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#Scotstober Day 15 and 16 #Lowp and #Grue
Sorry for going AWOL on Scotstober yesterday. I was having a wee bit of a bad day CRPS wise and just need to have a rest after getting my work on the manuscript done. But, I managed to do a post today that covered both words! Today’s words are lowp and grue. Lowp means leap,…
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Word Count 14th October 2021
Woohoo! More words added to Running The Asset ? Thanks for joining me on this adventure! Stay safe.
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#Scotstober Day 14 #Stookie
Today’s word is stookie. Stookie generally refers to plaster of Paris. In Scots, it means a plaster cast for broken bones. In the non-medical world, it means statues made of plaster, but I’ve heard it to mean pretty much all statues. Sticking with the statues definition, this leads into descriptors of people standing stock still–think…
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#Scotstober Day 13 #Dour
It’s a picture post for today and probably tomorrow, but I’ll be back with some screivin (writing) on Friday. Today’s word is dour. I use dour on a fairly regular basis. Not only is it a great descriptor of the weather, or someone’s mood, it’s also a great insult (I’ll share that after the definition…



