Saturday Word: Zarf

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Howdy friends, I'm still here! I'm barrelling towards the end of the semester and haven't had a few minutes to sit down and queue up entries.

Zarf - noun.

Today's word comes from the Facebook game Word Blitz, which had me asking "Zarf??? That doesn't sound cromulent!"

It turns out that a zarf (plural: zarfs) is an intricate, usually metal holder for cups without a handle. I remember having plastic zarfs as a kid when we went camping. They were plastic holders that Solo cups could be snapped into. Fancy! :-) See you Wednesday!

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Comments

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

That’s the sort of word indispensable to crossword puzzle authors, along with “ern” (a sea eagle) and “eft” (a juvenile newt.)

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

LOL I don't recall it in the wild, but now that I know what it is, I'll probably see it everywhere.

[full-metal-ox.livejournal.com]

I’m trying to remember which humorist mentioned that one of his neighbors collected zarfs: “...plain zarfs and fancy zarfs. This was actually not a nonsense word coined by Dr. Seuss to rhyme with some other word also coined by the good doctor.” The likeliest suspects are Jack Douglas and Dave Barry.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I did a quick Google and Dave Barry does mention zarf here and there. I'm not familiar with Jack Douglas.