Apparently the word for Tuesday is "slithy." Meaning "Smooth and active; slimy; slithery." It's of course from the opening of "Jabberwocky", which if it isn't the best-known passage in Lewis Carroll could be his most famous bit of original poetry.
I think I'll try to work it into at least one conversation. If said conversation doesn't die on the spot it will come back stronger.
I think I'll try to work it into at least one conversation. If said conversation doesn't die on the spot it will come back stronger.
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So long as the conversation turns on the poem it would be a fine one to overhear:
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
For a nonsense poem it still makes a lot of sense.
I got that email about 'slithy' this morning too. I can't remember now when I joined the wordsmith group but I've learned a lot of previously unknown English words.
It's funny that in the middle of guiding his heroine through this fantasy world, Lewis Carroll gave his readers a glimpse of another fantasy world within that. And they both make a kind of left field sense.
Somewhere along the line checking out the wordsmith site and sharing the word of the day became a ritual for me. It's a broad array of words on offer, and Anu Garg is very good about provideing context.
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