-58863996988066699152012-10-25T06:28:40.878-07:002012-10-25T06:28:40.878-07:00Svelte (something I certainly am not, ha!)
Arabesq...Svelte (something I certainly am not, ha!)<br />Arabesque<br />Café au lait<br />illuminate<br />bruschetta<br />bibliotheque<br />liaison<br />pheasant<br />audubon<br />illustriousKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532243557319396805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-56648325219748447872012-10-21T18:31:05.082-07:002012-10-21T18:31:05.082-07:00happenstance
Godspeed
Oh, how I love reading thes...happenstance<br />Godspeed<br /><br />Oh, how I love reading these!! Great post! Thnak you...sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02321200669390606299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-5118677270578016772012-10-18T06:34:54.897-07:002012-10-18T06:34:54.897-07:00Indigo.Indigo.Martha J Mountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644640188726041783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-87856271131631325432012-10-17T15:29:21.224-07:002012-10-17T15:29:21.224-07:00This list would be a swell embroidery in your styl...This list would be a swell embroidery in your style. I have thought of doing my female ancestors mother to daughter.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926160565295786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-47915778466342994542012-10-17T05:54:06.136-07:002012-10-17T05:54:06.136-07:00What a fantastic list of words! One of my fave wor...What a fantastic list of words! One of my fave word lately is dowager (I've been catching up on past episodes of Downton Abbey). I love the way it gives dignity to what some would see as an irrelevant old lady who just happens to have a title.Lola Zabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351138675431663878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-17933590298363428642012-10-16T14:44:39.618-07:002012-10-16T14:44:39.618-07:00SimpaticoSimpaticoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17904403099488668185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-10175031852933616322012-10-14T22:09:07.810-07:002012-10-14T22:09:07.810-07:00Lollobrigidian is GENIUS!Lollobrigidian is GENIUS!Lisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-73282849485919132812012-10-14T19:04:16.244-07:002012-10-14T19:04:16.244-07:00Lollobrigidian.
An Italian dictionary contains th...Lollobrigidian.<br /><br />An Italian dictionary contains the word Lollobrigidian. It's inspired by curvacious actress Gina Lollobrigida. It means a rolling landscape with prominent hills.Karen Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907709262786866418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-1297804884627373122012-10-14T04:50:38.438-07:002012-10-14T04:50:38.438-07:00VerdigrisVerdigrisdebbie baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479699000203333679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-32771136006843951242012-10-13T14:50:10.372-07:002012-10-13T14:50:10.372-07:00Oh, how I love words...
hypnagogic
syzygy
catafalq...Oh, how I love words...<br />hypnagogic<br />syzygy<br />catafalque<br />labradorescenceJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13060330705058489120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-89714811474318983162012-10-13T14:46:55.906-07:002012-10-13T14:46:55.906-07:00Tuberose
Penultimate
Louche
Tuberose<br />Penultimate<br />Louche<br /><br />janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08965565793037354965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-89025247445001414342012-10-13T03:49:33.355-07:002012-10-13T03:49:33.355-07:00Constantinople
alabaster
kaleidoscopeConstantinople<br />alabaster<br />kaleidoscopeWendyMcLeodMacKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830981147524921562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-10702893801178309332012-10-12T10:31:53.058-07:002012-10-12T10:31:53.058-07:00HappenstanceHappenstancecolonygalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158410234506744254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-91530873685587879752012-10-12T06:08:13.355-07:002012-10-12T06:08:13.355-07:00Chatoyant...you need chatoyant in your list Lisa. ...Chatoyant...you need chatoyant in your list Lisa. From old Peter Chayney novels where the beautiful woman has chatoyant eyes. Changeable colour like the surface of a soap bubble. Veronica Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288280932510764014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-43598124241054964782012-10-11T16:32:04.010-07:002012-10-11T16:32:04.010-07:00Susurrus. Unspool. Interstice. Strumpet. Delique...Susurrus. Unspool. Interstice. Strumpet. Deliquesce. <br /><br />Bion said such words have penumbra. Which, of course, is another such word.<br /><br />pimpmybricks.wordpress.comPP@pimpmybricks.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577065458576859725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-17887094755906681712012-10-11T12:10:05.307-07:002012-10-11T12:10:05.307-07:00crenellated
effluvium
visceral
epiphanycrenellated<br />effluvium<br />visceral<br />epiphanyKimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07998895203361439917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117194181116669144.post-81657926382449501482012-10-11T06:58:10.878-07:002012-10-11T06:58:10.878-07:00Alchemy!Alchemy!Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.com