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Showing posts with label words words words I'm so sick of words. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Since the dictionary's open

There's an ad on Yahoo radio that goes something like this

"I'm announcer man and I can use my deep voice to make anything sound exciting and enticing. Like this. Pustule . . . Coagulate . . . Humidor"

Have you heard this? All the the single words are echo-ey and the first syllable is really explosive. Chris wanders around the house saying "Humidor" with the U drawn out and dramatic and Ellie, our little collector of words has started saying it too (in this really cute "announcer voice" with the u drawn out and dramatic).

That's ok, really, except we had NO idea what it meant.

Curious?

humidor (n)

an airtight box with constant humidity used to store cigars and tobacco.

Sweet. Just what we want our four year old saying.