For some reason wordgenius.com has started sending me a Word of the Day every morning. Today’s word lifted my spirits and warmed my heart:
Tootle
Part of speech: verb
Origin: English, early 19th century
- To toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously on an instrument
- To travel in a leisurely manner
“Gently”, “leisurely”, what soothing concepts for these harried times.
It also reminded me of a term I haven’t heard in years: toodle loo! It’s an archaic way of saying goodbye. Apparently it was popular after World War II, so it’s appropriate for this almost-octogenarian. 😀
Do you have any favorite words?
August 1, 2019
I do have favorite words. Something will catch my hear and that word will work its way into my blog. I have a friend who still uses tootle loo.
It warms my heart that your friend uses the term. 🙂
Mom grew up with Tootle loo used in her family. She still says it once in a while and the grands all giggle. Mom has to check out that wordgenius.com place. She loves anything with words.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
It’s good for the grands to hear the term. It sounds so light-hearted, and we could use a lot more of that these days. Giggles are good.
I can’t say that I have any favorite words but occasionally I hear one that just is so much fun to say.
Tootle reminded me of an old neighbor we had when I was just a baby. The very first time she saw me she supposedly looked at me and said “what a little tootles.” From that day on that is what she always called me.
I like that too! 😀
tootle loo (?spelling of second word) when you basically add to a phrase where you are saying “see you again…now toddle off and do something else…” not a common phrase her, but you hear it sneaking in occasionally…
I’m glad the term isn’t dead. 🙂
Lugubrious? It has a lovely sound and completely suggests its meaning – “looking or sounding sad or dismal”. Tootle is a great word, but you don’t hear it much these days.
I love tootle because it sounds so cheerful and lighthearted.
Egregious (conspicuously bad or offensive) is another favorite word. There’s enough egregious behavior going on in the world that it has plenty of chances to be used.
Fiddlesticks! My grandfather’s version of a swear word.
I love it! I’m going to try to adopt it.