Monday, February 9, 2009

K is for Killjoy

Which is how I feel approaching this task.  "K."  K? I mean, I barely scraped up 40ish words for J. Now K?  Luckily I've got "L" to get me through Tuesday.

Killjoy
Krypton
kryptonite
kite
kitten
kill
killer
kick-off
kick-start
kiss
kissing
kissy-face
kiss-up
kit
(the whole) kit and caboodle
kild
kind
kindness
kindergarten
kindle (both Amazon-book noun and fiery action verb)
kippers (rations for the British during World War II?)
kicketyboots (as my Dad called them, a Scottish boy in the 1940s)
Kafka
kir royale
kebabs (a word that will make its way into my new writing project)
kinship
kin
king
kingly
Kunte Kinte (still universal enough? proud maasai warrior and all that?)
killing fields (the)
khartoush (?)
....  32.... I may actually survive "K" after all
.... kickass
kerning
kernel
kestrel
kingfisher
killim
... the last two past an hour-long dinner break (Jambalaya - I cooked) with Matt...
knit
knitting
knight
knightly
...41....
know
knowing
knowingly
known
ken (in that Beowulf, LOTR family way)
keen
keening
kale
.... come on, one more.....
ketchup!

And what a fitting end.

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