Today’s Word of the Day from Dictionary.com is Inspissate. Seems like a fairly cut and dried (pun intended) word. Think making gravy…adding a bit of cornstarch or flour and heat for thickening. At least that was my first take:
Inspissate Haiku
Try adding cornstarch
to inspissate thin gravy
don’t forget to stir!
But then I googled the word and found this it is heavily (pun intended) used in the medical field when referring to bodily secretions and excretions thickened through dehydration or disease. (See the google suggestions below).
Of course I had to share my findings with you! You’re welcome! (…evil grin…) Think of me next time you sit down to a lovely meal with a steaming boat of savory, thick, or rather, inspissated gravy and remember that in some odd linguistic twist…we are what we eat…what goes up must come down…what goes in, generally comes out. EWWWW! I best drop off this spiral before I drown in this inspissating quicksand of ickiness! If there is such a thing as a word earworm…this is it!
Have a great weekend! 🙂
like mercury colliding... 
May 20th, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Oh EWWW, lol! Glad I already had lunch before reading this. lolol. I’ll stick with your gravy haiku.
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May 20th, 2016 at 6:24 pm
Hee hee! 😃
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May 20th, 2016 at 5:11 pm
LOL – In my 20’s I kept books at pathology lab, and sounds like jargon used to describe a bronchial washing. Sounds like a setup to open mouth and insert foot!!!
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May 20th, 2016 at 6:25 pm
Haha! 😀
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May 22nd, 2016 at 11:15 am
An interesting word and take on it! I love this series!
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May 22nd, 2016 at 12:17 pm
Thanks Lynn! I had never heard this word before. It’s always fun to dig a little deeper. You never know what you’ll find! 😊
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