Word of the Day

Boseman (n.) – One who spends all day loafing about near pedestrian crossings looking as if he’s about to cross.

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It’s Official

Wow! It’s an honest to god sock. Knit by me, the self-proclaimed ‘will-never-knit-socks-ever’ knitter. I eat my words and LOVE these socks.Pattern: Jaywalker by Stephanie JapelYarn: Artyarns Ultramerino 4; hand paints; in colour 143.I can’t wait to knit more.PS I have even started a stash of sock yarn. Yikes! [...]

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Word of the Day

Boothby Graffoe (n.) – The man in the pub who slaps people on the back as if they were old friends, when in fact he has no friends, largely on account of this habit.

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Holy! She Cooks

Better make that ‘Cooked’. Wouldn’t want it to sound like I might do it again.
I might hate cooking and not do it very often, but I sure love to eat.This is my absolute favorite recipe.Tortilla shells; chicken cooked in garlic, olive oil and sesame oil; spinach cooked (briefly) in olive oil, salt, and some [...]

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Word of the Day

Boolteens (vb.) – The small scatterings of foreign coins and halfpennies [small change] which inhabit dressing tables. Since they are never used and never thrown away boolteens account for a significant drain on the world’s money supply.(“The Deeper Meaning of Liff” by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd)

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Bolsover (n.) – One of those brown plastic trays with bumps on, placed upside down in boxes of chocolates to make you think you’re getting two layers.

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Boinka (n.) – The noise through the wall which tells you that the people next door enjoy a better sex life than you do.

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…?

What is that? I can’t quite make it out.
It looks familiar. I think I have seen something like it before.
No. It can’t be.
Oh my god! It is, it is!
Has hell frozen over?
Are pigs flying?
No! I’ve starting knitting socks! Ok, just one sock.
I could resist no longer. I [...]

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Bonus Word of the Day

Bodmin (n.) – The irrational and inevitable discrepancy between the amount pooled and the amount needed when a large group of people try to pay a bill together after a meal.

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Word of the Day

Blitterlees (pl.n.) – The little slivers of bamboo picked off a cane chair by a nervous guest which litter the carpet beneath and tell the chair’s owner that the whole piece of funiture is about to uncoil terribly and slowly until it resembles a giant pencil sharpening.

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