My mother was big on threats. Her favor was "Behave or I'll beat you to death".
Well, one day at church my mother delivers her usual threat of "Be quiet or I'll beat you to death" just before the service begins.
My brother was sitting there looking at the stain-glass windows talking to himself about the baby Jesus and such when it dawned on him that he was talking. So right in the middle of the sacrements he yells at the top of his lungs "Mom, are you going to beat me to death?" The priest stops, puts down the chalis, and turns around and says, "I certainly hope not". My mom said she just wanted to run one way and his Godmother wanted to run the other.
RE: last letter new word
embarrassed