Darren Daz Cox, now in Pekin Illinois!
Frolic – the most positive word in the dictionary!
This was a pencil sketch I was drawing at work (I do tech help on the phone so I can sketch while I help people, which is a two-fer).
My friend Beff and I were discussing the term ‘frolicing’ and we decided that frolic was word that could be used in many, but all positive, ways.
This discussion on frolicking was the inspiration for the sketch, which I modified with the liquify filter and added color to in Photoshop.
From Dutch vrolijk (“‘cheerful’”), or from German fröhlich (“‘blitheful, gaily, happy, merry’”), frohlocken (“‘to rejoice, to exult’”). (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/frolic)
Frolic, it can be used to describe something as simple and innocent as a kitten playing with a ball of yarn or could describe the foreplay of a pair of lovers.
It seems to have lost a contemporary context (outside of romance novels perhaps, I’ll have to ask the amazing and talented Nicola O.O since she is the expert on foil-letter novels! )
I would like to suggest that we bring frolic back!
はしゃぐ
“The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.”
Henry Ward Beecher quotes (Liberal US Congregational minister, 1813-1887)
Originally posted 2009-02-01 10:13:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Buzz This Post 
Delicious 
Digg This Post 
Facebook 
MySpace 
Ping This Post 
Reddit This Post 
Stumble This Post
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
February 1st, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Hmmm, I can’t say that I run into frolicking characters all that often ‘twixt the gold-foil-lettered covers. I’ve been known to describe a book as “rollicking,” though.
You’re right, it is a most excellent word.
Nicola O.s last blog post..Charlaine Harris Boxed Set