I'm a fan of good vocabulary words. As is my sweet husband.
He used to have a word of the week he would hang up on the inside of our front door for the kids to learn and use, so dedicated to the task of making sure our kids had a good vocabulary was he.
The other night, I was able to teach everyone at the dinner table a new and very useful word. (It would have been exceedingly useful in Part 5 of this series of conversations)
*All names of friends have been changed to protect the identity of those who are both hot and not.
Me: Wait, so what was the name of the friend you were hanging out at the pool with last night? I thought that was John, the human bologna.
Benjamin: No! That was Joe.
Me: Really? Who's the human bologna, then?
Benjamin: Jay.
Me: Hm. Oh, wait. Joe is the one who is bff's with Mellie who is a total diva and Brady doesn't get along with at all, right?
Benjamin: Exactly. Joe is Michael's brother.
Me: Michael who?
Benjamin: You know, the one who played the older brother in the first show we did this year?
Me: Really?? Wow. Poor Joe.
Todd: Why poor Joe?
Benjamin: Because Michael is hot.
Me: And Joe just...isn't. He's squidgier.
Benjamin: Yeah. Michael is fine.
Me: And callipygian.
Caleb: What does that mean?
Me: Callipygian: having well-formed buttocks.
Benjamin: He really does.
Me to Todd: He really does.
Todd: [shaking his head at the both of us]
Nathaniel: Is this discussion really happening? And why do you know this word?
Me: I read. It's a good word to know. Now that you know it, I expect you to use it in conversation this week.
Nathaniel: I don't think I have those kinds of conversations.
[We then went on to use the word at least a dozen more times in context before dinner was over. Vocabulary for the win! Incidentally, Caleb has been the best at incorporating it into his vocabulary.]
He used to have a word of the week he would hang up on the inside of our front door for the kids to learn and use, so dedicated to the task of making sure our kids had a good vocabulary was he.
The other night, I was able to teach everyone at the dinner table a new and very useful word. (It would have been exceedingly useful in Part 5 of this series of conversations)
*All names of friends have been changed to protect the identity of those who are both hot and not.
Me: Wait, so what was the name of the friend you were hanging out at the pool with last night? I thought that was John, the human bologna.
Benjamin: No! That was Joe.
Me: Really? Who's the human bologna, then?
Benjamin: Jay.
Me: Hm. Oh, wait. Joe is the one who is bff's with Mellie who is a total diva and Brady doesn't get along with at all, right?
Benjamin: Exactly. Joe is Michael's brother.
Me: Michael who?
Benjamin: You know, the one who played the older brother in the first show we did this year?
Me: Really?? Wow. Poor Joe.
Todd: Why poor Joe?
Benjamin: Because Michael is hot.
Me: And Joe just...isn't. He's squidgier.
Benjamin: Yeah. Michael is fine.
Me: And callipygian.
Caleb: What does that mean?
Me: Callipygian: having well-formed buttocks.
Benjamin: He really does.
Me to Todd: He really does.
Todd: [shaking his head at the both of us]
Nathaniel: Is this discussion really happening? And why do you know this word?
Me: I read. It's a good word to know. Now that you know it, I expect you to use it in conversation this week.
Nathaniel: I don't think I have those kinds of conversations.
[We then went on to use the word at least a dozen more times in context before dinner was over. Vocabulary for the win! Incidentally, Caleb has been the best at incorporating it into his vocabulary.]
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