Writing Prompt – Creative Copy Challenge #633

This is a writing prompt. Bet you can’t do it! Take the 10 random words below and crush writer’s block by creating a cohesive, creative short story! And remember: after (if) you finish entering your submission into the comment field, highlight your words and click the bold button to make them stand out and help you determine if you forgot any words. (If you’ve missed previous writing prompts, we BET YOU CAN’T do those, either.) NOTE: Our bolding plugin is gone, so you’ll have to put before and after each of your challenge words if you want them to stand out, but NOT REQUIRED THOUGH! Or, as cleverly done by a CCC-er you can CAPITALIZE the challenge words in your piece.

<em> Hello all. I hope this finds you well. I have missed you all so much. But, alas, here I am with family back on the good side of health and me being able to concentrate on things that bring me pleasure, other than a healthy set of family members. So, it’s time to get back to playing with words, weekly.</em>

1. Farctate. – From the Latin farcire, meaning to fill or stuff, farctate is a botanical term meaning full as opposed to hollow; used more colloquially to mean completely satiated or full to the point of bursting
2. Philodox. – From the Greek philos, meaning love, and doxa, meaning glory, a philodox is a dogmatic person who is especially fond of his/her own opinions
3. Gramercy – This familiar British place-name has its origins in a now-obsolete exclamation of pleased surprise stemming from the French grand merci
4. Cavil – A verb meaning to raise trivial and oftentimes irritating objections or to find fault unnecessarily; from the Latin cavillari, meaning to jeer or scoff
5. Churlish -An adjective used to describe a rude, boorish, or miserly person, it takes its origins from 9th-century England, where a cherl or ceorl was a title given to a freeman of the lowest rank
6. Evergreen
7. Chill
8. Foul
9. Fowl
10. Windswept