Having English as a second language allows me to come across words like “gallivanting”, that I had never seen before. It means “to go around from one place to another in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment”. Doesn’t seem to be very “in” these days. Or is it? Native English speakers, he... danielsantos.micro.blog

@danielsantos It is a bit old fashioned, and not something generally heard much nowadays. I like to use it occasionally, which I think I picked up from my mother.

@canion thank you for the enlightenment:) I imagined it could be something a little older…

@gdp yep, another consideration I mentally made was it could be irony. And a slang :)

@danielsantos I like and use the word … but yes, not in common usage these days … which is one reason I like to use it … if you read PG Wodehouse you might often find Wooster galavanting.

@danielsantos the word today is pretty much how others here have described it—but the practice? It’s America’s preoccupation. Everything must be fun or done. ;-)

@danielsantos … and then there is this.

Didn’t know the author. Can you recommend any of his works? I might place it in my reading queue… 😉

@bkryer that’s the way it should be, isn’t it? 😎😎

@mbeaver33 Nice! So it might be more common there… Thanks for sharing :)