fuggarugga

When we visited Yeller & Co. a few days ago, I learned a great new word from two-year-old Emma.

Fuggarugga

If you ask Emma which Disney princess is her favorite, she'll respond with, "Fuggarugga!" Which of course means "Cinderella". Of course.

Niel and I have said it multiple times a day ever since.

We use it to mean a variety of things. Anything, really, except of course Cinderella.

It's our new multi-purpose word, sometimes used as an exclamation of joy---"We get to sleep late tomorrow! Fuggarugga!"---or even an expletive-alternative. "Fuggarugga! We missed our turn!"

You should try it out.

I know you wanna.

What's your word of the week?

xs

I walked into Panera and caught Natalie's eye. She'd arrived before us and ingeniously snagged a table near an outlet. (Outlet = plug for laptop = internet.) We both smiled so big our eyes scrunched shut. Those are the best kinds of smiles. I hurried over to her corner and gave her a big hug. "Your shirt looks so familiar to me," she said after the initial how-are-yous and you-look-so-fantastics.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Maybe---" Before she could suggest that maybe she's seen me wearing it before, something catches her eye. She stops mid-sentence, leans over, and points to my boob. (Yes, I just said "boob" on my blog.)

My eyes follow her finger.

And I see a size sticker, clear as day, announcing to the world what size my boob shirt is.

"Nope. Obviously the shirt is new," she remarked. We burst out laughing as I hastily yanked off the sticker.

Now that's what friends are for!

this much i know is true

I hate toe cleavage.

bunkum: fersurdum

I like words. All words. Real and imaginary. I thought some of the words (and their meanings) that came up last time we talked bunkum should become part of everyday vocabulary. Let's see where our creative minds take us this time...

For the made-up word above yours in the comments, post a definition and/or use the word in a sentence. Then leave a made-up word for the next person. Come back to chime in as often as you’d like!

Starter word: fersurdum (compliments of Ed)

Ready... GO!

happiness is...