unawares
magma
sashay
baloney
insouciant
acquiesce
rapscallion
blithe
mettle
balderdash
fisticuffs, especially as used by John Wayne's character, Captain Nathan Brittles, in the 1949 movie, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon:
Captain Nathan Brittles: Mr. Cohill, it is a bitter thing, indeed, to learn that an officer who has had nine years experience in the cavalry - the officer to whom I am surrendering command of this troop in two more days - should have so little grasp of leadership as to allow himself to be shivvied into a go at "fisticuffs" while 'Taps' still sounds over a brave man's grave! God help this troop when I'm gone.
I adore the word "rapscallion."
ReplyDeleteDon't let yer magma sagma.
ReplyDeletewell, i'm kinda stuck on "shivvied". that's what ws great about old movies. DIALOGUE!! love the word "blithe"...
ReplyDeleteLove your new "About Me." The truth is out at last.
ReplyDeleteyes! no wonder you cried constantly when you were a baby!
ReplyDeleteAch, you exaggerate, gypsy girl. We did not have cooked cabbage except when we had pigs in the blanket. Very good for you. Beans and dumplings were good for you. All these things were good for you, and you never did polka, so we knew.
ReplyDeletebut the smell of the cabbage cooking..!! the smell!
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