hootchback – n. a word used to describe a moment when a common word or phrase is forgotten or mis-spoken due to lack of memory or in instances of having a ‘blond moment’. “i don’t like hootchback cars”, said alice. “you mean hatchback?” asked tom. “whatever!” retorted alice.
thank you di for making me smile today
some have asked me what my parting word actually means.
adieu is a french interjection and adverb meaning goodbye often used in english.
it is the contraction of the words À (to) and Dieu (God) which literally means see you in Heaven.
although originally a religiously oriented blessing, it is mostly used as a direct analog to the english “goodbye”, with no religious association. In both languages, “adieu” is used as a definitive farewell, or at least before a particularly long period of parting. it can also mean a fond farewell.
so without further adieux (plural form)..
~adieu
pain: n.
1. An unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder.
2. Suffering or distress.
rite: n.
1. The prescribed or customary form for conducting a religious or other solemn ceremony: the rite of baptism.
2. A ceremonial act or series of acts: fertility rites.
3. Rite The liturgy or practice of a branch of the Christian church.
invisible: adj.
1. Impossible to see; not visible: Air is invisible.
2. Not accessible to view; hidden: mountain peaks invisible in the fog.
3. Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous: “The poor are politically invisible†(Michael Harrington).
4. Not published in financial statements: an invisible asset.
n.
One that is invisible.
inscrutable: adj.
Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable
dysfunctional: n.
Abnormal or impaired functioning, especially of a bodily system or social group.
moil: intr.v.
1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
2. To churn or swirl about continuously.
n.
1. Toil; hard work; drudgery.
2. Confusion; turmoil.
expire: v. intr.
1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired.
2. To breathe one’s last breath; die: The patient expired early this morning.
3. To exhale; breathe out.
v. tr.
1. To breathe (something) out.
2. Archaic. To give (something) off.
suffocation: v. tr.
1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.
2. To impair the respiration of; asphyxiate.
3. To cause discomfort to by or as if by cutting off the supply of fresh air.
4. To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle: “The rigid formality of the place suffocated her†(Thackeray).
v. intr.
1. To die from lack of air or oxygen; be asphyxiated.
2. To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.
3. To become or feel suppressed; be stifled.
