{"id":3019,"date":"2015-07-29T04:55:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T09:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/?p=3019"},"modified":"2015-07-16T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T18:49:16","slug":"word-of-the-week-accoutrement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/word-of-the-week-accoutrement\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Week: Accoutrement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2834\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Word of the Week\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Word-of-the-Week.jpg?w=742&amp;ssl=1 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><strong>Accoutrement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/accoutrement\">Merriam-Webster dictionary that&#8217;s online<\/a>\u00a0an\u00a0<em><strong>accoutrement<\/strong><\/em> is\u00a0a piece of clothing or equipment that is used in a particular place or for a particular activity. We use this word for clothing in Hectic Manor, but more commonly we misuse it, referring to all the items that you need to augment a particular food item as the\u00a0<em><strong>accoutrements<\/strong><\/em>. I&#8217;ll be making a green salad, and want to ask the kids to get the:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shredded cheese<\/li>\n<li>Bacon bits<\/li>\n<li>Cheese crumbles<\/li>\n<li>Chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>Sliced cucumbers<\/li>\n<li>Diced onions<\/li>\n<li>Croutons<\/li>\n<li>Sunflower seeds<\/li>\n<li>Craisins<\/li>\n<li>Shredded carrots<\/li>\n<li>Chopped celery<\/li>\n<li>Various dressings<\/li>\n<li>Pepper Mill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rather than listing everything out, I&#8217;ll ask them to get the salad\u00a0<em><strong>accoutrements<\/strong><\/em>. It&#8217;s just a ton easier, and the kids think it&#8217;s some special code. We do the same thing when we&#8217;re having hot dogs or hamburgers. I&#8217;ll ask for the\u00a0<em><strong>picnic accoutrements<\/strong><\/em> and get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mustard<\/li>\n<li>Ketchup<\/li>\n<li>BBQ Sauce<\/li>\n<li>Ranch Dressing (this is Kansas, everything gets doused in Ranch dressing)<\/li>\n<li>Sliced tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>Sliced onions<\/li>\n<li>Lettuce<\/li>\n<li>Sauerkraut<\/li>\n<li>Celery Seed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So the next time you need a whole list of items, ask your family for the\u00a0<em><strong>accoutrements<\/strong><\/em>. Then explain what that means and hopefully you won&#8217;t have to explain it each and every time. It sounds silly, but using\u00a0<em><strong>accoutrements<\/strong><\/em> as a descriptor is a huge time saver at Hectic Manor!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Condiments.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Condiments.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Condiments\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Condiments.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Condiments.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Condiments.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accoutrement According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary that&#8217;s online\u00a0an\u00a0accoutrement is\u00a0a piece of clothing or equipment that is used in a particular place or for a particular activity. We use this word for clothing in Hectic Manor, but more commonly we misuse it, referring to all the items that you need to augment a particular food item [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Word of the Week: Conundrum\r\n\r\na big stinking pile of conundrums...\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/wp.me\/p5mM9z-JG","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-word-of-the-week"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Word of the Week: Accoutrement -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/word-of-the-week-accoutrement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Word of the Week: Accoutrement -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Accoutrement According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary that&#8217;s online\u00a0an\u00a0accoutrement is\u00a0a piece of clothing or equipment that is used in a particular place or for a particular activity. 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