it's better than looking up uvula

i picked up my dictionary today, because i heard the word migraine on the television and, for a second or two, it sounded like the strangest word i’d ever heard and seen spelled out. recent previous contenders have included: campaign and whiskey/whisky.

some people i know get these migraine things, and while i’ve never had one, i know i’m lucky not to have, just from hearing them describe the experience. anyway, i opened the dictionary, and up pops the following word -- first i come across. i think i may make this a habit, as i don’t know enough words, and i’m getting tired of a lot of the ones i already have.

mod*es*ty - 1: freedom from conceit or vanity 2: propriety in dress, speech, or conduct.

followed by modicum, and preceeded by modest [of course] and modern pentathelon, which is of course a composit contest in which all contestants compete in a 300-meter frestyle swim, a 4,000-meter cross-country run, a 5,000-meter 30-jumpequestrian steeplechase, epee fencing, and target shooting at 25-meters. duh.