Do You Sense It? Spooky …
If you play Words With Friends, it’s very
likely you (like me) frantically poke at letters to create words you’ve never
heard of, hoping to hear the WWF trill of a “good” word. You play it, rarely
caring what the hell it means.
In full disclosure (in case you’re about to splash
my indiscretion across social media with Donald and Hillary), I clap in glee with these words; but I began this weekly word
odyssey for innocent reasons: 1) I wanted to learn the meaning of an unfamiliar
word; 2) I wanted to call WWF’s bluff.
Early on in my WWF game days, I quickly
discovered their oft-used “fallback” definition blurb “… is a valid Words With
Friends word. Sorry, no definition is available at this time!” Uh-huh.
In other words, you’re bluffing dude! Of
course, if I played the word … well, ok. Especially if it resulted in
twenty points or more! ;-) Obscure but
high-scoring works … but when it isn’t in a common dictionary, I feel just a little guilty … only a little.
QUALE (kwāʹlē, kwäʹ-; pl. qualia) n. – (Philosophy) a quality, as
whiteness, loudness, etc., abstracted as an independent, universal essence from
a thing. [WW #81]
Although quale is in the dictionary and often a high-scoring WWF word, after
playing it more times than I can count, its unique philosophical qualia finally caught
my attention.
Consider it the sense datum of your
perceptions … or, as we head into Halloween, quale might be a good
word to spook the spirit of your psyche. Behold … your eeriness element. Boo!
Word Challenge: QUALE. We talk about our senses often … but do we really think about them? Can you fit quale
into your week of ethereal writings?
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