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Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter ‘D’ — April 4, 2015

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: Letter ‘D’

I am enjoying the Blogging from A-Z challenge a great deal, and have read some wonderful and creative posts.

Today we have the letter ‘D.’ Now I toyed with dainty and doily, both pretty, frilly kinds of words but instead have decided to go with dowdy. 

This is a grey, miserable kind of word. An out-of style, frumpy, word that conjures up images of a scruffy, shabby, downtrodden woman (for some reason dowdy  is rarely used to describe men)!

It can also be used to describe the decor of a room; the dingy, grimy, miserable, morose kind of room that is depressing ,and gloomy, probably like a lot like the occupant!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: The Letter ‘C’ — April 3, 2015

Blogging From A-Z Challenge: The Letter ‘C’

For the Blogging from A-Z Challenge today we have the curvaceous letter ‘C’. Now the word curvaceous is in itself worthy of a post of its own, but is too similar to ‘ample’ so my word for today is corny.

A sentimental, cheesy, old-hat kind of a word. It’s the Dad-dancing,  embarrassingly gushing love song, that almost  makes uncool great again! It is the mushy, slushy, DJ at a family wedding (and the ‘tunes’ that he plays).

The schmaltzy game show host that is so filled with corn, you want to put a skewer in him and slather him in butter! Some of the old films where the scenery wobbles and the plot line is as transparent as a specimen pot! These are all examples of corny at its finest……It pretty much sums up this post as well!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge – ‘B’ — April 2, 2015

Blogging From A-Z Challenge – ‘B’

Day two of the Blogging from A-Z challenge and today we have the lovely letter ‘B.’

My word for today is blunder. Now this word is all about getting it wrong. (I manage to do this on a regular basis). It is a clumsy word, a gaffe, the art of ‘putting your foot in it.’ To me it also speaks of barging right in, unknowingly or not thinking; blurting something out, to the amazement of others present. It is also a word that makes me laugh, as it sounds old-fashioned, even a bit pompous.It is not often you hear somebody say it nowadays,

“Ooops, I am sorry, I just blundered.” No, they are more likely to say that they ‘cocked up’, ‘made a hash of it’ or maybe something a little stronger!

I think blunder is under-appreciated, and that is in itself a terrible blunder!

Blogging From A-Z Challenge Starts Here! — April 1, 2015

Blogging From A-Z Challenge Starts Here!

I have been pretty excited about this challenge, and am thrilled that it is finally here!  So let’s kick off with the letter ‘A.’  Now my theme as I have previously mentioned here is ‘words’  so here is a great one to start with:

Ample – This is one sexy and voluptuous word!  It has quite an onomatopoeic  quality to it, as it conjures up images of roundness, and abundance (another good word). It is plentiful and generous. broad and accommodating. For some reason, in literature  the word ample is very often used in conjunction with ‘bosom’ (you can tell what type of books I read. Yes, I love a good bodice-ripper)! to describe some ‘buxom wench’ or matronly figure. I think this word is the perfect adjective to describe me (well it certainly beats ‘stocky)!

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