Wednesday Word: Shirp
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1word1dayShirp - verb.
Have you ever dreamt of a word? Funnily enough last week I found myself dreaming about using LJ to post a Wednesday Word and it was...shirp.
Upon awakening, I Googled and was disppointed to find SHIRP was an acronym for a University of Saskatchewan journal program.
But a little more sleuthing and it turns out shirp is a real word, from Scots. It means to either shrink or shrivel, or have a shrunken and shrivelled appearance.
I wonder what other words my subsconscious will cough up :-)
Have you ever dreamt of a word? Funnily enough last week I found myself dreaming about using LJ to post a Wednesday Word and it was...shirp.
Upon awakening, I Googled and was disppointed to find SHIRP was an acronym for a University of Saskatchewan journal program.
But a little more sleuthing and it turns out shirp is a real word, from Scots. It means to either shrink or shrivel, or have a shrunken and shrivelled appearance.
I wonder what other words my subsconscious will cough up :-)
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Date: 2025-01-24 03:13 pm (UTC)Words are pretty useful, even made up ones :-)
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Date: 2025-01-24 03:30 pm (UTC)