summer is finally over!

there are only about 19 hours left of summer—so now’s your last chance to steal a smooch underneath the boardwalk or to “experience” the latest superhero movie and then pretend you had no idea it would be so supremely awful. all we have now to keep us warm during the cold, dark days ahead are the 12 words of the word summer series.

the annual challenge*: write a story about your 12 weeks of summer using the following 12 words of the word summer series.

1. crookle · to coo as a pigeon
2. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis · a factitious word alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust’ but ocurring chiefly as an instance of a very long word.
3. gossipry · a body of gossips
4. pulvil · perfumed powder for powdering the wig
5. enatation · an escape by swimming
6. lakke · one hundred thousand items, especially coins
7. ben trovato · of a story: appropriate even if untrue
8. gongoozler · a person who stares at anything for a long time
9. belgard · a kind or loving look
10. palpebrous · having large eyebrows
11. tyromancy · divination by means of cheese
12. polydoggery · the keeping of a number of dogs

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*if you take me up on this tempting challenge, let me know and i’ll link to your efforts in a subsequent post.