file under: geek love, simple pleasures

This made my day. It's a word thats been in my head for years, unconsciously, and I've written it not realizing I was using it and read it not realizing I was reading it, and have always been afraid to actually look it up, because what if it isn't a real word? What if it doesn't mean what I think it means? It's one of those words that you can't tell if you've made up, since it should mean exactly what it sounds like. But I held my breath and looked it up and would you look at that, it is a real word! And it means exactly what it sounds like!

si·dle

v. si·dled, si·dling, si·dles

v.intr.
1. To move sideways: sidled through the narrow doorway.
2. To advance in an unobtrusive, furtive, or coy way: swindlers who sidle up to tourists.
v.tr.
To cause to move sideways: We sidled the canoe to the riverbank.

n.
1. An unobtrusive, furtive, or coy advance.
2. A sideways movement.

alright fine

I joined twitter. @atnrydel.