TerminologyTuesday

Ah. There is nothing like being awakened at 3:53 am by a blood curdling "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!! I WAAAANT TO READ A BOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yeah.

The other day a friend of mine was writing about her daughter who is just a couple three months older than my own little girl.  The two of which could be considered sisters in more than one manner. One prominent reason being in the way she described her daughter. It was such an unusual and incredibly vivid word yet I had to go to my trusty online dictionary to make sure I knew exactly what it meant.  I was surprised to find that in it's definition it included : "Stephonie's daughter, Penny."  

Ok, so I am exaggerating a bit. Here's what it did say. 

mercurial

1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature

2. animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted.

3. pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury. 

 

 So the third definition doesn't relate so much, but the first two do. Actually, all nine of those fit Penny in some fashion or other.  I found other related words and phrases to describe mercurial when I consulted my beloved thesaurus. They are: 

flighty, temperamental

agile, physically or mentally nimble, deft

capricious, given to sudden behavior change

changable, erratic 

 unpredictable, wandering

excitable, easily upset or inspired

fickle, vacillating, blowing hot and cold

fleet, quick in movement

Among other things.  I see this in Penny nearly every day.  Sometimes children are a product of their environment. Sometimes their environment influences their personality traits. And sometimes there are kids who come with great big personalities and their environment has little influence on them.  

 

Yup. My little copper Penny brought it with her. It is equally a delight and a distress. She is a wonder and as I was once told, "She sure does live life with enthusiasm!"   That she does!

Your challenge for today is to somehow slip mercurial into an everyday conversation.  Let me know what how and what was the reaction of those you were talking to.

-Steph

PS

Don't forget to check back on Tristi Pinkston's blog. She's having her "Hang Em High Hoedown"  (the button to your right will take you right to it) to celebrate the release of her new book. She's having nearly 2 weeks of awesome giveaways so keep an eye on her blog and mine and Jennifer's (we're participating in it as well)!!