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August 9, 2014
August 8, 2014
klatsch

klatsch [klahch, klach] noun
a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation: a sewing klatsch.
This is a word I knew; the times I've seen it, it's almost always been used referring to neighborhood housewives gathering together in the mornings after their husbands have gone to work and their children are off at school, a "coffee klatsch" . It also comes to mind when I see groups of older men who congregate in various restaurants around town.
I reckon there's more gossip going on in the latter.
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August 7, 2014
taradiddle

taradiddle tar·a·did·dle [tar-uh-did-l] noun Informal
1. a small lie; fib.
2. pretentious nonsense.
I've never seen nor heard this word used.
And that's no taradiddle.
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It's My Party - Lesley Gore
Several years ago, a young couple with two small girls moved in a few doors down. I became good friends with them and I absolutely adored their girls, Dusty and Wendy. (my mom said their names sounded like a weather report.)
The guy told me when his oldest girl was being potty trained, she'd cry for no good reason. "Why are you crying?" he'd ask her in frustration.
"It's my potty and I'll cry if I want to." he said she said.
Yep, that's a groaner.
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