Posted on 04/20/2024 8:03:25 AM PDT by Chicory
13. Sparple
This word is not only fun to say, it can also come in handy. It means to deflect attention from one thing by making a big deal of something else entirely.
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So the media is constantly sparpling. Learn something new every day!
My grandfather (born 1877) said the same. But, as you know, my grandparents were the same Scot/Irish as yours although they were from NC and VA going back to the early 17th century. Old habits and all.
A few years ago I used flummoxed in conversation with a friend who apparently considers her vocabulary very extensive. She said she’d never heard the word, and asked me what it meant, so I told her. Then she looked it up on her phone to check me. A few minutes later, she said something like, “well who’s the smarty pants now? You were right! It is a word!”
P.S. I’m not sure where I heard the word first, but I was taught by Irish nuns, so maybe that was it.
I like “persiflage” : An amusing one, referring to light, frivolous banter or good-natured ridicule said in jest.
Sounds like stuff I’d see on “Seinfeld” regularly.
My original ancestor immigrated here from Scotland in the mid 1700’s before the Revolutionary War and I think it was during the clearances. They, and my grandmother’s family, landed in the Appalachians of NC before moving south to TN. My grandfather was born in 1899 or 1900. I actually knew my GGrandfather. He was born in 1865 or 67. He schooled me on the Civil War. LOL
The Scots and Irish were the best at passing down their oral history. We have some Dane, Welsh, and Norman on the Scottish side because my Scottish ancestors were originally Welsh, Dane, and Norman in the 12th century.
My baby brother looks like he could have stepped right out of one of the historical novels like Braveheart. 😁
Squirrel!
Highlanders? There can be only one.
If not common, far from obscure, archaic, or obsolete. I just checked, and in the last six years there were four movies named “Nefarious”.
To my grandfather, anybody that lived in the hills was a Highlander. :-) It was the way he talked.
When The Spare married Markle he became Sparple...........
I use that one every once in awhile.. (flummoxed)
Flummoxed is such a good word! Surprised, speechless, and confused all in one!
Yes, I should have left that alone LOL!
I hadn’t heard of them before, but it sounds like a fun group 🙂
Sparple does sound like a drink! I think its real meaning may be related to dazzling people with you know what 😉
Part of my family is Scottish, and I was so disappointed to find out they were “bluidy Lowlanders”...
I thought it would be a useful word for these times!
Chad C. Sparpler
I read that that is exactly what Seinfeld was aiming for: a show about nothing!
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