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I Have Never Jabberwocked In My Life

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Holy shit! I didn't bother googling the URL for my blog before I registered it, and it turns out that jabberwocking has an . . . unsavory definition:

I sure hope this is just some random addition to the Urban Dictionary, not actually a common use of this word.

33 thoughts on “I Have Never Jabberwocked In My Life”

  1. cld

    Kevin, I am always looking forward to your next dump.

    You're going to get so much traffic from the jabberwocking community! Jabberwockies.

    They're like the overlap of furries and the constipated. Sarah Silverman groupies.

      1. MontyTheClipArtMongoose

        & the Republican Party thought Dan Savage kicking doorknobs at Gary Bauer's Iowa campaign office before the 2000 Caucus was the worst he would do to their Party's reputation.

  5. KawSunflower

    NOW you tell us! Hadn't checked my Random House Unabridged, & the BOMC edition of the OED that came with a magnifying glass was stolen long ago, so I relied on our blogger to choose wisely.

    1. golack

      Congrats! Now the work begins. I guess you can see how well the roads are cleared....drive carefully. (Presuming the ice storm made it down that far)

      1. Velociryx

        Thank you! 🙂 Yep...beautiful little town and a great house with a ton of character.
        Of interest, it's an "American Foursquare" which was one of the first "kit homes" sold via Sears and Roebuck next to their iconic Craftsmen Cabins.
        When they were heavily built (1890's thru the 1930's) the wealthy took a dim view of them, regarding them as cookie cutter homes (McMansions, before that was a thing), but these days, since there aren't many left standing, they're increasingly sought after.
        This one needs some work but has good bones...inspection report pending but nothing I saw today led me to believe it would be an insurmountable challenge. I think the old girl has quite a lot of life left in her. 🙂

          1. Velociryx

            Oh yes - there will be plenty to do in the place but - one room, one project at a time. I'm basically gonna ignore the upstairs initially. LOL
            But Ima steampunk the shit out of those exposed pipes. 😉

          1. Velociryx

            Thanks Monty! Yeah - I've been renting since I moved here. Happy with the rental but...been eyeing a forever home for a while now... 🙂

          1. Velociryx

            Sadly, I'm no spring chicken - just a late bloomer. LOL
            But...I think I can coax the old girl back to prime, and it'll be a fun project!

        4. Bwillard

          Is it possible to get the ceilings redone first? Its easier to put the scaffolding in without furniture and they can quickly get the ceilings plastered.

    2. Silver

      Congratulations! Looks good.
      I take it this is a sign you are doing at least reasonably well, after all your mishaps earlier?

  10. TriassicSands

    "I sure hope this is just some random addition to the Urban Dictionary, not actually a common use of this word." KD

    Oh, Kevin, every time I went into the bathroom as a kid, my mother would call out, "I hope you're not in there jabberwocking again."

    I had no idea what she was talking about.

  11. paulharder2

    Ah, Kevin, I wouldn't worry about that. It's not as if you're jaywalking -- an offense for which a person can apparently get a ticket from the police in your state. On one of my very few visits to California, some years ago, I was staying at a hotel on a highway on the edge of a town. At early morning breakfast time (still dark), I the only place to get breakfast was directly across the highway. I didn't see any marked crosswalks. No problem. There was zero traffic on the road -- no lights of cars to be seen in either direction. So I walked across the road. Immediately, a police officer turned on his headlights and swooped in. Had I not been very polite, I might have got more than the warning about jaywalking. But I've never heard of getting a ticket for jabberwokking!

  12. Jasper_in_Boston

    How the hell were you supposed to cross the street? Wait for the town to paint crosswalks? I'm grateful I grew up in a place where most people don't even know what the term "jaywalking" means, much less put up with police enforcement of illegal walking.

    I'm going to hold of on googling "jabberwocking" and just use my imagination.

    1. Jasper_in_Boston

      Whoops. I guess when I first saw Kevin's post the graphic didn't load, so I didn't see the definition. Lucky me, it just loaded.

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