dinkum (DING-kuhm), also dinky-di, fair dinkum, adjective

True; honest; genuine.

extramundane (ek-struh-mun-DAYN) adjective

Beyond the physical world.

wowser (WOU-zuhr) noun

A person regarded as excessively puritanical; a killjoy.

septentrion (sep-TEN-tree-on) noun

The north.

Well I was searching through words and prompts and what-not looking for something to write today because I'm resisting. Didn't like the prompt--and I can say that because it's my own--and couldn't find a word that set me off. But I did find several (above) that didn't sound like they should mean what they did. :) I'm feeling obtuse today I guess.

Dinkum doesn't sound like anything true, honest or genuine. It sounds like someone who tinkers or a small spot of something. Or the little sugary confections that are sprinkled on Pop-Tarts or ice cream cones. Something true or honest or genuine deserve a majestic, big name because it's so rare today, difficult to find. Instead I have dinkum diamond earrings and it really is a good thing!

Extramundane--going simply on the way it sounds--should describe my life. Especially during tax season. Or when the house is falling apart as it generally does and only I seem to have the "extramundane" (my definition) qualities that it takes to piece it back together. Everyone else in the family doesn't see it or doesn't have time. Or thinks it's "extramundane" (again my definition) and their lives should be spend on more exciting pursuits. According to the true definition--out of the physical world--they would rather be doing something extramundane. Like flying without wings or booking a passage for space travel.

And then we come to wowser. Wowsers--I guess this "version" of the word is why the definition threw me. Was that expression (wowsers) made popular through Inspector Gadget cartoons? Or was it in the original gadget spy sitcom and why can't I remember the name of it? I can see the guy--Maxwell Smart! that was him--and his good-looking assistant (blank again). Did he say wowsers? And did he know that a wowser was really a killjoy, someone excessively puritanical? Did he know it was a noun? That when it was pluralized he'd wind up with a group of puritanical killjoys who probably wouldn't be a whole lot of help solving a mystery and probaby would never approve of all those gadgets he employed?

Septentrion is north? No not north, but The North. Is this another name for the Arctic? Or Greenland? Maybe Iceland. Good thing it's not the direction. Go three blocks and turn septentrion. Hmmm. I can't remember "north" when I hear it. Oh, the army is coming from Septentrion. Which country is that? It's a secret, but it's north!

Well I'm done for today. This wasn't much. Some days are like that.