Category: Word of the Day….Thelmese Fictionary

Tender — ten times the amount of wonder

Easter — [Thelmese facetious answer; adjective] further east.
Easter — [per thefreedictionary.com; noun] Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ.
Wishing everyone a joyous Easter.

Snuggle — derivative of snug [adjective] warm, comfortable, cozy, well-protected from the outside world. Snuggle — a good word for today.

Unite — [verb] to join in action; altenative form [Thelmese] youknight; you knight — when people join together in a common purpose, particularly a noble one, they become heroic. Unite; you knight…..

Cohabit: co [prefix] — common; habit [noun] — pattern or routine. Cohabit — common routine. Togetherness. The opposite of social distancing. But social distancing is important to ensure future ability to cohabit. We live in a world frought with ambiguity.

Wind – Interestingly wind, as a noun means air movement or breath; however, to be winded, an adjective, is to be breathless. Hmmmmm….

Grandchildren — grand – [adj] magnificent; children – [noun] offspring. Magnificent offspring!!! Great grandchildren — eminent magnificent offspring. Enough said!!

Per Merriam Webster, a word is “a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use”. I like this definition…to a point…but I also enjoy breaking a word down into smaller units, sometimes capable of independent use.  ‘Cause that’s good ol’ Thelminian fun!

spring — a move or jump suddenly upward or forward. Think resilience!