Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Sep 24 2008
Farbling
I ran across a section of Urban Dictionary today that used a word I first became acquainted with after I met my spouse. I had no idea that "farble" had so many different meanings. The only one I knew of was their second offering, in which farble means to move around with something or toy with it without real progress. Their first explanation about men trying to empty their bladder quietly reminded me that a lot of females will go into a public restroom, enter a stall and then flush the toilet once or twice as they use it, presumably to cover up the noise of their own body function. Could that be a female version of farbling? In any event, it's a great word to keep handy for use during an election year, isn't it?
posted at: 21:20 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I ran across a section of Urban Dictionary today that used a word I first became acquainted with after I met my spouse. I had no idea that "farble" had so many different meanings. The only one I knew of was their second offering, in which farble means to move around with something or toy with it without real progress. Their first explanation about men trying to empty their bladder quietly reminded me that a lot of females will go into a public restroom, enter a stall and then flush the toilet once or twice as they use it, presumably to cover up the noise of their own body function. Could that be a female version of farbling? In any event, it's a great word to keep handy for use during an election year, isn't it?
posted at: 21:20 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
