Howdy, Word Nerds! I missed posting my regular Word Nerd post last week because I was so busy with interviews and other posts, but I’m back again this week with a post inspired by my minister! That’s right. I think it was about two Sundays ago now, but he made reference during the sermon to the events recorded in Numbers, when Korah and his followers challenged the authority of Moses and Aaron.
Welcome to another edition of Word Nerd Wednesday! Last week I gave your vocabulary a little boost by introducing the word prestidigitation and asking you to tell me what you thought it meant. I either have some very clever readers, or I gave too big a hint when I said Wren Lockhart from Kristy Cambron’s latest release, The Illusionist’s Apprentice, would be familiar with this.
Welcome to another edition of Word Nerd Wednesday. 🙂 Today I’m going to be looking at the origins of a saying that I’ve come across not once, but twice this week, but before I do, I believe we have some unfinished business to discuss. Budgie smugglers.