Wondrous Words Wednesday (2 of 2)

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  Before I share with you the words I found this past week, I just want to also share my thoughts.  Back in the day (lol) when I was in school, I probably wouldn't have been able to find these words in the dictionary.  It just amazes me that we have so much knowledge at our finger tips with today's technology.  I WONDER what we will have say in 10 years.

Today my words are a bit different.  They are slang words (which I was eager to look up lol) that are used in Ireland and thereabouts. and they are:
  *bollocks 
–noun

1.(used with a plural verb) Vulgar. ballocks.
2.(used with a singular or plural verb) British Vulgar. rubbish; nonsense; claptrap (often used interjectionally).
  *gobshite
–nounChiefly Irish Slang: Vulgar.

1.a mean and contemptible person, esp. a braggart.
2.a stupid and incompetent person

Wondrous Words Wednesday (2 of 2)

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This week I found 3 words that were new to me.  Are you familiar with them?
    Forage
1. food for animals especially when taken by browsing or grazing
2. foragethe act of foraging : search for provisions
    Egalitarian
asserting, promoting, or marked by egalitarianism
    Malfeasance
wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official

  From Death Of A Cure by Steven H. Jackson

 

Wonderous Words Wednesday (2 of 2)

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Todays words are from my current read,  Death Of A Cure by Steven H. Jackson
      Benthic  (page 5)  
*1. of, relating to, or occurring at the bottom of a body of water
*2. of, relating to, or occurring in the depths of the ocean
      Billet (page 22)      
*1. 1archaica brief letter : note
*2 a.  aan official order directing that a member of a military force be          provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)b. bquarters assigned by or as if by a billet
*3. position job - a lucrative
 

Wonderous Words Wednesday (2 of 2)

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  Today's word comes from Still Midnight by Denise Mina

  balaclavas
Pronunciation: \ ˌba-lə-ˈklä-və, -ˈkla- \
a knit cap for the head and neck called also balaclava helmet

Wednesday

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This week's word that was new for me is from The Cutting  by James Hayman
                       I've got something called an eidetic memory
Pronunciation: \ ī-ˈde-tik   Marked by or involving extraordinarily accurate and vivid recall especially of visual images - an ∼ memory