I learned a new word this week – SPOICE.
Sage Kotsenburg tweeted a message after the American won a gold medal in the men’s snowboarding slopestyle event in Sochi.
“Keep it spoice.”
Was this a Russian word? Actually no. Surprisingly, it is good ol’ US slang, rising from the snowboarding culture. I never heard of it before.
The Urban Dictionary defines Spoice this way:
“Spoice is an exclamation of gratitude towards life. It’s the proper word to use when you find yourself in a situation involving a multitude of positive things at once. You may only utter it with pure joy behind it.”
Let’s say this fun word together. Ready? SPOICE!
Saying this word out loud it reminds me of the word: rejoice. I almost smile when saying it. A fun word. A festive word. A great word to use to celebrate and enjoy a special moment.
I helped to lead worship Sunday morning. As we sang the Hymn of Praise, I faced the altar and looked up at the cross. For a moment it felt like I was standing in front of the Lord upon his mighty throne.
“Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise for your glory.”
That moment was a Valentine’s Day card from God to me. In a world where often we don’t feel loved, accepted or worthy – He invited me to come near him and sing to him.
Spoice!
I came to him empty handed except for my praise but left rich with his gifts – priceless and precious tastes of faith, hope and love.
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13: 1
God peeled back the curtains and gave me a glimpse of heaven.
Spoice! Thank you for faith, Lord.
He held out his arms and accepted me as his child.
Spoice! Thank you for hope, Lord.
And he touched my heart with his powerful and compassionate spirit:
Spoice! Thank you for love, Lord.
I worship with pure joy for the multitude ways God loves us.
I think it’s time to amend the definition of spoice.
Spoice is an exclamation of gratitude towards Life and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.
Spoice!
Where have you experienced God’s love?
Never heard of the word, but you never know. Out of subcultures come things that sweep mainline cultures.
Either way, I dont think we can “love” enough or in enough different languages.
Amen!
I’ve never heard of it either but I sure like what it means!
I do too. love the spirit in this word
I never heard this word either until now, and I love it!
Cool word isn’ it?
Never heard the word.. great positive word!
It was a new word for me too, Jennifer. Aren’t words fun?
My 9 year old daughter has been saying it. A great “fad” for the kids. I love that there are still some positive role models like Sage out there for today’s youth. #SITS
I think you are the first commenter who knows someone and even a family member using this word. That is so cool.
I was sure you weren’t just misspelling “spice” but I’ve never heard of “spoice” either. ha. What a great word. I love your amended definition. Spoice!
I love the spirt in this word, too, Lisa
I had a spoice day yesterday. What a gift !
How cool! I’m a total word nerd so this was fun to read!
I love words too Jen, glad you liked discovering a new one here.
I learned a new word today, thanks for sharing. #SITSblogging
Thanks for stopping by and commenting too.
Learn something new everyday! I love this word! Spoice, Spoice, Spoice!
Spoice to you too, Jasey!
I learned a new word today, yeah! It reminds me a bit of the surfer word “stoked”.
You are right on the word sounding like the surfer word, Jessica. Part of that type of culture
Hi Jean! I love this word! I did not hear it on the Olympic coverage, so thank you for introducing me to it. I really felt like I was up there in front of the cross, you described it so well…an awe-inspiring moment. How God loves us! (is this a ‘Spoice moment’?)
May he give you many more in this coming week 🙂
Ceil
Hi Ceil! May we both have many spoice moments with the Lord!
Spreading the comment love!
I’ve never heard of this word either but I LOVE it! So cool to learn new things!
Happy Tuesday!
Thanks for stopping by Jenni
Spoice! I’ve never heard of the word, but I do think it sounds good with rejoice! I have so much to be grateful for in my life, and I should feel free to say Spoice! Stopping by from SITS!
It sure is a great word, isn’t it, Janelle?
What a great word, Jean…Spoice 🙂
Spoice to you too, dear friend!
I LOVE this word! I’ve never heard it before. It reminds me of ‘rejoice’ as well. I can’t wait to share it with my word-of-the-day-husband…he loves this kind of stuff! Stopping by from SITS! 🙂
Great word, isn’t is, Jessica? Hope your hubby loved it too. Thanks for commenting
Cute word. I admit, when I first saw it, I thought “She spelled Spice wrong!” It is such a great idea, and something to hold on to. Thanks for posting!
Stopping in from SITS!
You made me smile thinking I had misspelled the word. Let me tell you word checker doesn’t like Spoice. ha!
haha what a weird yet really cool word! Had I not read this blog I never would’ve known what it meant. I’ve never heard it before now and I haven’t been watching the Olympics either so I was really out of the loop. Not certain I’ll be able to work it into everyday conversations between “dude” and “whatever”. Maybe I need to expand my vocabulary 😉
I thought the word was cool too and really does linger with you. Thanks for stopping by!
Amen! I saw God’s unending love yesterday when my son turned 9 years old. Seeing his face lit up when he saw his cake reminded me of how the Lord blessed me with such a wonderful son. Spoice!
Wow what a great memory of your 9 year old. Savor that age. They grow up so quickly. Spoice!
Spoice! I’m going to be saying it all day now. I experience God’s love every moment of every day. We just buried my Grandmother last week. I have her to thank for teaching me about the Lord. I’ll be forever grateful 🙂
That word stuck with me too, Jen. So sorry to hear about your grandmother and praising the Lord for her for teaching you about the Lord
That’s such a cool word!
This is so funny – I just saw something on the news last night and was thinking ….. what the heck does that word mean??!??? I love it, though…and I love how our gold medalist snowboarders use it in their own little clan like that. Thanks for tracking down the meaning!
Interesting word, isn’t if Jennifer? I love finding new ones and ways to use them
What a strange word – I wonder what the origin is. I do like the idea of a word for when you bubble over with praise
It is a strange work, Tracey. I think some one just made it up and it stuck. Don’t you love creativity like that?
What a strange word – I wonder what the origin is. I do like the idea of a word for when you bubble over with praise