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Jocularity – A Fun Word Seldom Used.
Recently I went back in time to an old black and white television set with 4 channels a time when Television had laugh tracks. I’m not sure why I wanted to do it, I think it was brought about by the passing of Sally Kellerman who was the original film version of Margaret Houlihan from Mash. Not that this has much to do with the letter “J”, this entire intro but it got me to Jocularity.
Jocular, thats what I am actually “given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious:” Took that right from Dictionary website. Its a really good description of me though, especially the facetious part. Truth be told I had forgotten about the word. Until watching M*A*S*H again. Father Francis Mulcahy used the word several times, enough for me to notice and remember. When other characters were doing impersonations Colonel Potter said “Jocularity, Jocularity”. Father Mulcahy was one of my favorite supporting characters. he wasn’t Jocular, but he brought a balance to those who were. I could certainly use some balance.
We could all use some more Jocularity in our lives, and I personally could use a laugh track to go along with my antics. Technology is great now I could probably set an app to play a laugh track for me whenever I wanted it too. Lets all try and bring a little fun to each others lives. Today’s movie suggestion..,. well M*A*S*H either the film which is #54 on the American Film Institutes list. You can Watch the TV show to 11 seasons of mostly laughter. Thanks for stopping by.
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Hey,
You have brought the word again into the limelight. Yes, we all could do with some Jocularity in our lives. Great and interesting read. Thanks for dropping by.
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Thanks for movie suggestion . Never watched
Yes we all need some jocularity in life…great word
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When athletes celebrate a victory too early, and end up losing in the last moments of the game, ESPN announcers call it “premature jocularity.”
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Do they really? That’s fantastic!!!!
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I remember Father Mulcahy and his jocularity. Mash was a great show.
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That is a fantastic word we need to bring back into common use! Oh, I loved MASH. There are episodes I still quote. That last one was such a shock though, missing the jocularity of the others. Still, nice to tie up ends and have a real ending. Such great actors in that.
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Interesting… I have never used the word. Thanks for telling about M*A*S*H… I really didn’t know about it!
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