A reminder that I’m doing “The Funniest Words in English” for my trip down the A-Z Blogging Challenge path, (well, not always hahaha funny, but kind of off the beaten track funny, like maybe a little odd, sometimes).
Formication – The sense of ants crawling on your skin.
You thought that was fornication, didn’t you? No, that one’s not really odd or funny. Well, yes it is kind of. I mean when Father O’Connor pontificates about it in Nkana’s Catholic Church you attend with your girlfriend even though you’re not a Catholic and you’re a kid in the first blush of sexuality and the two of you get the giggles and can’t stop.
Formication is about something that could be very serious and not much fun, unless it’s just pins and needles because you’ve been sitting on your foot in rapt attention to the first boy who paid attention to you. If however there’s deadness, numbness and paraesthesia–itching or burning usually associated with peripheral nerve damage–then it might just be serious.
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I love your blog topic idea! I’ll try to use all of these words in conversation tomorrow as a challenge to myself!
You could say have you ever had formication? Now that would raise a few eyebrows.
Totally screwed up and gave the wrong website again, didn’t mean to take credit for what’s not mine. However, the website I gave was the one I was just at and it’s pretty cool too! 🙂
Glad you stopped by. I’ll check ’em all.
It’s wonderful to learn something new! Though I do not like the feeling of ants (or anything else) crawling on my skin — formication.
Pins and needles isn’t too bad.
Trust you to find a word like that!
Luck.
Were you looking for the other word?
No, actually, I lucked into it.
Ha! You got me!!!
Oh good! Thanks for the visit, Nikki.
Yes, I admit it, Rossandra – you got me!
Ha! Glad to see you again, Nancy.
Ooh, this one made my skin crawl!
Hey there Britton, thanks for the visit!
these words are awesome!
dinkum is my fave so far!
and formication gives me the willies just thinking about it!
It’s been fun. Thanks for the visit.
great idea for the A to Z challenge!
I’m enjoying myself. Thanks so much for popping in.