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Words of the Day No. 4

Note: I will be away today watching my daughter's first regatta, and I'm excited, although the weather is crappy in Ohio--the whole state is windy and cold and rainy. So while I'm out sitting in the inclement elements, here--have some words. Use them in sentences, or better yet, use them all in one big sentence.

Words I Like:

  • Folderol
  • Lackadaisical
  • Blustery
  • Shrill
  • Alabaster
  • Embellish

Words I Can't Abide:

  • Squash
  • Data--regardless of how it's pronounced

Comments

Sassy Sundry said…
Regatta is fun to say. The weather sucks here too. I'm just glad that my car didn't fall apart today.
dive said…
My, you do set some difficult tasks!

Oh, well; here goes: la-di-dah, folderol, and so on; there's a shrill and blustery wind whipping up the trees outside my window, but I'm feeling too lackadaisical to go for a bracing walk, so I shall just embellish this alabaster (well, not so much alabaster as marble) urn with the last of the wind-torn flowers from the garden.

All true, as well.

Hope the elements don't leave you too battered at the regatta.
Sassy Sundry said…
One of my favorite Pavement songs has the lyric, "She's so lackadaisical, could have been a West Coast bride...."

It's a blustery day here, and my neighbors are shrill. I'll embellish my comments and say that my counter is alabaster; it is just folderol anyhoo.
How did the ragatta go?? It was cold and very wet here in new england as wll but now it's warmed up a bit and the rain has let up as well.

As far as your words.. I didn't feel like doing "homework" today ;)
Scout said…
Dive and Sassy, nice sentences. I have to confess that I didn't even bother trying to connect my word list. Thank you for not using the bad words.

Rich, did you kill another mouse? I haven't made the site rounds yet. I'll got see.

All, the regatta was fascinating...I just backspaced over a couple of sentences because I'm going write about it later with a few pictures. See you then :)

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