Here's what happened: I was coming back to school which for those of you who have never flown cross country with two layovers, takes FOREVER. On top of that, dictionary.com gave me another "pseudo" word that I had never seen/heard in my entire life and I had no idea how to use it in context with the 20 minutes I spent talking TOTAL yesterday. So I will do another post on behalf of yesterday, even though it was not posted yesterday. We all need to break the rules sometimes.
Here is what I have for you today though:
filch
\ filch \ , verb;
1. To steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants .
When I hear this word, I always think of Mr. Filch from the Harry Potter movies. You can remember its definition by thinking about his stealing the joy out of everyone's day. But here's how I used the word:
Me, Ashley, and another guy who lives on our floor were having dinner (chicken wing night) and talking about the movie Django Unchained. Since I was the only member of the conversation who had not seen the movie, the only comments I had were these: I heard that there was a lot of violence in the film. I thought the silent "D" at the beginning of the name was kinda weird. The latter comment led to a discussion of how maybe the name came from something else, to which I answered, "Perhaps he filched the name!"
After that, the conversation steered towards Quentin Tarantino. I was so glad this word didn't have "pseudo" in it.
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