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SIMULACRUM

Wild Word Friday!

SIMULACRUM means a counterfeit image, a travesty or sham.

The simula portion of SIMULACRUM has ancient roots in the Latin word simul, which means together with or likewise. Crum comes to us from the Anglo-Saxon, crump or crumb. Both versions of the word mean bent or crooked. (Did you know that in some Scottish and British dialects a cow with a crooked horn is called a crummie?)

Put simul and crum together and you have SIMULACRUM, a word that means like something bent or crooked, or a travesty. As in: My attempts to duplicate my mother-in-law’s wonderful dinner roll recipe have always resulted in a pan full of SIMULACRUMs! (Definitely a travesty!) Therefore, I buy my dinner rolls.

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Do you have any SIMULACRUMs in your life?

Blessings!

Sue

(Photos from Wikipedia.)

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3 Comments

  1. Thank you, Jackie! I love to search for words to use and if you ever have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. You have such a huge advantage being multi-ligual!

  2. how do you come up with these unusual words Sue, from a banknote to a dinner roll. funny!
    I always wondered why rolls are called dinner rolls. In Ireland the ones with the crust are called crusty rolls and in Holland harde bolletjes (hard balls).

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