Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Blogging from A to Z Challenge: This Word is not a Beautiful Word

Hello and welcome to the Focused on Story blog. Deep into the blogging challenge now, I must apologize to my followers. When I signed up for this challenge, I didn't think about how my followers would be receiving an email EVERY DAY from the site to let them know a new blog post was up. I'm sure one day a week is plenty. Just let me say, followers will be receiving one post a week after April 30. Hang in there with me. I DO appreciate your time and support.

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~pulchritude~
Pronounced puhl-kri-tood
physical beauty; comeliness.
Dictionary.com

I know. I know. Pulchritude is NOT a word that makes one think of beauty. I mean, really, it’s an ugly-sounding word. Maybe that’s why I fell in love with it? This word was an eye-opener for me. The first time I heard it, the disbelief of its meaning grabbed my attention and fueled my curiosity about words. How many more odd words are there like this? How many “50 cent” words could I discover?  This was the first word that fascinated me, but I don't know exactly when I heard or read the word.. I was hooked on being a Word Nerd after this.

Mark Twain's quote
Do you remember the first word that hooked you into being a Word Nerd? Was it a word or a whole story or book? Or perhaps a person you admired was a Word Nerd? Please leave your comment below and let us know your experience. Thank you.

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7 comments:

Melanie Crouse said...

I love words. I can't think of the first word that made me fall in love with words, but I remember reading Jane Austen when I was younger and needing to look up the word "pedantic". I remember that feeling of "wow. That word describes Mary so well!" I think of her every time I see the word in real life.

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J.Q. Rose said...

Melanie--I can understand getting that wow feeling about a word! True Word Nerds, I'd say.

Unknown said...

I guess the first word that made me run to a dictionary was sycophancy. Something about the word itself is as annoying as its meaning. The next word I really loved was Epicharikaky.

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Marsha said...

Hey, JQ. I think I read the word in a historical fiction--one of those old timey bodice rippers. It has a sleazy meaning to me, associated with hookers. Don't think it's limited to that. When you first said you were doing this every day, I thought, yee gods, that's a lot. LOL But, you've come up with great words. :)

J.Q. Rose said...

Hi VARAD, Now that word would be perfect for the E post! Never heard of it. Will look it up. Thanks for letting us know about the first word you ran to the dictionary to learn its meaning.

J.Q. Rose said...

Stuart, I agree. Ominous does sound, well, uh ominous.! wink wink

J.Q. Rose said...

Thanks, Marsha. I appreciate you popping in on the blog. I'm kind of embarrassed at how much I must be annoying subscribers with daily emails about the new post. Trust me. It won't be daily in May!!

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