02/25/04’s illustrious band:

Florble

Brought to you by either Sister-san or me; I can’t remember which of us made up this word.

Florble (FLOOR-bull) v. [verbus nonsensicus] to flap and wobble, as fat tissue in motion; to shake like a bowl full of jelly

I’ve been researching exercises for toning the triceps, or the back of the upper arm, this week. Examining my own in the mirror, I realized that they’re not quite as firm as they used to be. In fact, if I flap my arms hard enough, they florble just a little. Along with the grey hair, mortgage, and first-name acquaintance with my tax accountant, this florblage is a sign that I’m getting old. Well, older, anyway. I refuse to admit that I’m old. I got carded while buying a box of wine last week, for goodness’ sake.

But isn’t florble a great word? It’s one of those words that just had to be invented, because we needed it. Other such coinages:

• elewobble: the unsettled sensation of still being on an elevator even after you’ve disembarked

  
  

• excessful: excessively successful; conspicuously consumptive

  
  

• velosophy: thinking faster than you can speak

  
  

• wimbly: a melding of weak, dizzy, and trembly (may accompany elewobbles)

  
  

Got any others?

Today’s helpful hwarfing hint from Master Amy: “My husband and I each keep a Baker’s Square pie tin on our bedside tables; whoever is the first to hear the cat hacking (we've calculated through years of experience that we have 7 hacks before the yack) quickly grabs the pie tin, holds the back of the cat's head to aim it toward the receptacle, and catches the hairball. Of course, then you have to get out of bed to flush the contents down the toilet & rinse out the pie tin, but it's better than having an entire pillow or blanket getting the Vomit Treatment.”

Today around the world: February 25 is Ash Wednesday to Christians. It’s also Norriture Rituelle des sources têt d' l'eau to practitioners of voudon, or voodoo, in Haiti. According to my French-speaking sources, either this means “an eating ritual because you have water on the brain,” or it has something to do with celebrating water, perhaps as a symbol or source of life.

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