Wednesday Q & J: July 12, 2023

Q: OK, here’s a silly one.  What does “Ah, fewmets!” mean? And, what is it about–where did it come from?  Did you make it up?

J: It’s a very old English word meaning animal droppings. I discovered it and knew I had to use it in my Pit Dragon books.* Isn’t it a great word? For years, I had a bumper sticker on my car that said,  “AW…FEWMETS!!!”  That car and that sticker are long gone.

* Heart’s Blood, Dragon’s Blood, A Sending of Dragons, and Dragon’s Heart

Additional Note from Heidi: I actually think that, though the car is, in fact, long gone, we have a copy of the bumper sticker.