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Don’t Miss Out…Stand Out From The Crowd By Writing Just One Sentence

Using English/Danish Comedian Sandi Toksvig’s 7-words below, create an evocative sentence using words you may have been blind-sided by, only yesterday.

Maria Rattray
2 min readOct 14, 2022
Creating sentences with words you didn’t know you needed.
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This is just a fun challenge that was presented on Facebook by English/Danish comedian Sandi Toksvig, just yesterday.

I thought it a challenge worthy of Medium writers.

All you have to do, is use these seven words, (that you didn’t know you’d ever need, up until now), in one sentence.

The list is:

  • natiform…meaning in the shape of buttocks
  • vagitis…the cry of a newborn
  • collywobbles…stomach pain, or queasiness
  • griffonage…careless handwriting
  • tittle…the dot above an ‘i’
  • crapulence…sickness caused by drinking
  • scurryfunge…rush around cleaning when someone is coming

For what it’s worth, I offer mine. I can assure you this took longer than I would have imagined, such that my once- ice-breaking natiform bin is now filled with scrunched, discarded efforts.

Picture the scene, if you…

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Maria Rattray
Maria Rattray

Written by Maria Rattray

Writer, author, teacher, fun-loving poet. Trying valiantly to make the world a better place. Helping you to guide the future. Find me at: https://ponmyword.com

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