Flying frost flakes
More sunshine today. More snow melt, which is good.
BLT sandwhiches, yum! ^_^
Got in the mail an offer for a conference on how to earn money on the internet. Put on by "storesonline.com." *tosses flyer into the "to be burned in the wood stove" pile*
Time for bed. *hugs*
The spell transmogrified him into her.
Word of the Day for Wednesday March 3, 2010
transmogrify • \transs-MAH-gruh-fye\ • verb
: to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect
Did you know?
We know that the prefix "trans-" means "across" or "beyond" and appears in many words that evoke change, such as "transform" and "transpire," but we don't know the exact origins of "transmogrify." The 17th-century dramatist, novelist, and poet Aphra Behn, who is regarded as England's first female professional writer, was among the first English authors to use the word. In her 1671 comic play The Amorous Prince, Behn wrote, "I wou'd Love would transmogriphy me to a maid now." A century later, Scottish poet Robert Burns plied the word again in verse, aptly capturing the grotesque and sometimes humorous effect of transmogrification: "Social life and Glee sit down, . . . Till, quite transmugrify'd, they're grown Debauchery and Drinking."
BLT sandwhiches, yum! ^_^
Got in the mail an offer for a conference on how to earn money on the internet. Put on by "storesonline.com." *tosses flyer into the "to be burned in the wood stove" pile*
Time for bed. *hugs*
The spell transmogrified him into her.
Word of the Day for Wednesday March 3, 2010
transmogrify • \transs-MAH-gruh-fye\ • verb
: to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect
Did you know?
We know that the prefix "trans-" means "across" or "beyond" and appears in many words that evoke change, such as "transform" and "transpire," but we don't know the exact origins of "transmogrify." The 17th-century dramatist, novelist, and poet Aphra Behn, who is regarded as England's first female professional writer, was among the first English authors to use the word. In her 1671 comic play The Amorous Prince, Behn wrote, "I wou'd Love would transmogriphy me to a maid now." A century later, Scottish poet Robert Burns plied the word again in verse, aptly capturing the grotesque and sometimes humorous effect of transmogrification: "Social life and Glee sit down, . . . Till, quite transmugrify'd, they're grown Debauchery and Drinking."