DEFINITION: n. A wayward scent or aroma which invokes distant memories of one’s childhood or younger days. v. To be suddenly catapulted into the past by a very strong odor.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Reminessence: /rem in ess sens/ Howard was completing the Circle of Life. He had started out as a baby, grew through childhood to adulthood and now as a senior was regressing back to needing the care one gives an infant. His wife Margery tended his needs and the odors of caring for another human took her back to her own child-rearing years: the feedings, the changings, the bathing and looking after an increasingly helpless person. Sometimes the scent of adult diapers were reminessence of those she had put on her own children. The scent took her back to a time when she and Howard had worked hard and enjoyed the rewards of a growing family. Who says you cannot go back again? Margery did it every day now… Etymology: Reminiscence (a mental impression retained and recalled from the past;the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) & Essence (a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor) Created by: Nosila.
Comments on Reminessence:
galwaywegian, 2009-03-23: 11:07:00
like itsilveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 13:47:00
You have captured that cradle-to-the-grave, circle of life, with reminissence. Powerful word!splendiction, 2009-03-23: 16:43:00
Your word is beautiful – I didn’t realize mine starts the same way (remin. from reminisce/reminiscence).kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 23:34:00
Captured perfectly!
Scentimental: /scent eh meant all / It does not matter from what corner of his mind, the now elderly Jack Horner, could always find, through out all time, be it from adolescent to his old-age prescent, the fragrance of cinnamon in bread pudding or plum pie, was indelibly etched, from his memory fetched, making his thumb twitch, and with a scentimental sigh, recapture the feeling of “What a good boy am I!” Etymology: SCENT – a nice smell. SENTIMENTAL – tender feelings of nostalgia, tender feelings when thinking of the past. ///// For people whose first langauge is not English, or those so young they may not have heard of Jack Horner, here’s his original nursery rhyme: Little Jack Horner sat in the corner, eating his pudding and pie. He stuck in his thumb, and pulled out a plum and said “What a good boy am I!” Created by: silveryaspen.
Comments on Scentimental:
silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 01:26:00
Song of the day: Scentimental Journey!abrakadeborah, 2009-03-23: 06:18:00
You’re making me want some bread pudding!!! Mmmm Good word there Silveryaspen! 🙂kateinkorea, 2009-03-23: 11:06:00
Awesome word.galwaywegian, 2009-03-23: 11:06:00
exsmellent!Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:26:00
yummymweinmann, 2009-03-23: 15:22:00
clever story corner…Mustang, 2009-03-23: 23:10:00
Now I want some bread pudding just like grandma used to make.
Nosetalgia: /nÅstaljÉ™/ Charlie went out for a walk. As he approached a patch of woods he caught the unmistakable scent of skunk. In a case of nosestalgia, he flashed back to his first encounter with one of these odoriferous creatures. It was quite a shock for a puppy to think that something he saw as a possible playmate would do something so rude. His current walk quickly took a new direction. Etymology: nose (the sense of smell, esp. a dog’s ability to track something by its scent) + nostalgia (a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past) Created by: artr.
Comments on Nosetalgia:
Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:24:00
terrific
Whiffersnapper: /wiff-a-snap-a/ Mmmm! there’s something about the whiffersnapper of packaging materials, that takes me right back to the Christmas parcel Grandma used to send us half way around the world. Etymology: whiff (scent) + whippersnaper (youth) Created by: petaj.
Comments on Whiffersnapper:
Jabberwocky, 2009-03-23: 12:30:00
love it!silveryaspen, 2009-03-23: 14:02:00
Whiffersnapper conjures up the crackle of the enlightening smell in the air! Wheffervescent!Nosila, 2009-03-23: 23:05:00
Enjoyed it…whiff love!
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