Okay, okay, so I’m late. I have a good excuse. I spent the week celebrating and thinking that I might will be a tad busy this year (following my bonza news last week). I actually contemplated giving the whole ‘Leap Year of Words’ idea away. But then I saw it — the word. It jumped off the page as I opened my dictionary.

BISSEXTILE

bissextile: adj. containing or denoting the extra day of leap year.

Yes, it’s a bissextile year and the 29th of this month is bissextile day. It must be a sign to keep going with my dictionary odyssey (and I am into signs in a big way these days). So… here we go.

Bird of passage: n. 1. a bird that migrates seasonally. 2. a restless person; one who does not stay in one place for long.

blatherskite: n. one given to voluble, empty talk.

blowzy: adj. dishevelled; unkempt (blowzy hair)

Bogan shower: n. a dust storm.

boggarbri: n. any of several rather weedy herbs of inland Australia.

bon vivant: n. a person who lives luxuriously, especially one who enjoys the pleasures of eating and drinking.    Hmmm!!!! 🙂

bookish: adj. 2. stilled; pedantic.

boss-eyed: adj. having a squint.

botheration: interj. a mild exclamation (and an Aussie one which is handy given I am encouraged to avoid Americanisms in my writing – damn, dammit, darn!!)

braggart: n. one given to bragging.  adj. boastful (which was me this week, but I’m allowed. Your first book contract only comes around once.)

brio: n. liveliness, spirit, vivacity.

Well I’ll ‘B‘!!!!! I’m finished with ‘B‘s, ending with a couple of Aussie words…

Bushman’s clock: n. kookaburra.

bushcraft: n. the ability to live and travel through the bush with a minimum of assistance /equipment.

bushie: n. person – generally uncultured and living in the bush. (not to be confused with… bushy: adj. full or overgrown).

Now I’m bushed and off to bed.

Bye.

Back next week.

C U in the ‘C‘s then.