05 November 2007

word of the day

I very much like the word of the day for November 5.

Woolgathering: Indulgence in idle daydreaming.

Even more, I love the first example sentence:

Similarly, in the meadow, if you laze too late into the fall, woolgathering, snow could fill your mouth. -- Edward Hoagland, "Earth's eye", Sierra, May 1999

Snow could fill your mouth.

Snow could fill your mouth.

Oh my god, I love that phrase.

2 comments:

Laurie said...

snow could fill your mouth today if you're not careful

Anonymous said...

now i feel less special that you found the definition to groveling! :-) just kidding. cool word! i just thought woolgathering had to do with yarn obsession :-)