Thursday, March 19, 2020

I feel much better...now that I've jenticulated

About a month ago, I read Mark Forsyth's wonderful book

The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language


Since then, I no longer 'have breakfast', I 'jenticulate'. What a wonderful language English is.
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5 comments:

  1. Ginge in GermanyMarch 23, 2020 at 1:17 AM

    That sounds a good word to me. Jenticulation at Tiffany's...

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  2. The Celtic KrautMarch 23, 2020 at 1:20 AM

    LOL.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 26, 2020 at 10:05 AM

    That's how "jenticulate" looks like:
    https://www.instagram.com/jenticulate/

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    1. The Celtic KrautMarch 26, 2020 at 10:10 AM

      Well, since I can no longer eat bread and rolls for breakfast, or even muesli, I have a very wide range of breakfast - including things like sliced red peppers with hummus or mozzarella with tomato, fried mushrooms and onions or an omelette with spinach and feta cheese. The sky is the limit.

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  4. M.May 8, 2020 at 3:45 AM

    My Webster of 1952 did not recognize that word. But it is dictionary of American English, after all. / M.

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