Creampuff Learns a New Word

And that word, my friends, is “frumbly".

Katr invented it this morning, when she came into the kitchen while I was making her lunch and saw my sour little face. “Oooo,” she said sympathetically, “are you frumbly?” And in that moment, I knew that I was. And so, I wrote the following poem. It’s called “Frumbly".

Frumbly

It could be a cross between “fussy” and “rumbly”
It might be a combo of “fucking” and “grumbly”
It’s possible that it means “frazzled” and “bumbly”
Or it might be describing some “feta” that’s “crumbly”
Whatever it is, you’d best back away humbly
For who knows what’ll happen when I’m wicked frumbly.

I am now going to drink some Tahiti Treat and be open to the possibility that my mood will change. Thank you.

Comments:

1. OK .. before anybody gets BENT OUT OF SHAPE (I know how you blog types are) “frumbly” is referenced on http://www.witwords.com/f.cfm so, to be clear, I am not laying claim to *inventing* it, but definitely to importing it to Canada

   Comment by Queen Katicus — Wednesday, September 21, 2005 @ 7:01 pm

2. Oh, baby. You’ll always be the inventor of “frumbly” to me. Thanks for the great link, though! Might have to spend some quality time there this afternoon . . .

   Comment by Rose — Wednesday, September 21, 2005 @ 7:06 pm

3. I send to you both a hiaku

   Made up words are best
   confusion melts and flows off
   Oh nonsense, hot damn

   Comment by Melissa — Thursday, September 22, 2005 @ 1:46 am

4. I was tagged, I was it, now someone else is. I am having a frumbly day, but a productive one.

   Comment by Chezza Pezza — Thursday, September 22, 2005 @ 2:10 am

5. Mmm . . . how I love haiku. It almost shifts the frumbliness. And Chezza - I am sorry you’re having a frumbly day. I look forward to seeing if you too are 3 degrees from Gina Torres.

   Comment by Rose — Thursday, September 22, 2005 @ 2:17 am

6. Frumbly. I dig.

   Yet another t-shirt to add to my growing want list (currently on the list: BTS and the Physical Release, Stifling Atomic Rage, something funny from Sarah I have written down at home, and now ‘go away, i’m frumbly’). GT’s.

   Comment by ers — Thursday, September 22, 2005 @ 2:22 am

7. like the sense of humor and wit…I shall return

   Comment by jen — Thursday, September 22, 2005 @ 4:31 pm

8. Thanks, jen, glad you dig it!

   Comment by Rose — Friday, September 23, 2005 @ 12:05 am

9. That’s not a picture of my baby girl. She’s really cute but where is my baby girl?

   Comment by Lady Marianna — Friday, September 23, 2005 @ 2:48 am

10. Good question, Lady Marianna, good question. I suppose a BETTER question might be “Why haven’t you plastered my baby pictures all over the internet?” Clearly, SOMEONE needs a scanner for Solstice!

    Comment by Rose — Friday, September 23, 2005 @ 6:38 am

11. Frumbly, huh? I like it. I’m frumbly quite often.–lol

    Comment by Leo — Friday, September 23, 2005 @ 8:47 am

12. All frumbliness aside, I completely forgot about the existence of Tahiti Treat. I don’t think I’ve had it since I used to buy it from the pop machine at school in Grade 8………

    Comment by Sarah — Friday, September 23, 2005 @ 11:52 pm