Lackadaisical

'Sixty seconds? It takes almost sixty seconds to say your name!'  'Oh... very droll.  Very droll indeed.'   Audiobook Readings:  Book readings taken from the public domain and stories by the great Australian short story writer Henry Lawson. If your interested, type FM JEFFERSON into YouTube. 

'.... rriiiiing ... rriiiing'  'Ahoy — Ahoy!'  'Who on earth answers their phone like that?'  'It's my new way of answering the phone.'  'Okay, that’s it — you’ve really gone bananas now.’  'Ahoy-me-hearty — Ahoy!'

'Oh, yes... the halcyon days were the best days.'  'I agree, but they wouldn't have been anything without the kingfishers.'  'Kingfishers?'

Magnanimous... 'to be... or not to be?'

‘How could you say it was fortuitous that he broke his finger?  What a thing to say – that's hardly good luck!’  ‘Exactly... that's what I said.’  ‘No, you said it was fortuitous!’  ‘Yes, that's right, I ... Oh, have a listen to the episode.  You'll see what I mean.'

Deipnosophist ... and the story of how today's word became today's word!

Words in Action A mystery involving four words!

‘Look at old Roger out there basking in the sun — he looks perfectly copacetic.’  ‘Oh, do you think he should move into the shade, then?’

‘Matha, don’t you find Stanley a rather boring supercilious?’  ‘No, I don’t think so — I think he’s more of a super-silly soddiest.’  ‘Oh dear… is there such a word?’

‘Charge your glasses, ladies and gentlemen, and raise a toast   to the motto of the unhurried, who prefer not to seize the day but would rather—Neglige diem!’