Word Up

[venta]

Today's word is the rather splendid eargh.

According to the calendar, it means:

"Superstitiously afraid. This is the word of which eerie is a later form."

Now, we'll skip over the small problem that, as far as I'm aware, eerie means more "superstitiously scary" than afraid. Eargh! Any word which can be mistaken for the noise you make when treading barefoot on an upturned three pin plug gets my vote.

Remember kids, three times in conversation and once in your LJ.

Comments

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Remember kids, three times in conversation and once in your LJ.

Does discussing your lj count? I'm sure I could managed it three times in one conversation that way...

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Brookes as an OED subscription:

1. Fearful, timid. In mod. use, expressing the notion of a vague superstitious uneasiness.

a1300 Cursor M. 17685 (Gött.) Ioseph be noght eri.

So the first reference to something that becomes "eerie" is about 1300, and is "eri". There's no occurance of "Eargh" in the OED. I suspect your calender is lying.