During my manic reading this year, a book a day, at least, I come across words that jump and make me go, huh. This week I read a book where there was minimum use of profanity, if any at all. Instead the author chose to use another way of stating a character was swearing or cursing.
Imprecation
Noun
A spoken curse.
Examples of imprecation in a sentence
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He muttered imprecations under his breath.
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the defiant prisoner continued to hurl imprecations and insults at the guards
First Known Use of imprecation
15th century
ronovanwrites 
Great/different word! Do you keep a notebook for words and phrases that stand out? And, a book a day, impressive. My mom read that voraciously her entire life.
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I have imprecations especially suited for those who fill their writings with profanity!
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[…] The Sulphur crested Cockatoos at Brambuk Indigenous Centre near Halls Gap in Gariwerd (Grampians) National Park insist on sharing food on the outside terrace with visitors. Anyone who ignores their advances is quickly abused and intimidated, the trick is to drip feed them crumbs while you enjoy the food and ambience of the setting. This particular Cockie walked around the table and had to be pushed away while I ate my cake. Upon cleaning up the crumbs he picked up the spoon with his beak and threw it upon the decking screeching something unpleasant in Cockie speak. I thought this was an ideal photo sequence with an added haiku after seeing Ronovan’s Post, Word of the week Imprecation at https://ronovanwrites.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/word-of-the-week-imprecation/ […]
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[…] by Ronovan’s Word of the Week: Imprecation (noun), a spoken […]
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