I learned two new lovely words today
Courtesy of my wonderful husband who sent me a link to an article about the current work going on for the OED, two words I needed in my vocabulary, and now I have them
twiffler: a plate intermediate in size between a dinner plate and a bread plate
mondegreen: a misheard lyric
for instance the real lyrics in Santana's Smooth are:
Man, it's a hot one, Like seven inches from the midday sun
But someone thought the lyrics were:
Man, it's a hot one, Like seven midgets in the midday sun
twiffler: a plate intermediate in size between a dinner plate and a bread plate
mondegreen: a misheard lyric
for instance the real lyrics in Santana's Smooth are:
Man, it's a hot one, Like seven inches from the midday sun
But someone thought the lyrics were:
Man, it's a hot one, Like seven midgets in the midday sun