Clubbable – Wordplay Wednesday™ 02/27/2019

A Night of Revelry … A Mugger’s Prey … Neither 

Oh sure, you’re acceptable enough to have friends and maybe even one with benefits. And you’re sociable enough to mingle at parties and dabble on @Netflix. But are you truly …

CLUBBABLE (klubʹɘ bɘl) adj. – suited to membership in a club; sociable. [WW #205]

Per the dictionary, clubbable was “coined (early 1780s) by Samuel Johnson,” who arguably wrote the first modern “word-book” published in 1755, Dictionary of the English Language. “Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the

best cannot be expected to go quite true.”

Do you look at a word that you’re unfamiliar with and kind of make up your own first impression of what it might mean?

Spotting clubbable, your first thought may have conjured an innocent person vulnerable to a mugging. Not unusual in our current society. (Or on a lighter note … you’re ready for a night of clubbing!)

Because I matured in an era before crime was so pervasive, my first thought was of a scene from caveman days—something along the lines of The Flintstones. I try to think in terms of humor rather than brutality.

It was a relief to find that clubbable defines a personality or lifestyle, rather than an act of violence. Although it can smack of discrimination, “suited to membership” also denotes possessing certain skillsets, traits or artistic abilities that resonate with others of the same ilk, and makes you clubbable for their organization.

The best way to ensure you are clubbable … start your own club.

Word Challenge: CLUBBABLE. We do tend to gather with others complementary to our general nature.  Consider what makes your group clubbable as you fit it into your week of sociable writing.

Learning knows no prejudices or boundaries, and it isn’t fattening! Expanding your mind is a no-cost, simple joy. Do you feel that way too? What’s your inspiration? Share your creative genius and Wordplay Wednesday comments below.

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle) 

Cheers to learning a new word on Wordplay Wednesday!

           

@PenchantForPen

@Irishwriter

LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by trade, and an author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of three) in her Blast from Your Past series about pioneering R&R Radio DJs. The true behind-the-mic tales make GREAT Holiday Gifts available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic Seventies!

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Frugivorous – Wordplay Wednesday™ 06/20/18

Yum, Summer Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Grapes, Mangoes 

Do you eat meat all winter while you’re hibernating, and go light with summer fruits when the sun shines on long days?

Or, does this week’s word describe your year-round eating regimen?

FRUGIVOROUS (frōō jivʹɘ rɘs) adj. – fruit-eating. 😊 [WW #169]

“One of them ten-dollar words,” my family is fond of saying of those big, spelling bee-types. It’s so big, even the Webster’s dictionary scribes don’t think frugivorous needs more than a one-word definition.

The elongated roll-off-your-tongue word to describe a simple habit or innate eating practice, deserves a vigorous, lengthy noun—like um, Triceratops.

It was suggested in one reference that although there wasn’t much but leaves or each other to eat back in their day, the last of the herbivore dinosaurs likely became frugivorous at some point, adding primitive versions of fruit to their meals.

Yes, I can see it now. An adolescent frugivorous Triceratops playfully grasps an ancient fleshy progenitor of the gingko in its numerous teeth and plucks it from the woody stem.

The Flintstones by Hanna-Barbera 1960-1966

This would have been somewhere in the Early Cretaceous period, long before Dino swiped watermelon and such from The Flintstones’ summer picnic table. Yabba dabba doo!

You can probably learn lots more about the difference between the frugivorous Triceratops and their carnivorous T-Rex mortal enemy in the June 22^nd premier of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. 

Word Challenge: FRUGIVOROUS. Amaze your friends and associates with a new word for your fruit-filled summer diet, as you fit frugivorous into your week of nutritious writings.

Learning knows no prejudices or boundaries, and it isn’t fattening! Expanding your mind is a no-cost simple joy. Do you feel that way too? Share your comments below, about Wordplay Wednesday or learning in general. What’s your inspiration?

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle) 

'Til next time ... Cheers to a wonderful "wordful" week … 

                       

@PenchantForPen

@Irishwriter

  

LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by trade, and an author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of three) in her Blast from Your Past series, available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon, … The Psychedelic Seventies!

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