Our prompt today is courtesy of Nicole. She blogs here Nicole’s blog .
Your prompt for JusJoJan January 23rd, 2024 is “stoked.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun! - and for more participants, rules etc go here to host Linda's blog.
Well my understanding of the word stoked was:
"to add fuel to a large fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat"
I haven't done a lot of that - we have central heating.
However, I have also discovered it can be used to mean "to be excited or very happy about something".
Well there have been lots of times like that in my life - wedding day, having kids, their wedding days, grandchildren, passing my driving test on my first attempt at 17 (minimum age in the UK) to name just a few. Although I don't think I've ever said I was stoked! Not sure at my age my kids would think it acceptable lol.
I am familiar with the word but like you I can't remember ever using it but then I probably did as a child when we had a coal fire that needed stoking.
ReplyDeleteMy grandparents had a coal fire but our first home I remember had gas fires.
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