TotallyOz Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Here is the word for this week: frabjous \FRAB-juhs\, adjective: Wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious. He bombarded her with imported candy and American beauties, and cluttered up the spring with a series of whist parties, which butted into the social calendar something frabjous. -- George Fitch, At good old Siwash If there's a more frabjous pairing of writer and director than Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton, I can't imagine it. -- Mike Scott, "'Alice in Wonderland' movie review: Callooh! Callay! Tim Burton creates a frabjous delight," The Times-Picayune, March 2010 Frabjous is one of many words coined by Lewis Caroll in Through the Looking-Glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CharliePS Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 "O frabjous day, Calloo callay!" Carroll didn't provide translations for the many invented words in "Jabberwocky," so I suppose one can use them to mean whatever one wants. (I often think of Wall Street financiers as slithy toves.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TotallyOz Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 Lewis Carroll gifted a golden goose, Permission for rhymers to coin words frabjous, When the lexicon would not yield a word That would not make their rhymes sound absurd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
