Mirthful Wishes

Today is Earth Day. And the philolog can not be so mundane as to say Happy Earth Day, so I wish you a Mirthful Earth Day!

Officially, Earth Day was Wednesday, April 22.

Mirth. It's just a silly little word that tickles when you say it. My dictionary says it means spirited gaiety; social merriment. Synonyms: amusement, fun, delight, hilarity, jollity, joyfulness, and my all time favorite, Glee!

Wait a minute... jollity? I don't believe I've ever heard that word spoken or even seen it before in print. Nice to meet you, Jollity. Fortunately, the meaning is apparent as it looks so much like jolly. I guess Jolly is the adjective for the noun, Jollity.

I guess Merry is the adjective for Mirth. In addition to Mirthful, of course.

Mirth is from Old English.
Jollity is from Old French.

Hilarious! Well, maybe not, just slightly amusing, or maybe mildly interesting.

Small glitch

Glitch. I just like the sound of it. "Glitch" is just a very harsh monosyllabic word. I think it was probably rare before personal computers came into vogue. But now "computer glitch" is a very common expression. Especially around here. I blame everything on the computer glitch!


It's derived from German! I should have known!

It means mishap, malfunction.