Opalescent, a duo favourite actually. It’s a pretty awesome word, seeing as it has that ‘sc’ combo that doesn’t fail to amuse me and then opal, the gem, is a gorgeous colour, seeing as it doesn’t have one specific colour that it must stick to. In the right light, it takes on a rainbowy glow.
dictionary.com says that opalescent is: exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
Opalescent, you’re pretty, rainbowy, shiny word for the day.
So, this morning while eating my breakfast, I took a look down at my ‘Popular Cat Breeds’ place mat (yes, I know what you’re thinking and, to answer your question, I really am that cool) and found a couple that really caught my attention.
Ugh, I can hear you guys thinking it. Yes, cat breeds are not words but I’m branching out. Is that cool with you?
Anyways, I’ll lay them out and then delve later. American Wirehair, Calico, Korat, LaPerm, Ocicat, Ragamuffin + Ragdoll and Russian Blue.
I like the American Wire because of its form, lithe and, shall we say, wiry. They can be most any colouring, so I guess it’s the feel of the fur that most distinguishes it.
My cat, Oreo, is a calico cat, therefore I have to add it here or else she’ll be really mad. They are categorized but their fur colour, which is a mottled pattern of black, white and tan. I love her dearly to death but she is very temperamental, as are all calicoes. For example, she will be blissfully on her back, getting her tummy rubbed, purring her head off and suddenly, she swats at you and tries to nip your hand. Unsuccessfully, of course, as she is on the larger side and it’s tough to move around.
Korat, I’ll admit it: it has absolutely nothing to do with what it looks like. It could be the most ugliest thing in the world, right on the verge of being so ugly that it’s cute – you seen those? – but not quite and I still would love it. Basically, my logic is that it starts with the letter K. And hey, isn’t it the best letter yet? I mean, not that I’m biased or anything because my name starts with that letter at all.
LaPerm. Ok, truthfully, what is the first thing that pops into your head? I think of french (because La is a french term, no matter that it only mean ‘the’) and someone with a perm, head full of curls. And that’s your cat. I don’t know if it came from france but it intensely looks like it’s just had a perm with its ferociously curly fur. You can’t help but laugh at your first look at this kitty!
The Ocicat is one of my real favourites, not just because of any obscenities or that its got a funny name. I’ll admit, it’s cool enough that I don’t know how to pronounce it, but still. The pattern on its fur is breathtaking, it looks like what a feral leopard might wear. But it’s silver, which is so much prettier than gold, whatever the world thinks.
Ragamuffin and Ragdoll go together, for they are alike. It’s such a cute name for them. They’re very loose and limp when held, thus the name. From what I can tell, they’re friendly and good with people.
And lastly but most favouritely, the Russian Blue. I love its sleek design and how that, in certain light, it takes a blue sheen. Small and graceful, that’s my kind of cat.
Anyways, moving on to the rock place mat, to study for my geography test.
All those phrases used in the title are synonymous with each other. They mean the same thing. They’re synonyms.
Synonymous. A word mostly liked for the way it’s spelled and said. Meaning the same thing as another word is all fine and dandy, but something about having two y’s in one word and countless n/m’s makes this word special.
There’s not much to say about synonymous except the word itself. Quite frankly, it is an extremely fun word to say over and over to yourself.
Synonymous can be popped into a sentence at any given time. You’re friend repeats themselves? No problem! Inform them that their statements were synonymous. Teacher also enjoy an educated student. If you can squeeze that in, you’re set for the project. Well, don’t take my word for it, try it out yourself!
So thanks, my gratitude and I give you praise for reading this edition about a repetitive, duplicitous and dittoing word that is synonymous.
Special thanks to dictionary.com’s thesaurus feature for helping find all those synonyms!
I’ll bet everyone, at some point in their life, has tried to find an animal for every single letter of the alphabet. It’s only natural. Most are easy, like C. With camel, cat, chihuahua, cobra, collie, cow and crab, you can’t go wrong. Others are quite difficult, for example I, N, W, Y, Z. But we’ve managed to find some animal to represent them, like ibis, newt, walrus, yak and zebra.
But X is definitely the hardest. All my life, I’ve grown up with X being an X-ray fish or an ox. Also during my life, I have questioned what an x-ray fish is and if it truly does exist. That’s not the way to go…
Fear no longer folks! The X animal has finally arrived! Introducing the xerus!
Xerus
Listen up for dictionary.com’s definition: [zeer-uhs] an African ground squirrel. And there you have it, from the heart of Africa comes an animal brave enough to be the sole carrier of the responsibility of being the X animal. So spread the word, he needs to get into use!
All about the xerus. Xeruses have sharp, spiny fur, but otherwise looks like your average African ground squirrel. They are only found in African – thus the African ground squirrel – and live in open woodlands, grasslands or rocky country. The live in burrows and eat roots, seeds, fruits, pods, grain, insects, small vertebrae and bird eggs. Most farmers consider them pests.
So if you’re planning on making an animal alphabet for any reason, purpose or cause, always remember the xerus, your favourite X animal!
I know this is the first post and I’m supposed to introduce my self and all that. But I don’t feel like it. I’m going to jump right in with this blog’s purpose: publishing my favourite words. If you’d really love to know more about the stupendous person that writes this blog, i suggest you go to the about page, or maybe my other blog that I kinda just write random things in. But this one has a reason for existence!
My first and foremost favourite word is IMPLODE.
Here’s dictionary.com’s definition: to burst inward (opposed to explode). Short and simple. We’ll break it down together. When you hear implode, you automatically think of explode, don’t you. Unless you don’t, and think of something other than explode, like muffins. Then you’d better fix the settings to your brain so that it thinks this thought correctly. Anyways, as I was elaborating, exploding is popping or bursting. Now, if you think really hard, you’ll notice that ex means outside as in exterior whilst in as a prefix means inside as used in interior. With the previous data collected, we should be able to figure out that imploding is exploding, bursting or popping inwards-ly.
I came across it once upon a time and have never looked back. It’s the perfect word to use in any sentence! Examples: How was your day? ‘Simply implodious, thanks for asking!’ or how about ‘Dude, what’s the coolest thing you’ve ever seen? Oh, I know. It was when a pop can imploded! Highlight of my life’. See, just about brightens any normal, day-to-day conversation.
It’s also not a word you don’t see everyday, unlike it’s antonym: explode, so it’s far more satisfactory to work that into a sentence while still making sense than other words.
Implode, your interior explosion-y word for the day.
