Thursday, 3 September 2009

4th september 2010 Newspaper words

Tamilian moniker for coffee, was brewed by my grandma as an early morning rite. A mellifluous matriarch, she had so perfected the art of making kaapi that brides-to-be of our family had from her their Coffee for Dummies tutorials.

moniker - A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

mellifluous - Pleasing to the ear

.......he would work on the pinkish teats of the animal’s swollen udder.

teats - The small projection of a mammary gland

udder - Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

tinsel - A showy decoration that is basically valueless
..tinsel town.

fondle -  Touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions
I fondle my pendant, press it to my lips and think, "What do I care! Petel is mine and nobody knows it!"
(anne frank,jan 12,1944)

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