lagniappe...

today's word of the day is lagniappe... normally, when i tear off the word of the day from the day before to reveal the new word of the day, i just read it and go on... no real effect... today, i smiled when i read it...

my favorite professor in seminary and possibly of all time says lagniappe a lot... he's the one that introduced the word to many of us... it's a popular term in louisiana (and maybe mississippi)...

what it means:
1. a small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer's purchase. 2. an extra or unexpected gift or benefit...

also called regionally boot - and what's funny is, i was just talking to someone and said, "and it comes with a snowblower to boot!" - which is weird because i don't think i usually say that... but maybe i do... the snowblower is lagniappe with the purchase of the house of one of my coworkers... i've never known anyone who owns a snowblower... evidently in northern idaho it's necessity...

today, the word lagniappe is lagniappe for my word of the day calendar... it brought me a little extra sunshine on the first dreary day of the season...

on a random side note, i think i'm going to miss being in seminary a little... this is the first time i haven't been starting school (even the semester i was in east asia i was in school and teaching school) since 1985...