tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post7764154176627029691..comments2024-01-02T00:00:22.781-08:00Comments on csperryess: From Addlepated to TwitterpatedCS Perryesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-58521315932723064122014-04-18T10:32:56.880-07:002014-04-18T10:32:56.880-07:00Actually, Christine, now that you mention it, what...Actually, Christine, now that you mention it, what with the school year approaching its end, I find myself quite puddingheaded -- mostly amiable, yet pretty darned stupid.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-57670376079185462372014-04-18T07:42:34.142-07:002014-04-18T07:42:34.142-07:00Puddinghead. Ha! I love that one. I think I will u...Puddinghead. Ha! I love that one. I think I will use it. Twitterpated is a wonderful word and smitten is a wonderful feeling. At least in its current usage. Thanks, Charlie for another entertaining post. Christine Ahernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332152375980196208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-1667598137975699372014-04-17T21:46:00.999-07:002014-04-17T21:46:00.999-07:00Hi Anne & Rachel6,
Thanks for coming by & ...Hi Anne & Rachel6,<br />Thanks for coming by & pondering with me. Yes, smitten is a fine word, though it clearly had a violent & checkered past. And dotty & dotage are indeed cousins.CS Perryesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011651595792156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-61440547298360672572014-04-17T19:16:37.387-07:002014-04-17T19:16:37.387-07:00I knew addlepated, but I did not know it's con...I knew addlepated, but I did not know it's connection with a bodily function. Twitterpated is new to me--I only saw Bambi once and it terrified me as a child--but I just love that word. Flutterpated too. I'll have to use them somewhere.<br /><br /> I think smitten is what happens when Cupid smites you. I think Roman gods were allowed to smite like the old Testament one, weren't they? Dotty is a great word. As Rachel does, I associate it with P.G. Wodehouse characters. And I suppose it's related to "dotage" which is a more polite word for senility. Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378530220174928746.post-12806448569179632262014-04-17T19:00:09.362-07:002014-04-17T19:00:09.362-07:00Ahaha, twitterpated!! I grew up with "Bambi&q...Ahaha, twitterpated!! I grew up with "Bambi", and now, some 12 years later, my friends and I use it for that first phase of relationships, when the couple is rather obsessed with each other.<br /><br />I'd only heard "dotty" in the British sense of "slightly mad." P.G. Wodehouse used it to refer to his main character's aunts: "Dotty Aunt Dahlia."<br /><br />But smitten...I will always love smitten.Rachel6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15138745237488029817noreply@blogger.com