Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Wondrous Words Wednesday

Those two words are taken from A Note From An Old Acquaintance by Bill Walker

1) Klutz (Page 21): You make me look so easy, professor. And I feel such a klutz.

n. Slang
  1. A clumsy person.
  2. A stupid person; a dolt.

[Yiddish klots, from Middle High German kloz, block, lump, from Old High German.]

2) Milquetoast (Page 64 ): It has come like a hammer-blow when she'd dumped him for another man, a man he viewed as nothing more than a milquetoast.

n.

One who has a meek, timid, unassertive nature.

[After Caspar Milquetoast, a comic-strip character created by Harold Tucker Webster (1885-1952).]


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9 comments:

  1. ZiaSeptember 23, 2009 at 8:21 AM

    Milquetoast is a new word for me. Love seeing words that I don't know because then I learn something new.

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  2. rhapsodyinbooksSeptember 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM

    I love the word milquetoast! Somehow it sounds like exactly what it means!

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  3. bermudaonionSeptember 23, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    Well, I knew klutz because I am one at times! Thanks for participating today!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    That's me! I'm a "klutz." I've heard and maybe used this word. I didn't know how to spell it. Thanks!

    http://readwithtea.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words.html

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  5. Margot at Joyfully RetiredSeptember 23, 2009 at 7:25 PM

    hTwo good words this week. I'd seen milquetoast before but had never looked it up.

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  6. LisaSeptember 23, 2009 at 8:14 PM

    Those are fun words. I've used both of them before in conversation - milquetoast always throws people.

    My words are here.

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 8:29 PM

    I'm very familiar with 'klutz' as I'm one and Yiddish is not unheard of in the family but I never heard the word milquetoast!

    http://snowbelljewelry.blogspot.com/2009/09/wondrous-words-wednesday.html

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  8. The Westie Loving TherapistSeptember 23, 2009 at 11:24 PM

    Milquetoast is new for me. I can't wait to use it. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. ibeeegSeptember 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM

    Terrific words.
    I really like the word milquetoast. It "sounds" perfect in the sentence.

    Here are my Wondrous Words

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