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.
Do you have any SIMULACRUMs in your life?
Blessings!
Sue
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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).
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!
Oh, yes, and does anybody have any idea why we call dinner rolls, dinner rolls? I really don’t know.