CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS
NEW WORDS:
SELFIE, FOOTLE, SPLENETIC, & TWERK
Today I’m introducing four new-to-me words:
- Selfie
- Footle
- Splenetic
- Twerk
Selfie: a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. Selfie was chosen as the Oxford Dictionaries 2013 word of the year.
Footle: Act foolishly, as by talking nonsense—classifed as a verb of political and social activities and events
I found this word in a Colin McNickle opinion column in which he explained the word dates back to 1892, and means talking or acting foolishly or wasting time.
Splenetic: of or relating to the spleen, affected by ill humor or irritability; a person regarded as irritable. I came across this word in the novel The Coquette (page 265).
Twerk: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting. Twerk was NOT the word of the year in 2013, being beaten out in a close race by the word selfie.
USE OF THESE FOUR WORDS IN THE SAME SENTENCE
Melanie became splenetic when she heard a friend describe her as footle after her twerk performance, during which she uploaded a selfie on her social media accounts.
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(A NaBloPoMo post)
Black Friday 2013: To Shop or Not to Shop
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BLACK FRIDAY 2013: TO SHOP OR NOT TO SHOP
Heroes come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, in all kinds of situations.
From a Pizza Hut Official Statement: This was clearly an unfortunate situation…
Manager Tony Rohr balked at opening the Pizza Hut on Thanksgiving.
In fact, he did more than balk. The 10-yrear employee refused to open the Indiana franchise where he was manager. He didn’t want to force his staff to work on this family holiday.
He was asked to write a letter of resignation.
He took responsibility for his decision in a letter explaining his actions, according to what he told CNN affiliate WSBT:
“I said, ‘Why can’t we be the company that stands up and says we care about your employees and you can have the day off?’ Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days that they’re closed in the whole year. And they’re the only two days that those people are guaranteed to have off to spend with their families.” Who wants to work on Thanksgiving?
Rohr said he refused to quit and detailed his frustration in the letter.
“I accept that the refusal to comply with this greedy, immoral request means the end of my tenure with this company. I hope you realize that it is the people at the bottom of the totem pole that make your life possible.”
He said he was fired shortly after.
The Pizza Hut Official Statement continued: …and we are very upset by what has transpired in Elkhart, Indiana. While the choice as to whether a restaurant should be open or closed on a holiday is handled at the local level by our independent franchisees, we feel strongly that this situation could have been avoided. We respect an employee’s decision (more…)