words and people

abstemious
1) Abstaining from wine.
2) Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
3) Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
4) Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
5) Promotive of abstemiousness.

This popped up on my Word of the Day and, just like a particular song can instantly take you to a moment in your past (or, just like a package of Bottle Caps candy in the TA Office yesterday transported me to the low-lit atmosphere of Skate Country, throbbing pop music and the faint smell of early teenage pheromones mixed with foot sweat), I attach words to people. Abstemious is Emily to me. Only for the primary definition: abstaining from wine.

As in:
Emily, I dare you to be abstemious.
Or, Sis, the lavender sheen to your teeth and the way your eyes lock a couple seconds too long on mine when I talk to you are dead give-aways that you haven't been abstemious.

alternate definitions for life

writher
verb/adverb hybrid; informal, slang
1) a combination of the roots writhe (to twist, as in pain, struggle, or embarassment) and rather (in a measure, to a certain extent, somewhat)
2) a fairly painful and/or awkward-looking contortion of the body in which it's apparent that the performer is not fully committed to its execution

Watching Britney Spears writher through her big comeback perfomance at the MTV Awards was an ironic fall from grace.

My word of the day

joygasm
noun
a euphoric moment of joy in which the sentiment is so effusive it manifests physically in a toe-curling sensation similar to orgasm

Wow. The movie Blades of Glory gave me a joygasm.

also joygasmic, as in:

Wow. This bottle of apple pie moonshine Aunt Mary gave me at Christmas that I just found in the back of my fridge is joygasmic.