Challenge Word: Foreign Word
Warnings/Spoilers: None
100 words per MS Word Count
Midnight Conversation
By Swellison
Dean tramped carefully along the overgrown path to the abandoned cemetery, Sam at his heels. Dean glowered at the moon, unhappy that they had to take care of a restless spirit because some stupid development company decided to build a new subdivision too close to the old cemetery. Sammy'd maintained that was progress; Dean disagreed. "Quit breathing down my neck!"
Sam fell back as the bushes rustled. "Uffda!"
"That's not Latin."
"Picked it up from Jess." Sam stooped to retrieve his fallen tool.
"What's it mean?"
"I dropped a crowbar on my foot!" Sam glared. "What d'you think it means?"
A/N: It's been a while since I did something humorous, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I acquired this word from the Scandinavian side of the family. My aunt's description was "oh, goodness gracious" when I was a kid, but the true meaning can be found in the expression "Uffda Happens" – a popular phrase to hang on walls in Minnesota;-)