|
30 Jan 08 - 01:34 PM (#2248779) Subject: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Little Hawk "frisson"! What a marvelous word! It is now the official Word of the Year for 2008, and it is a word that is going to be on everyone's lips, I am sure. Anyone who is anyone at all is going to be casually slipping the word "frisson" into their conversations in 2008. I feel sure that Tom Cruise uses it now and then, not to mention Meryl Streep. What does it mean? Ah, you ask! Well, it's a French word. It means... "a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; a thrill" And isn't it wonderful that it should mean that, because that is exactly what I felt upon seeing the word "frisson" for the first time, neatly ensconced in a post by Amos. Yes, I felt a frisson! Rather akin to the frisson that some people experience when they unexpectedly sight a triple rainbow gleaming over their town. So, now that you know about it, be sure to work the word "frisson" into your conversations over the next 12 months, and give it the French accent when you do, for heaven's sake! Give your friends and associates a frisson of their own. Do it. You know you can. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 01:36 PM (#2248781) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Wesley S Frisson unbelievable |
|
30 Jan 08 - 01:36 PM (#2248783) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Peace 'Frisson comes from the French, from Old French friçon, "a trembling," ultimately from Latin frigere, "to be cold."' |
|
30 Jan 08 - 01:38 PM (#2248784) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Peace "Main Entry: fris·son Pronunciation: \frē-ˈsōⁿ\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural frissons \-ˈsōⁿ(z)\ Etymology: French, shiver, from Old French friçon, from Late Latin friction-, frictio, from Latin, literally, friction (taken in Late Latin as derivative of frigēre to be cold) Date: 1777 " |
|
30 Jan 08 - 01:56 PM (#2248796) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Amos I am honored, but I should add that the original post in which I so delighted M. Hawk was itself a vocabulary enriching one, in which the wonderful new term: choreplay was defined as the frisson of excitement experienced by a woman who watches her husband or boyfriend do domestic chores such as folding laundry or vacuuming. A |
|
30 Jan 08 - 02:08 PM (#2248809) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Little Hawk Yes, indeed. Comparable, I think, to the frisson of excitement experienced by a man who watches his wife or girlfriend disassemble and replace the malfuctioning water pump on the pickup truck. (I had a girlfriend who used to do stuff like that regularly.) I don't know if there's a word such as choreplay for that specific situation, though. If not, someone should come up with one. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 02:24 PM (#2248821) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Q (Frank Staplin) More useless information. The 1777 date was when Hugh Walpole used it in a letter. This letter was not published until 1940, so just when it was first used in a publication in English, dunno. The Oxford English Dictionary did not include this word until the 1987 Supplement (beware these foreign words!) although it is in a 1960s Webster's Collegiate Dictionary that I have. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 03:18 PM (#2248866) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: gnu Must go trim my beard. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 03:47 PM (#2248890) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: gnu Ahhhh... what a frisson! I trim my beard in the garage and it's about -3 so I was kinda cold. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 04:03 PM (#2248907) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Rapparee Nuclear frisson? |
|
30 Jan 08 - 04:24 PM (#2248929) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: GUEST,Monique Could just be the flu and you'd have frissons as well! |
|
30 Jan 08 - 05:49 PM (#2249038) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Sandra in Sydney I'm having a frisson of curiosity as to why Gnu trims his beard in the garage. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 06:29 PM (#2249080) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Rapparee I think that, come Spring, I'll go frisson. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 06:39 PM (#2249094) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Little Hawk If you kiss your love lightly on the back of her neck she will experience a frisson. And it works when she does that to you too. |
|
30 Jan 08 - 07:10 PM (#2249120) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Rapparee I came back inside 'cause I was frisson my ass off. |
|
31 Jan 08 - 02:00 AM (#2249293) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: michaelr LH almost (missed it by a k) came up with another exciting new word: How shall we define malfucktioning then? Cheers, Michael |
|
31 Jan 08 - 02:45 AM (#2249300) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Joe Offer Frisson? Is that that little white dog with the curly hair? |
|
31 Jan 08 - 06:40 AM (#2249390) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Mr Happy Well it's blowin' a gale outside & it's frisson cold! |
|
31 Jan 08 - 09:21 AM (#2249509) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Rapparee I took my car into the shop because it needed its frisson checked. |
|
31 Jan 08 - 10:13 AM (#2249545) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Amos You lick the pump handle on a cold day and your tongue will frisson the metal. A |
|
31 Jan 08 - 03:32 PM (#2249810) Subject: RE: BS: Official Word of the Year - 'frisson' From: Rapparee YES! 84 mpg! 0 to 60 in 3 seconds! Styling that has won it "Car and Drover's" Cart Of The Year Award! The all-new NISSAN FRISSON! |