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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Winner of the WOD daffynition contest
Winner of the WOD daffynition contest
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redcamarocruiser
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Winner of the WOD daffynition contest
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I enjoyed all of the entries. They were funny, thoughtful, some played on words, some on modern social media Twitter, some on traditional related words Twit,�onomatopoeia Twitter and Twit Twit Twit. As per my request, all created imaginative contexts and let their imaginations soar. Thank you all for participating.� And the winner is Lynne� cunliffe�who wrote this particularly eloquent passage:� "You are walking through a leafy housing estate (a park won�t do; there have to be people and houses because twitterpation is a complex state). You see lovely gardens and every now and then, you spot a well-stocked bird table, or seeders, or fat balls. You spy holly and ivy, excellent sources of food for birds. The sun breaks through the clouds and your heart almost breaks with the joy of the bird song. You love the people who care about the birds even more than you love the birds! Then, you see a garden with an English meadow theme and there are thistles, dandelions, and goldfinches! The birdsong reaches a crescendo. That does it! You experience a kind of ecstasy or twitterpation. You are completely twitterpated."� � Dictionary.com defines twitterpated as: adjective Informal.excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten. � � � � "WORD ORIGIN AND HISTORY FOR TWITTERPATEDadj.1942, apparently first attested in the Walt Disney movie "Bambi" (there also was a song by that name but it was not in the�studio release of the film), a past participle adjective formed from twitter + pate (n.2) "head" (cf. flutterpated , 1894). Thumper: Why are they acting that way?
Friend Owl: Why, don�t you know? They�re twitterpated.
Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated?
Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You�re walking along, minding yourown business. You�re looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face.Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head�s in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and beforeyou know it, you�re walking on air. And then you know what? You�re knocked for a loop, and you completely lose yourhead!
Thumper: Gosh, that�s awful. Online Etymology Dictionary, � 2010 Douglas Harper" �
> So, it�s your turn now, Lynne. Over to you. 
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24 Mar 2019
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cunliffe
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Thanks very much, Mary. Whoops, my daffynition wasn�t so far from the real one! I�ll post the new WOD soon. Lynne |
25 Mar 2019
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