I write a lot of words during the course of the day. Not as much as some do, but enough that most of the keyboard letters have clean little polished circles on them. Not Q,Z, or X though.
There are some words I write more often. I just used the word gyro 9 times in an upcoming blog post, but I consider that more of an anomaly than anything. I suppose I could feed my latest manuscript into a word cloud generator, but you are not here for that folly.
Words I have never written
10: Ucalegon. def: "a neighbor whose house is on fire". I suspect that this exchange was the last use of that word:
[911] "What's your emergency?"
-It's my Ucalegon.
[911] "Can you repeat that please?"
-It's my Ucalegon.
[911] "I'm sorry, I'm not understanding the last word you are saying."
-Don't you have a Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1934, handy?
[911] "No, sir. Can you use the word in a sentence?"
-My ucalegon is in dire need.
[911] "That doesn't really help."
-That's okay, it's kinda too late anyway.
9. Flingee. def: "one at whom anything is flung". I don't think I have ever been referred to a flinger either...
8. Jentacular. def: "pertaining to breakfast". Nope. I have never used this either, but will now.
7. Scripturient. def: "having a strong urge to write". I often feel unscripturiant, but being scripturiant is much more advantageous for a writer.
6. Makebate. def: "one that excites contention and quarrels". I can't use this because it always autocorrects to, well, you know.
5. Empleomania. def: "a mania for holding public office" I suspect we will be hearing this word more often in the months ahead.
4. Bêtise. def. "an act of foolishness or stupidity". I suspect we will also be hearing this word more often in the months ahead.
3. Catillate. def. "to lick dishes". Dogs are upset with this because they think they are the masters of the skill.
2. Peristeronic. def. ""pertaining to or resembling pigeons". Just say I walk funny already.
1. Worcestershire. Fun fact: I don't thing it ever goes bad or runs out. I still have a really old bottle of the stuff.
-Leon
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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