word of the day: infra dig

July 7, 2010

I love getting my Word of the Day from Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary (you can sign up for it on their website). I’ve discovered so many cool, strange, new words from it and I keep a file of them on my computer. Who knows, one or more of them could end up in my writing.

Today’s Word of the Day is:

It sounds like an archeological term; maybe it’s the word ‘dig’?

The explanation/history of the word always fascinates me.

I wonder what kind of person would use ‘infra dig’ in their vocabulary– which character that i’m writing about would use it? The young English teacher who recently graduated from the Utah State University;  the 16 year-old daughter of the Unit Director; the Unit Director himself– a man who started as a stuntman in films and dreams of directing of his own film; the wife of the Unit Director–who is a wardrobe mistress, assisting the costume designer; the ranch hand who becomes a cattle rustler on the film;the president of the high school drama club who becomes a stand-in for the actress…

(Buster Crabbe cowboy photo from Moviesandphotos.com)