It is word nerd day and I have
to tell you that I am a lover of words.
My favorite word in the dictionary
is pulchritudinous because it is a big and delicious way of telling someone that
you think they are beautiful. I think the word can fit into every and any
circumstance that arises without leaving a maze of questions to follow.
I shout in triumph because I
love words so much that I majored in English with the idea that it would make
me a better wordsmith and just knowing that I long endured with superhuman
effort to graduate with a Magna Cum Laude degree, to me is the epitome of
pulchritude.
My second favorite word is sequoia
because it is the only word in the dictionary that uses all five vowels and is
about something I love a lot, which is a flower. How pulchritudinous is that! Somehow
learning new words found lodgment in my heart and I have yet to wring it out.
Word
Nerd Day
Today is all about words and
so I decided to mingle in some of the words of the day that I found, to share
in this moment of writing passion. If peradventure were not the Merriam
Webster word of the day today, I would have beyond the shadow of a doubt
been trying to stretch the battery of my experiences and my life’s long
cadences to pepper this post with advice as a way to fulfill my burning desire.
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| SNOWDAY IN NYC - FEBRUARY 2017 |
When I was ready to rise
hoping that the meteorologist was wrong and that a plethora of snow would not
hit New York, my eyes responded sharply to the cover of white that carpeted the
entirety of my neighborhood. I had to remind myself that even though my plans
were trampled, my shattered hope was soluble when I saw that soluble was the New
York Times word of the day for today. How pulchritudinous to focus my
attention on the good things and not the bad! I can still dare to be inspired
by the seeds I plant today that may one day stand tall and face the sun with
beauty and grace like a sequoia.
Connotations
Some other words of the day I
found in different lexicons that appealed to my interest were Cooperate in the Learner’s Dictionary,
Struwwelpter on Wordsmith.org and Sciographer in the Oxford
Dictionary. Here I am being the sciographer, trying to direct a deeper
gradation of light on this gloomy, stormy Thursday. I get it, I cannot control
the weather. But, despite Mother Nature’s not cooperating with my plans, I am
still extremely ambitious. With each
brush stroke of minute, the jungle of my mind is refreshed and reinvigorated as
I see the wide range of possibilities that lie ahead. This task at hand was a
way of getting my writing mind into action and I think I am headed in the right
direction.
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| JNOTE BAND |
It is okay that this night
will not be graced with the tuxes and gowns that I originally planned. Who
could argue with the blizzard of facts that this weather is too bad to be
driving around on the icy roads to live in bold colors? Definitely not I, the
struwwelpter, who is thanking God that I did not decide to straighten my hair.
It would have been a nightmare had I. Just thinking about what my locks might
have looked like after being attacked by the wintry mix had I gotten it done, leaves
me with a joy of laughter. I still have a slow hunch that regardless of the
snow, that this is going to be a good day.
Definitions
On any given day, I battle
with endless energy. It is almost as if there is a canvas living within and I
awaken ready to respond sharply to life artistically. Words pour out of me and
boom, I have new lyrics to a song. Boom, I have a new poem. Boom, I am writing
a new word and definition in my notebook to use in a future setting.
My love for words I think
started when my teacher walked into the classroom and in a song said, the linking
verbs were: am, is, are, was, were, be, been, become, seem, appear, feel, taste
, smell , sound and, sometimes, look. I can still sing the song today as if it
were really a day ago when she sang it. I guess you can see that being a writer
is one of the biggest kernels of my pulchritude. And though sometimes I am
reluctant to share, I am so happy when my petals open up like a sequoia and I am
able to scribble my ideas. I am a word
nerd and I know it!
HAVE A PULCHRITUDINOUS WORD NERD DAY
ALL YOU SEQUOIAS OUT THERE!
