Today's word in my "Forgotten English 365-day Calendar of Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore" is:
Biwrixle: to change, transform (from Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1888--I guess it was new in 1888.)
So, my dear blog-readers, your challenge--should you accept it--is to use the word biwrixle in a sentence.
Here's my shot at it:
Mavis hopes her facelift surgery will biwrixle her wrinkles into smooth skin.
Writing advice, publication opportunities, and thoughts on books, language, and life from Donna Volkenannt, winner of the Erma Bombeck Humor Award. Donna believes great stories begin in a writer's imagination and touch a reader's heart.
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I came into the computer straight from my Leslie Sansone's exercise tape. I just finished a 3 mile workout trying to biwrixie my behind...but I fear, it isn't working!
ReplyDeleteHi Claudia,
ReplyDeleteGood for you. That's a great way to start a Monday morning--and I bet it is working.
Donna
I tried to fixle my droopy breasts by wearing a bra NASA-designed bra, in the hopes that it would biwrixle my appearance. Alas! Twas all in vain...
ReplyDeleteMy butt has been bewrixled by too many bags of Peanut M&Ms. Drat those dreamy little confections!
ReplyDeleteHi Sioux,
ReplyDeleteHehehehe. A NASA designed a bra is funny.
Hi Lisa,
Yum. Peanut M&Ms.
Donna
I'm hoping the writing class will biwrixle my fiction skills.
ReplyDeleteLove this! :)
To biwrixle or not to biwrixle...what is the question?
ReplyDeleteThe 'look' of this word is interesting. How it is pronounced?
ReplyDeletehi Karen,
ReplyDeleteGood one.
Hi Carol,
Love it!
Hi Sally,
Not sure how it is pronounced. The calendar didn't have a pronunciation guide. My guess is buy-ricks-ell
Donna
I finally got a good night's sleep and feel positively biwrixled!
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Hi Pat,
ReplyDeleteHow cool that you gave a positive slant to this one.
Donna
Hey Donna! I'm going to try this again, since my comment from last night didn't show up. First of all, I love Carol's sentence the best! That is tooo funny!
ReplyDeleteNow, here's my sentence. My usual choice for word look up, dictionary dot com, didn't even recognize Biwrixle as a word and therefore suggested the following, just to name a few: brizzle, bruxelle, brixen, and brigsley!
Hi Becky,
ReplyDeletethanks for being so persistent. I don't know why your first comment didn't post.
I guess Dictionary.com doesn't have the words in the "Forgotten English" calendar of vanishing vocublary.
Donna
I hope sitting at the computer and constantly tapping the keys will biwrixle my writing hobby into a paying job.
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