I'm not one to cry - except when I hear Hawai`i Aloha...or Kaulana Na Pua...or Honolulu City Lights. I never make it through Aloha `Oe....
I'm not one to tear up - except when I see the Big Island through the window of a jet and know I'm almost home from self-imposed exile.
I'm not one to sob - except when I see pictures of my beloved Queen Lili`uokalani, hear her music, read her words, or touch her statue.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Wordage: FREELY BORN WORDS
Contributions Welcomed and Credited
Unless otherwise attributed Freely Born Words are created by Abby Freeborn and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. If you have a different source for any of the words listed above, please comment so proper acknowledgement can be made.
Freightening (freight`en`ing ) - (adj.) an occurrence that threatens or disrupts one’s patterns and weighs heavily on one’s mind (e.g., “A falling stock market is a freightening experience.”)
Jibnastics (jib`nas`tics) - (n) <Traditional> what a sailor does on the foredeck during races or repairs. (e.g.,“Fixing the head of the roller furling jib will require expert jibnastics.”)
Scoopage (scoop`age) - (n) 1.<according to Connie Harrison> the capacity of a serving spoon, e.g. “I don’t think the scoopage of this spoon is sufficient for a man-sized portion of ice cream;” 2 .<according to Abby Freeborn> what reporters are seeking when they wiretap, hack into computers, or pursue a hot tip; 3. the degree to which a garment reveals a woman's breasts, e.g., “No matter how deep the scoopage, a woman's clothes must not reveal the maternal aspects of her sex appeal.”
Unless otherwise attributed Freely Born Words are created by Abby Freeborn and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. If you have a different source for any of the words listed above, please comment so proper acknowledgement can be made. Freightening (freight`en`ing ) - (adj.) an occurrence that threatens or disrupts one’s patterns and weighs heavily on one’s mind (e.g., “A falling stock market is a freightening experience.”)
Jibnastics (jib`nas`tics) - (n) <Traditional> what a sailor does on the foredeck during races or repairs. (e.g.,“Fixing the head of the roller furling jib will require expert jibnastics.”)
Scoopage (scoop`age) - (n) 1.<according to Connie Harrison> the capacity of a serving spoon, e.g. “I don’t think the scoopage of this spoon is sufficient for a man-sized portion of ice cream;” 2 .<according to Abby Freeborn> what reporters are seeking when they wiretap, hack into computers, or pursue a hot tip; 3. the degree to which a garment reveals a woman's breasts, e.g., “No matter how deep the scoopage, a woman's clothes must not reveal the maternal aspects of her sex appeal.”
Bread Crumb: THE LAST EMPOWERMENT
We all knew Mom was dying of lung cancer. When we arrived for the family reunion that she had billed as a prelude to my youngest brother’s wedding. we found her sitting on the porch of her island home looking out over the water, smoking and sipping her wine. (“No sense quitting now!”) Mom’s siblings, who hadn’t spoken in years, had put aside their hostilities and were bustling about, being helpful, cracking family jokes, and trotting out their different versions of family events. Those three days were amazing - more fun than we’d had together in years!
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