I was never good in knitting wool but knitting around a word I have never heard, seemed quite difficult to me. What did I do as I always do when I don't know something : I google !
Google brought me to Wikipedia who stated that Serendipity means an unplanned fortunate discovery, like for example the penicillin in 1928 or the microwave oven in 1945 !!
Unfortunately I haven't discovered nothing besides some unexpected dust under my bed. But I don't think that this is a fortunate discovery. The word was invented by a certain Horace Walpole in 1754 in the English language. I think he was a rather complicated man, why invent such a strange word coming from Arab traders or the Three Princes of Serendip, instead of just saying "luck" or "fortunate". That's much shorter.
When you dig a little deeper into the meaning of this word, you could get a bit confused, at least I did,
- The Serendipity of Science
- The BBC serendipity webside
and the Synonyms for serendipity
fluke.
happenstance.
blessing.
break.
luck.
dumb luck.
good luck.
happy chance.
Now you have the choice.
After having put together some synonyms for serendipity I made the following discovery !
It was a blessing that during my lunch break I had the good luck to find my cat in the dishwasher, which was really a happy chance.
For Arthur it was serendipity or was it for me ??
