<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div> I drove my TR3 to work the other morning. When I left my home at o'dark thirty it was in the mid-50's and I wore a leather coat. I live at about the mile high elevation in the southern Sierras. When I left my work in Mojave that afternoon, it was 109 degrees. <span>The car interior felt hotter and hotter inside as I drove and </span>I was looking forward to getting up the hill to cooler temperatures. Soon thereafter I ran across a new proper English word - "Calescent" which means "growing warm; increasing in heat". I also enjoy using the word "Recalcitrant" to describe the TR's too-fast-a-shift from 1st to 2nd, "recalcitrant" meaning <span><span class="ydp70ea1781css-9sn2pa ydp70ea1781e10vl5dg6"><span class="ydp70ea1781one-click" data-term="resisting">"resisting</span> <span class="ydp70ea1781one-click" data-term="authority">authority</span> or <span class="ydp70ea1781one-click" data-term="control">control;</span> <span class="ydp70ea1781one-click" data-term="not">not</span> <span class="ydp70ea1781one-click" data-term="obedient">obedient</span> or <span class="ydp70ea1781one-click" data-term="compliant">compliant</span></span></span>". A synonym could be "balk".<br></div><div> Another word that has come in handy many times, especially at parties, is "calipygous". I use it in conversation whenever possible. Usually, ladies say "thank-you" for the compliment and then go home and look it up.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.dictionary.com/browse/callipygous</a></div><div><br></div><div> A word I haven't seen used on the Triumphs list recently would be "Fluif". I can't remember who used that misspelling two decades ago, but it has still stuck in my vocabulary. Who was that? Are you still on the list? I think that his name was Joe-something.<br></div><div><br></div><div> Have a good Friday. Triumph over conformity.<br></div><div><br></div><div> Bill in Tehachapi</div><div> <span> </span>Anglophile, Logophile<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></body></html>