Psilology

Psilology
Okay here is me, having somewhat of a "badhairday"(frrizzy-top.) Oh well it'll have to do. Also, I am hunched over and holding my daughter (who got edited out here) so I kind of look like I have no neck. Or really BIG shoulders coming out of my ears. Teehee.
I want to try posting a pic today since I haven't yet. I'll have to work on it.

Weekly Word Resurrection

So here it is, the WWR as promised.

Hempen; adj- Of or pertaining to hemp.

I have used this word almost on a daily basis ever since I discovered it in researching my business of childrens clothing made from hemp textiles. (see TumTum Tree Designs.)
It doesn't appear in dictionaries printed after the 1940's likely due to the mandate of the US to eliminate the hemp industry.

I love this word. You should too.

Logolepsy Affliction

I guess I should explain the title of my blog.

Psilology is just as it says; the love of empty talk or chatter. I found this word by accident. I was looking in the only dictionary I own for something else altogether. I happened upon this word and it struck me. How perfect! I had been trying to think of a name of a blog that would be appropriate and here it was, staring up at me.

I have always had an interest in etimology. Logolepsy is the term for this particular affliction (an obsession with words), though apparently the word is aniquated and not widely used. I recently found a great site that I could spend hours on just brushing up on little known words. Luciferous Logolepsy is definitely worth a look if you are into words.

Though this blog will have everything crafty that interests me on it, each week I will have the "weekly word resurrection" highlighting a word that is of interest to me. My goal is to get people thinking of using words that have been long-forgotten in an attempt to broaden the readers appreciation of language.

All in the name of communication, I suppose.

This might actually turn into something bigger. Some crazy art installation might be in the works but this end is yet unclear. (I also have a mild obsession with typography so these would tie in together quite nicely!)

The Fist Edition of "weekly word resurrection" will follow as Sunday is the day I aim to post this feature on. Most of my words come from my dictionary that I inheritted from my great grandmother. The Webster's New School & Office Dictionary is an edition from 1940 that Gramma used mainly to press flowers and "file" old newpaper clippings of note.

Since I have had it in my posession I have found it extremely useful as I have found a plethora of words that most of us have never heard before. Many of these words don't even appear in modern dictionaries.

Psilology is one of these words and when I found it, I knew this blog was meant to be.

News From Crafty-Rascallion

Here I am with a blog of my own. This one is all about craft.