Words

I enjoy words. I like the way they feel on the tongue. The sound of them and the effect of them fascinate me. I like etymology and even just pieces of words.

And today, I found one of particular delight.

Nubivagant. Pronounced “noob – e- vay- gant”. A thoroughly lovely word. It means moving through or among clouds.

Finally, a true descriptor of how I feel on my foggiest fibromyalgia days. Those days when I struggle to make myself understood from within a maddening blanket of thick cloud.

I feel nubivagant today, I shall say. And those forced to deal with my drifting, zombie-state will know immediately what they are in for.

Luckily, today is not such a day. The sun is shining and I am clear-headed.

If you too like words, I highly recommend checking out Save the Words, a website put together by Oxford University. Help save a word from extinction.