Bodacious Bodhisattva

Bodhissatva -- someone who exhibits peacefulness and encourages peace in and between others...

Very Bodie!

maybe we can use the word, "bodacious" to describe someone who exhibits those qualities above.

Bodacious Bodhissatvas. A great name for a band, or a movement which promotes nonviolence in the high schools!

Do you remember The Beverly Hillbillies, an old TV show? Jed's nephew, Jethro, was often referred to as "bodacious." I remember looking this up many years ago and NOT finding it in the dictionary, so I thought it was a mispronunciation of Audacious, or just something the hillbillies made up. I just found it in my dictionary! I'm surprised to see it there.

Bodacious -- outright, unmistakeable, remarkable, and it does indicate that it is more common in the South and Midland, presumably of the U.S, and probably originated there.

Well, don't that just beat all?! It was audacious of me to try to use an already lexiconated word and adapt it to my own purpose. Bodacious!

Y'all come back now, y'hear?!

(maybe I'm just experiencing a flashback)