e·gre·gious

i have been entertaining myself with this word for the past hour or so. it popped into my head from nowhere, and i like it.

it requires one to clench teeth as it's being pronounced. it's almost british.

in fact, this marvelous word reminds me of the time i had to work at a retail coffee booth at a celebrity tennis match. i was boggling at william shatner walking by with a hot woman on his arm, when a portly british gent walked up to the booth counter. teeth clenched tightly together, he boomed, "hRRRrrrr...wood you happin to hav rrrl grey tee?"

"yes we do. which size would you like?"

the subsequent utterances from this man were completely foreign and incomprehensible to me:

"hRRRRrrrr!...giv me...bLITHering...hRRRRRrrrr!!..."

i staggered back each time he "hRRRrrrrr"ed, for his double chin would triple, and that alone made my eyes bulge in fascination.

i served him a cup of earl grey tea, while he blithered this and blithered that. seemingly satisfied, he paid and hRRRRed himself back to the tennis match.

ah yes....egrEEgious...hRRRRrrrrr...!!