Blood & Rhetoric

forgotten english word of the day

Writing by Jana on Thursday, 19 of June , 2008 at 7:28 am

“pokeweed religion”

– The sort of religious excitement that springs up rapidly and seems impressive, but has no permanant value. The terms lightnin’ bug revivals carries the same meaning.

Vance Randolph, Down in the Holler: A Galery of Ozark Folk Speech, 1953

Category: Forgotten English Word of the Day

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