The brainchild of Arlee Bird, at Tossing it Out
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We’re coming into the home stretch on the A-Z Blogging Challenge. U is the 21st letter in our alphabet, so we only 5 more posts before we can fall across the finish line and pat ourselves on the back.
I had a hard time picking a word for today, but I finally decided on one that I’d never heard before. And here I pride myself on knowing a lot of words.
*Take Smug Expression from Linguistic Face.*
Have you ever heard of uranoscopy? Maybe some astronomers or star gazers have this in their vocabulary, but not me. However, if you’ve ever done any star-watching, you’ve participated in uranoscopy.
I’ve got to see what others of you have posted on your U Word Day. Anyone use uranoscopy?
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DMS says
I have never heard this one before! It sounds like a silly word- but I like its meaning. 🙂
~Jess
Hilary Melton-Butcher says
Hi Lee .. I saw Mary Pax had turned up .. she knows what uranoscopy is .. as she does it all the time – but didn't know the word.
These scientists .. really! Cheers to you both .. Hilary
Ink in the Book says
Great word, especially when I thought it would be universe! I'm adding uranoscopy to my list of new words because, well, because it's a new word to me:)
Lynda R Young says
Yikes! It's just star gazing? uranoscopy sounds painful…
Medeia Sharif says
Pretty graphics. I enjoy stargazing.
DL Shackleford says
LOL, I'm familiar with the last 2 syllables of that word, otherwise brand new to me too.
michelle says
Check out this word: ululation
Not sure if you know it?
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M Pax says
I've done a lot of that without knowing there was another word for it. Will be starting up another season of it here in a few weeks. According to my crit partners, I love the word undulations a lot. It is a great word. Isn't it?
Laura Eno says
LOL! I think I'll leave that word alone. It sounds like it'd be in the same vicinity as a colonoscopy.
Carol Kilgore says
New word for me, too! If you hadn't provided the definition, I would have thought it was some sort of medical procedure – LOL.
Nick Wilford says
Interesting word. Sounds like examining Uranus… *groan* 🙂
Bish Denham says
Kind of sounds like a medical procedure to me… 🙂
Mere Joyce says
New word for me as well, but with those pictures, it gives me the idea of something very quiet and calm, =)
Christine Rains says
This is a new word to me. Love those pics!
lostinsidethecovers says
Can't say I have heard of or used that word, though apparently I do it! Crazy – it does sound like a medical exam!! 🙂
L. Diane Wolfe says
No, and can't say I've ever heard the word before.
Pk Hrezo says
hee hee it sounds like a painful medical exam. Never heard of it til today. Thx Lee!
mooderino says
I'm looking forward to going back to my two a week blog post schedule. Been a long month.
mood
Moody Writing
C. Lee McKenzie says
Same here, Mark. Great, heh?
Mark Means says
I've never heard of that word, but I'm learning all sorts of cool things this month 🙂
nutschell says
Never heard of uranoscopy. It's a funny word, but it sounds like such fun, too!
Nutschell
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C. Lee McKenzie says
One thing about the AtoZ it stretches your knowledge base. You have to go out and find words or facts you'd never thought existed.
Elizabeth Seckman says
That's the sort of word I would have adopted in junior high and giggled every time I used it. I had a (misguided)love for words from a young age…
C. Lee McKenzie says
It has that connection, doesn't it?
Natalie Aguirre says
Not seen anyone else use it. And I'm sure you're glad there's only 5 more days left.
C. Lee McKenzie says
Absolutely. I'm doing a countdown.
Julie Flanders says
Never heard of it! I have to admit I had the same thought as Dezmond when I first read the word LOL.
C. Lee McKenzie says
I'm with you on the LOL!
mshatch says
This is a new word for me – in spite of my interest in the stars!
C. Lee McKenzie says
I'm waiting for the astronomers among us to weigh in. I'm sure they know it.
DEZMOND says
well as long as uranoscopy isn't done on my body LOL :ppp
C. Lee McKenzie says
I know. There are so many "scopy" procedures these days that when I stumbled on this one I held my breath before reading the definition!
Alex J. Cavanaugh says
That's a new word to me!
Uranus has been a popular choice today. Yes, the word makes me chuckle!
C. Lee McKenzie says
I figured some AtoZers would go for Uranus and maybe a bit of ribald humor.