Would you believe it, day fifty of all these daily scribbles.  I’m impressed at myself.  Today I’ve already spent too much time staring at the computer screen doing work for our business so for this post I’m just going to share a few funny and ancient words.

Snollygoster: a person who has intelligence but no principles.

(I don’t know any snollygosters, but I know plenty individuals with neither intelligence nor principles.)

Fudgel: the act of giving the impression of working but actually doing nothing.

(Hmmm, I know a few people good at fudgeling…)

Twattling: gossiping idly about unimportant things.

(The internet is bursting with people twattling away idiotically.)

Hum Durgeon: imaginary illness.

(My hubby regularly has hum durgeons, bless…)

Shivviness: uncomfortable feeling of wearing new underwear.

(There’s a reason this word is so old – what kind of underwear did they have back in the day???)

Crapulous: feeling ill as a result of eating too much food.

(Ha!  I feel crapulous on a regular basis.)

Ultracrepidarian: Someone who give opinions on subjects they know nothing about.

(The internet is absolutely full of ultracrepidarians.)

Trumpery: things that look good but are basically worthless.

(Hmmm, I think in this day and age you can lose the ‘looking good’ part.)

Cockalorum: a small man with a big opinion of himself.

(Think we all know a few cockalorums!)

Zwodder: to be in a drowzy fuzzy state.

(After several G&Ts last Friday, I was completely zwoddered!)

Ciao darlings!

Lizzie xxxx