pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.
or, something like that.. tee hee hee..
I was puzzled regarding a line uttered by Ralph Fiennes in HOTEL BUDAPEST:
"May I offer any of you inmates a plate of mush?"
I was expecting him to say "porridge," given the background of the characters and setting. Well, the American "mush" was certainly funnier. Still, I was in conflict. We kids had mush nearly every day for breakfast back in the '50s. USA.
pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.
or, something like that.. tee hee hee..
Hominy grits are a type of grits made from hominy with the germ removed, which is corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization.
Grits are usually served with other flavorings as a breakfast dish, usually savory.
You're right, Syl! Hominy people really know this?
greetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
escheat:
reversion of land to state when there are no heirs
warren:
Safely within the warren were the quivering rabbits; the raging storm without failed to buffet the now sheltered denizens.
weir:
This winter, in Sacramento, California, weirs (horizontal barriers across the width of a river) were opened manually to lower the steadily rising waters.
pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.
or, something like that.. tee hee hee..
Family joke: Some acquaintance of ours, unfamiliar with grits, looked at the menu in a restaurant and asked what a "grit" was.
There's an edit icon for the heading.
Used it myself recently when I went into a lather over unthinkingly using incorrect punctuation. Fortunately, I spotted the error within the 30-minute limit.
Some mistakes, however, can never be undone . . .
pork chops, grits-broccoli-cheese casserole, celery & green onions smothered in turkey broth.. oh, frabjous day, calloo callay!.
or, something like that.. tee hee hee..
I like my grub smothered!
greetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
fealty:
What true believer JWs give the Governing Body. Will fawning obeisance be next?
obeisance
greetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
entail (n. & v.)
First heard this when spoken by Scout, in To Kill a Mockingbird. Later, in Downton Abbey.
greetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
scutage:
(in a feudal society) money paid by a vassal to his lord in lieu of military service.
Sounds like the JW stand for men's military service in Mexico. I'm with you, Syl, on addendum!
Liege, Belgium, with grave accent over e, rendering the pronunciation lee-ej
greetings, word lovers:.
in my job, i work with words and wrangle them into shape, well, in a manner of speaking.
one word might be mistaken for another, a word with either a similar or identical sound.
General definition and first entry when searching for "malignant narcissist":
Kernberg described malignant narcissism as a syndrome characterized by a narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), antisocial features, paranoid traits, and egosyntonic aggression. Other symptoms may include an absence of conscience, a psychological need for power, and a sense of importance (grandiosity).
liege:
title underlings gave lord of the land in Medieval times
Thanks, Flipper and Syl!
new word:
addendum (the definition that references a distance)
