You know that feeling?

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That feeling you get when you jump into cold water? That shortening of breath, the waking up of your capillaries? The cold feeling on your skin that is almost burning hot? Well, there’s a word for that. And the word is curglaff.

Yes, Mr. Computer, I see that squiggly red line under the word. I know it is not in your dictionary. But neither are so many other cool English words, like dasypygal and groak. Or jirble (which I am accused of often) and snoutfair (which I’m never accused of, sadly). All fun and cool words.

But none so appropriate to the majority of marathon swimmers than curglaff. What a great word.

3 thoughts on “You know that feeling?”

  1. I love it and shall be using it at some point in the future. I’ve always dreamed of owning a full print edition of the OED, wherein many more gems like this must be hidden. Where did you come across it?

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