Word Nerd: Newly Discovered
It’s a new year and I am excited to discover new words, most of which I will probably not use, yet they are so much fun to find and try out.
kenspeckle: conspicuous; easily seen or recognized.
dacker: to totter or stagger.
phub: to ignore a person or one’s surroundings when in a social situation by busying oneself with a phone or other mobile device.
bloviate: to speak pompously
spumescent: foamy; foamlike; frothy.
eudemonia: happiness; well-being.
selcouth: strange; uncommon.
cleek: to grasp or seize suddenly.
pawky: sly; cunning.
zhuzh: to make something more lively and interesting, stylish, or appealing, as by a small change or addition.
So, which of these caught your eye?
Word Nerd Challenge:What three words are you going to work into a conversation this week?
Pam Webb 
Bloviate is the only one I’ve ever heard of or used before.
And how would you use bloviate in an everyday sentence?
The former President bloviated about his cognitive abilities.
😂
I shall sneak up all pawky-like and cleek my wife by the shoulders, and hope she does not phub me.
Be smoother than Nick Cage in your cleeking and you should be fine.
I always want to use all your new words, but they’re gone after I read them.
I clearly need to cleek them harder…
I agree word cleeking is tough to master.