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a word so bubbly it physically can't sit still in a sentence.
means Bubbling with liveliness and high spirits — or, literally, fizzing and giving off bubbles like a freshly opened soda.
from From Latin effervescere, 'to boil up' or 'foam out,' built from ex- ('out') plus fervescere ('to begin to boil'), itself from fervere, 'to boil or seethe.' So at its root the word is literally water coming to a rolling boil — and fervere is the same fevered root that gives us 'fervor' and 'fervent.' It entered English in the 1600s for things that bubble and hiss, then drifted naturally toward people who seem to be quietly fizzing over with energy.
- latin roots
- From effervescere, meaning to boil up or seethe.
- chemistry
- Describes gas escaping liquid, like soda's frantic fizz.
- metaphor leap
- Jumped from boiling pots to sparkling personalities.
- alka-seltzer
- The classic effervescent tablet, fizzing on contact with water.
champagne — sparkling wine from the champagne region of france with co2 bubbles from secondary fermentation
mentos and diet coke — viral 2000s experiments where candy nucleates explosive fountain of co2 bubbles from soda
alka-seltzer — antacid tablet that fizzes vigorously in water due to citric acid and sodium bicarbonate reaction