As any of you who follow me closely will note, I missed Day 8, mostly because it was Monday and I couldn’t think of anything new. Actually, I did think of something new that I’ll use on another day, I just couldn’t motivate myself to do it.
I did, however, make a post on (one of) my other blogs, www.theredkimono.com, titled “Yuri Kochiyama: Sachi’s Mentor.” That counts for something, doesn’t it?
Day 9’s “New” thing for the day: I believe today was the first time I used the word “aphorism.”
aph·o·rism
[af–uh-riz-uh
m]
noun —a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation.
It’s funny that I don’t recall ever hearing that word before, and now, in the last few days, I’ve heard it several times. Today, in fact, I actually used it for the first time, when I told my friend, Ruth, that I love her aphorisms.
Now, admittedly, I’m not all together sure I’m using the word correctly, so if not, please feel free to correct me. Still, I love the way the word rolls off my tongue.
Here are a few of Ruth’s:
Tans my hide
Trips my trigger
Frosts my cookies
Chaps my chipper
Are those aphorisms?
Whatever they’re called, every time I hear them they make me laugh, which definitely earns a ‘”thumbs up!”
Addendum:
I was pretty sure I was not correctly using “aphorism” and have since learned that Ruth’s phrases are colloquialisms. That’s okay. I like the sound of colloquialism even better than aphorism. And, it’s more challenging to spell, too. 🙂
Jan Morrill Writes 
I learned a new word today, aphorism. Had no idea “trip my trigger” was one! See, your blogs not only entertain but educate as well.
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Ruth, you’ll see in my addendum that I was, in fact, NOT using the word correctly. Here’s another new one for you: colloquialism!
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Jan, I’m not sure those are aphorisms (see examples here: http://literarydevices.net/aphorism/), but they’re cute phrases. I’m pretty sure, though, that you didn’t mean, “first time I sued the word”. Perhaps “saw?” 🙂 Anyway, as you say, it’s a good word.
janet
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Thank you, Janet! I made a correction, as you will see, and now I need to go make the edits you found. 🙂
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Ahhh, “used.” I wondered whether “saw” was correct by my cold-befuddled brain didn’t think of “used.” 🙂
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What in the world would it mean have you chipper chapped?
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We’ll have to ask Ruth that question, Steve. 🙂
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LOL, Jan! I have never heard that word before… If I had and didn’t see the spelling, I’d think it was about “affording” something. 🙂 Got some catching up to do…
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I know what you mean about having some catching up to do, Koji. I’ve gotten a bit behind myself, as you will see in my most recent blog post. 🙂
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