F is for FROTTAGE
F-Day is upon us! Flabbergasted? Frazzled? Frantic? Fiddlesticks! You can do it! My fanatical friends and followers, forget about being finnicky and have fun! Feel free to be freaking foolish and follow the festivities. Some folk favour a dash of finesse and flair ! Flippin' heck is what I say folks!
Yóu xì bî mò fãn yì fei huà……..
— is an old Chinese philosophy which refers to somebody who has the innate ability to decipher unusual words.
JUST JOKING.
(you can read the details about this challenge and the competition running throughout the month of April)
The word for Day 6 is—-
FROTTAGE
It's the rot and decay, the heaps of garbage which accumulate on an abandoned lot!
So that's my definition. What's yours? Post it in the comment box below. Remember you stand to win a prize.
This is obviously a refference to really BIG hair, or the term used by minors to define such a hair style.
Oooh, like Diana Ross type of hair? I love big hair…
They are the next size up from a cottage.
That sounds like a cozy and intimate dwelling…
Mmm…
It's a word derived from a mixture of Afrikaans and French, meaning "rotted cheese".
Dit klink soos 'n kombinasie van die twee tale… baie slim, Misha! Ek hou van jou "vrot" antwoord. LOL
Hahaha bly jy't my antwoord geniet. Voel so snaaks om Afr. met jou te praat. 😉
Frottage (n): a French cheese
Aha! I got it!. So if Fromology is the study of cheese, then Frottology would be the study of French cheese…? Something along those lines…?
Frotter in French means to rub, so this has to mean something along the lines of rubbing or polishing. But just for fun, I'm thinking I could mash this up with the word message and say: A delux, full-body rub down. (:
I'd love a frottage treatment… sounds divine… 🙂
Alex stole mine!!
Aaah, sorreeeeeee…
I think you got that perfectly. But a second definition is a mustache made from drinking, in particular, either a dark beer or a frothy rootbeer float.
Hilarious beer-induced images assail my mind at this precise moment… 🙂
The watts used to power a frozen yogurt machine.
That is a cute one! Now I have yoghurt on my mind…
I love Nancy's definition as now I'm dying for a root beer float, yum.
Happy weekend! 🙂
I'll join you, except that I'm not a beer drinker. I'll take a sweet wine instead! Cheers! 🙂
Umm … I feel like a bit of a perv, but my first thought when I saw the word frottage was of a certain sexual activity.
What can I say, I read a lot of homoerotic fanfiction ;D
Steamy. Sizzling. Ooh-la-la!
I love the theme of your A to Z challenge!! Frottage…hmmm, "the outcome of an afternoon of frotting?!"
The image is of two fumbling teenagers getting hot and heavy… ?
I think it's a cheese based pâté.
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I'll provide the snacky biscuits…
Frottage is the art of doing 'crafty' stuff with only cheese as a material to use 🙂
That's highly creative! Sounds like you'll need a canvas…?
It's the art of breeding frogs.
Then I'm convinced my neighbour is a closet "frottager"… there are always croaky sounds emanating from his yard… 🙂
I'm not clever enough to come up with a definition, but it's definitely something gross. I can't help but wrinkle my nose every time I read the word. 😉
It does have that effect… seems to address the olfactory sense… 🙂
What a brilliant post. Wonderful use of alliteration. Frottage is such a fabulous word, really conjures up a great picture.
It sounds great! Thanks Tizzy!
It sounds like a smelly cheese, but I know it's an art technique.
I think you and Trisha have been busy with frottage-based art…?
Great F post today! Frottage is for people staying in cottage! Or frogs in cottage!
I think my neighbour runs a frottage business… (see my response to Nick's comment above…)
Frottage, froth from multiple latte donors on the equipment at Starbucks. What do you get? Frottage
Is that delicious, or what?
Luckily there were no “f words” in there…hahahaha
Tammy, Tammy, Tammmy *wagging finger* LOL
Frottage- a frog's cottage.
See the responses to Nick & Nas's comments… they are all linked! There's a whole lot of froggie frottaging going on… LOL
Frottage is a cottage owned by a frog, like in the Wind and the WIllows! 🙂
The frog's are ruling! Like your angle on the froggies… 🙂
Reading this was fun.
Thanks Sheena-kay! 🙂
Yuk, to Frottage!
Love how you are putting the words into a poetic story! Great job.
I like the new look website!
Thanks for swinging by, Carolyn! I finally got the new look up and running!
Very cool! Just visiting today from the A-Z Challenge Juliet at<a href=http://citymusecountrymuse2012.blogspot.com/>City Muse Country Muse</a>
I appreciate the visit. Thanks! (I think you left out some parts for the linky code…)
Froggage sounds like something eewy. 🙂
Sorry, seems I have frogs on the brain. I meant frottage.
It seems like LOTS of bloggers had frogs on the brain! 🙂
I missed this one on Saturday.
Frottage is a cottage with no garden in the front. It's just street, sidewalk, cottage.
Makes sense. Cottage minus "fro-" part!
Excellent definition.
Here's mine:
Frottage (also spelled as Froddage: When you'r feet and toes get so hairy they begin to resemble a hobbit's foot.
Used in a sentence: "Dude, that's some major frottage you're sporting on your toes."
Love the new look, Michelle! And frottage has to be some sort of French cheese dessert. 😉