Puh
panjandrum \pan-JAN-druhm\, noun:
An important personage or pretentious official.
My laundry is done. The floors have been swept and vaccuumed. The dishes are washed. The beds are made. The animals are fed. The big kids are at school. The little one is napping. My toes are warm. I am dressed and have make-up on. It's not raining. I'm listening to some awesome music. Everything is pointing towards an awesome day in the making.
So why do I feel so...not me?
On a side note, though the Word of Wednesday has nothing to do with my entry, I found it a fascinating find.
Panjandrum was coined by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) in a piece of nonsense writing:
"So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. "What! No soap?" So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber: and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch-as-catch-can till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots."
It was composed on the spot to challenge actor Charles Macklin's claim that he could memorize anything. Macklin is said to have refused to repeat a word of it.
Starting to feel better...nothing like a little bit of nonsense to make me smile.
An important personage or pretentious official.
My laundry is done. The floors have been swept and vaccuumed. The dishes are washed. The beds are made. The animals are fed. The big kids are at school. The little one is napping. My toes are warm. I am dressed and have make-up on. It's not raining. I'm listening to some awesome music. Everything is pointing towards an awesome day in the making.
On a side note, though the Word of Wednesday has nothing to do with my entry, I found it a fascinating find.
Panjandrum was coined by Samuel Foote (1720-1777) in a piece of nonsense writing:
"So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. "What! No soap?" So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber: and there were present the Picninnies, and the Joblillies, and the Garyulies, and the grand Panjandrum himself, with the little round button at top, and they all fell to playing the game of catch-as-catch-can till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots."
It was composed on the spot to challenge actor Charles Macklin's claim that he could memorize anything. Macklin is said to have refused to repeat a word of it.
Starting to feel better...nothing like a little bit of nonsense to make me smile.
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hipliorp
When a hippo burps, it's called a hipliorp.