Webster material?

Every so often, Webster adds new words to the dictionary. I'm not sure if this one will make it or not, but I would definately vote for it. The word is "lasterday". Here's the story...

A couple of weeks ago, when Rose got up early (as she normally does) she asked me for some "cootie crackers". I do the majority of the grocery shopping at our house, but I must admit that I wasn't familier with this particular item. She told me they were in the pantry in the kitchen. After several minutes of trying to guess and offering various items from our pantry, I was about to give up, because my search for "cootie crackers" was unsuccessful. Then came Rose's comment "they were in there lasterday" (more on this later).

Since the "cootie crackers" could not be found in the kitchen pantry, Rose suggested that we check the pantry downstairs where we keep some of the extra items that we buy ahead. After playing the guessing game down there for a few minutes, I finally hit on the right item. Any guesses? Okay, I'll tell you....vanilla wafers. Turns out, I think "cootie crackers" was actually "cookie crackers". (Kind of like her swim soup and slip slops that she wears at the pool.)

However, once I realized that it was vanilla wafers, it occured to me that we had been out of them for about a week. So, it turns out that "lasterday" means the last day that a paticular thing occured. It is not necessarily the same thing as yesterday. For example, if you're talking to a friend that you haven't seen in a few months, you might say, "wow! I haven't seen you since lasterday".

Go ahead and give it a try. Who knows, if it catches on, maybe it will eventually make Webster's.