I Want My Mummy
Hey Everyone,
Interesting thing. My mom moved in with me and the hubby about a month ago and I've discovered that she has a very interesting vocabulary. What's really shocking though is that most of the phrases and odd words she uses are actually real terms or slang terms that I'd never heard of before. Here is my current list.
Mom Words
KICKY- as in "Hey, Colleen, check out these shoes! They're really kicky!"
Now I looked this one up and here is the online definition.
DEFINITION: providing a kick or thrill : exciting; also : excitingly fashionable
EXAMPLE: Needing one last kicky experience in my life, I decided to try bungee jumping.
HEAVENS TO MERGATROYD - as in "Heavens to mergatroyd! I just filled the car with gas."
DEFINITION: An exclamation of surprise.
ORIGIN: 'Heavens to Murgatroyd' is American in origin and dates from the mid 20th century. The expression was popularized by the cartoon character Snagglepuss - a regular on the Yogi Bear Show in the 1960s, and is a variant of the earlier 'heavens to Betsy'.
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES - as in "Have you started writing yet today? You'd better make hay while the sun shines."
Now I'll have to admit that I thought this had a VERY different meaning. An awkward one but apparently, I was wrong.
DEFINITION: Make the most of one's opportunities while you have the chance.
ORIGIN: This proverb is first recorded in John Heywood's A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, 1546:
Whan the sunne shinth make hay. Whiche is to say.
Take time whan time cometh, lest time steale away.
Of course, medieval farmers would be as well aware of the wisdom of not leaving it too late to gather one's hay. Modern machinery and weather forecasting make haymaking reasonably quick and stress-free. Tudor farmers would have taken several days to cut, dry and gather their hay.
THE MAIN DRAG - as in "Are we on the main drag yet?"
DEFINITION: the main street of a city or town.
ORIGIN: The origin comes from horses dragging carts or lumber in the street.
Stay tuned for more special mom phrases in the future. =)
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Egyptian Book Teaser
This segment comes from Chapter 18 which I just completed this week.
"The temple of Kom Ombo was not as well preserved as other archeological sites in Egypt. It rested on a high dune and since we had approached from the south, the Nile stretched out to the east. It looked more like a Greek temple than the Egyptian ones I’d seen.
Several wide columns supported a crumbling upper segment that appeared to be a roof terrace and only a piece of the pylon gateway had survived the centuries. Each column was lit with a soft yellow gleam that gave the whole building a haunted air, especially when the wind picked up and whistled between the open cracks and crevices. It was almost as if the ghosts of priest and pharaohs from the past were whispering in the dark shadows of the columns."
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This week I'm headed to Savannah for the Authors After Dark convention.
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If you live in the area come and find me! I'll be bringing along some of my special editions of Tiger's Voyage to give out to a few of my loyal readers!
Have a great week!
Colleen
Interesting thing. My mom moved in with me and the hubby about a month ago and I've discovered that she has a very interesting vocabulary. What's really shocking though is that most of the phrases and odd words she uses are actually real terms or slang terms that I'd never heard of before. Here is my current list.
Mom Words
KICKY- as in "Hey, Colleen, check out these shoes! They're really kicky!"
Now I looked this one up and here is the online definition.
DEFINITION: providing a kick or thrill : exciting; also : excitingly fashionable
EXAMPLE: Needing one last kicky experience in my life, I decided to try bungee jumping.
HEAVENS TO MERGATROYD - as in "Heavens to mergatroyd! I just filled the car with gas."
DEFINITION: An exclamation of surprise.
ORIGIN: 'Heavens to Murgatroyd' is American in origin and dates from the mid 20th century. The expression was popularized by the cartoon character Snagglepuss - a regular on the Yogi Bear Show in the 1960s, and is a variant of the earlier 'heavens to Betsy'.
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES - as in "Have you started writing yet today? You'd better make hay while the sun shines."
Now I'll have to admit that I thought this had a VERY different meaning. An awkward one but apparently, I was wrong.
DEFINITION: Make the most of one's opportunities while you have the chance.
ORIGIN: This proverb is first recorded in John Heywood's A dialogue conteinyng the nomber in effect of all the prouerbes in the Englishe tongue, 1546:
Whan the sunne shinth make hay. Whiche is to say.
Take time whan time cometh, lest time steale away.
Of course, medieval farmers would be as well aware of the wisdom of not leaving it too late to gather one's hay. Modern machinery and weather forecasting make haymaking reasonably quick and stress-free. Tudor farmers would have taken several days to cut, dry and gather their hay.
THE MAIN DRAG - as in "Are we on the main drag yet?"
DEFINITION: the main street of a city or town.
ORIGIN: The origin comes from horses dragging carts or lumber in the street.
Stay tuned for more special mom phrases in the future. =)
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Egyptian Book Teaser
This segment comes from Chapter 18 which I just completed this week.
"The temple of Kom Ombo was not as well preserved as other archeological sites in Egypt. It rested on a high dune and since we had approached from the south, the Nile stretched out to the east. It looked more like a Greek temple than the Egyptian ones I’d seen.
Several wide columns supported a crumbling upper segment that appeared to be a roof terrace and only a piece of the pylon gateway had survived the centuries. Each column was lit with a soft yellow gleam that gave the whole building a haunted air, especially when the wind picked up and whistled between the open cracks and crevices. It was almost as if the ghosts of priest and pharaohs from the past were whispering in the dark shadows of the columns."
__________________________________________________________
This week I'm headed to Savannah for the Authors After Dark convention.
[image error]
If you live in the area come and find me! I'll be bringing along some of my special editions of Tiger's Voyage to give out to a few of my loyal readers!
Have a great week!
Colleen
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