Summer fun in the shade

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Sipping iced coffee,

Haiku-ing in the shade,

Composing sniglets.

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I get outside in the sun to garden, but there is an exquisite pleasure in relaxing with an iced beverage in the shade.  Haiku-ing is a verb I invented for writing haiku—it’s a sniglet, a made-up word that you won’t find in the dictionary.  I learned about sniglets today—if you think about it, many of us make up words all the time.  That’s how new words come into being and when a new word is very widely used, it may be added to a dictionary.  Here are some sniglets:

• Glamping—I didn’t make this one up.  It’s used when referring to the new luxury camping trend.  Tent and other supplies are set up and campers only have to drive into the campsite.
• Mostickphobia—a fear of mosquitoes and ticks.  Mosquito bites can give you West Nile Virus and tick bites can lead to Lyme disease.  Last year I went to the doctor twice to get preventative antibiotics for tick bites.  Since then I have covered up meticulously when outside…unfortunately I have become a bit antsy or perhaps ‘ticky’, feeling things crawling on me.
• Choppy-ripple—a type of water surface in-between choppy and a soft ripple, an observation I made years ago while water skiing.

I would be very interested in hearing about your sniglets!

This post originated from wanting to incorporate ‘summer’ and ‘fun’ into a haiku for Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge #103.  You’ll find links to many more haiku about summer fun at RonovanWrites.