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word of the day:
gadzookery \gad-ZOO-kuh-ree\ noun
British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)
Example sentence:
"Get rid of the gadzookery," Bruce's editor cautioned. "Mirabella can perfectly well say 'please' instead of 'prithee.'"
Did you know?
"Gadzooks . . . you astonish me!" cries Mr. Lenville in Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. We won't accuse Dickens of gadzookery ("the bane of historical fiction," as historical novelist John Vernon called it in Newsday magazine), because we assume people actually said "gadzooks" back in the 1830s. That mild oath is an old-fashioned euphemism, so it is thought, for "God's hooks" (a reference, supposedly, to the nails of the Crucifixion). But it's a fine line today's historical novelist must toe, avoiding expressions like "zounds" and "pshaw" and "tush" ("tushery" is a synonym of the newer "gadzookery," which first cropped up in the 1950s), as well as "gadzooks," while at the same time rejecting modern expressions such as "okay" and "nice."
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heehee! I called my gramma today to see how she was doing, and I found out the coolest news I've heard in a long time!!!! SHE"S GOT A BOYFRIEND!!!! I'm sooo excited! Go Gram!!! yaya!
Right, the boys are having a bbq. I'm headed to santa cruz. anyone wanna come along for the ride???
Tomfoolery is abotu to take place!!!!
~Figment
word of the day:
gadzookery \gad-ZOO-kuh-ree\ noun
British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel)
Example sentence:
"Get rid of the gadzookery," Bruce's editor cautioned. "Mirabella can perfectly well say 'please' instead of 'prithee.'"
Did you know?
"Gadzooks . . . you astonish me!" cries Mr. Lenville in Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. We won't accuse Dickens of gadzookery ("the bane of historical fiction," as historical novelist John Vernon called it in Newsday magazine), because we assume people actually said "gadzooks" back in the 1830s. That mild oath is an old-fashioned euphemism, so it is thought, for "God's hooks" (a reference, supposedly, to the nails of the Crucifixion). But it's a fine line today's historical novelist must toe, avoiding expressions like "zounds" and "pshaw" and "tush" ("tushery" is a synonym of the newer "gadzookery," which first cropped up in the 1950s), as well as "gadzooks," while at the same time rejecting modern expressions such as "okay" and "nice."
8888888888888
heehee! I called my gramma today to see how she was doing, and I found out the coolest news I've heard in a long time!!!! SHE"S GOT A BOYFRIEND!!!! I'm sooo excited! Go Gram!!! yaya!
Right, the boys are having a bbq. I'm headed to santa cruz. anyone wanna come along for the ride???
Tomfoolery is abotu to take place!!!!
~Figment
Your gramma rocks.
[Edited on May 08, 2004 12:01PM]