Zookie Kinlever is one smart monkey.  The Zook Man knows his words.  Amazingly interesting and engaging words.  And he loves to share the love.  So, from time to time… good old Captain Vocabulary will give us a Word for the Day…..

Zookie Kinlever’s First Installment of ……
Word for the Day.

extemporaneousek-stem-puh-RAY-nee-us 

 
adjective
1 :composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
2 :provided, made, or put to use as an expedient : makeshift

Extemporaneous,” which comes from Latin “ex tempore” (“out of the time”), joined the English language sometime in the mid-17th century.   Joined like a club… I guess.

At any rate….The word “impromptu” was improvised soon after that.

In general usage, “extemporaneous” and “impromptu” are used interchangeably to describe off-the-cuff remarks or speeches….

Zookie often makes extemporaneous remarks….  That is how he rolls.

Recently … when a local reporter asked Zook how he felt about the unfair labor laws in the South American Coffee Industry… Zookie replied with an extemporaneous remark… “Boy oh boy do I like Coffee…. AND……I can see Columbia from my house.”

That monkey is quick on his feet I’ll tell you.  Quick on his feet.  Give him another cup of Joe.