Monday, June 3, 2013

words to bring back in










Curglaff:    The shock felt in bathing
                             when one first plunges
                               into the cold water

             — John Jamieson’s Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808










the title of my new textbook












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2 comments:

jh said...

today not an hour ago
i experienced the phenomenon
known now to the whole world again
as
CURGLAFF

refreshing really!

jh

sally said...

is this word for real?

it sounds just one of the made-up words
you use to describe the sound
of entering the water

ok
i just googled it
this appears to be for real

i should have known to check
the "obsolete word of the day" blog

http://obsoleteword.blogspot.com/2006/03/curglaff.html

how did you find this? !!!

i must say that you have
more occasions to use this word
than anyone else i know

WV: "ntensupe too"
after a cold swim
warm up with some intense soup!