Weekword: Lagniappe

This week's word, Lagniappe, was picked by Upsidedown Bee

Isn't it cool?

Such a cool looking word. Sounding so mysterious in my head.

As in...

'Jeeves, please bring the Lagniappe out front, I feel like riding the countryside'

or

'Confirming that she was alone, she opened the hidden panel to reveal the Lagniappe'

or

'Confronted by Evil she pulled her Lagniappe and sliced through the darkness'

or, or, or...

so I pulled in the reins of my imagination and looked at B's definition instead

Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi (origin circa 1844)

1. A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.
Interesting fact- Napa comes from yapa, which means “additional gift” in the South American Indian language, Quechua, from the verb yapay “to give more” (from Stan Phelps at Marketing Lagniappe)

~OH~

tee hee

 

I thought and thought

And I had nothing

Then coming down the stairs this morning, I caught a glimpse of snow in the twilight

The moment where everything has that magical blue glow

And the silence has its own sound

I caught my breath and whispered 'thanks God -You outdid yourself'

 

Then it hit me

Current life #2 is a Lagniappe from the Great Spirit!

I had the gift of life during #1 and I was scrambling along

but #2, so unlike the first, now that is the unexpected gift

And it made sense

I was given 'an additional gift' so that I may in turn 'give more' to the world

Yep

Sounds conceited huh

Good pride

 

And then I realized that sentence up above actually applies afterall

'Confronted by Evil she pulled her Lagniappe and sliced through the darkness'

~

Thanks B


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