And the gift shows signs of emerging in our oldest boy. Today, while waiting patiently for the doctors to come around and do their thing, Jamey mentioned a "word": dewblop.
"That's not a word"
"Look it up"
"OK"
So I Google it and find only one page in the entire interwebs that has dewblop in the URL, but no reference to it on the page.
Of course Jamey conceded that it wasn't a word.
However, as I continue to think about it I realize what a feat of mental agility it is to coin a word like that which has no precedent in Google's entire catalog.
Meanwhile the doctors were coming back a bit stumped as to what type of fever Jamey had. His symptoms were fatigue, fever for 3 days, and pink spots all over starting on the 3rd day.
The immediate care clinic, unsure as to the diagnosis, sent us on to the ER to give them a chance for a more thorough battery of tests.
While on our way, I described to Jamey that when you had the first instance of a disease, they usually name the disease after you (think Lou Gehrig).
Well, the ER docs didn't think it was anything remarkable enough to investigate beyond saying "it's a virus".
Feeling just a bit jilted for not having the disease named Jamey G. Fever by the doctors, we decided instead to name it ourselves. And the name that seemed to fit best: Dewblop Fever.
Hopefully Dewblop Fever doesn't last beyond about 5 days, or our trip to Seattle will be in jeopardy.
2 comments :
It also takes mental agility to identify a word as "not a word" and be correct about it.
In my case, I would not be able to challenge it, and if I did look it up, I wouldn't be able to use my research as evidence since I am such a lousy searcher.
You obviously have inherited your excellent use of the language from your mother, not me.
Great Grandma and the Great Grumpy Z will be praying that Jamey G recovers from Dewblop Fever. I'm quite confident that God knows all about "Dewblop Fever" and has a cure for it.
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