Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Word of the Day’ Category

Word of the Day – Sybaritic

Posted in Word of the Day, tagged , on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sybaritic: pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor. Sounds to me like Sybaris – a town in Italy – was the place to be in the 6th century. Known for it’s wealth and luxury, the town was eventually destroyed by warring inhabitants [...]

Read Full Post »

Word of the Day – “Evil”

Posted in Word of the Day, tagged , on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

   I am not even going to look  in the dictionary for this one. I have my own definition. Evil: 1) Credit Card companies, as in those blood-sucking banks that got an infusion of money from the federal government but continue to suck cardholders dry so their CEOs can fly in private jets and play [...]

Read Full Post »

Word of the Day

Posted in Word of the Day on May 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Maybe this post would be better titled “Non-Word of the Day.” For today I learned that ‘segway’ is not a word. I could have sworn it was. My dilemma came about in the process of writing an article. I had quoted someone using the word ‘segway,’ but my spellchecker did not like it. Now, me [...]

Read Full Post »

Word of the Day

Posted in Word of the Day on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Dirigible: Able to be steered. Puerile: Youthful; juvenile. 2. childishly foolish; immature; silly What do you get when you combine these two words? You definitely do not get the word ‘toddler.’ Unless, of course, you throw M&Ms into the mix. Prosaic: commonplace or dull; unimaginative I know I should probably know this one, and I [...]

Read Full Post »

Word of the Day

Posted in Word of the Day on May 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Convolve: “To roll or wind together; coil; twist” Saw this word in an article about a surfer in Outside Magazine. Didn’t know what it meant, and it’s been bugging me ever since. As you can see, it does not mean to “evolve at the same time,” a logical guess. Also marks the departure from my [...]

Read Full Post »

Word of the Day

Posted in Word of the Day on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Mittelshmerz: ovulation pains This word isn’t even in the dictionary! Cant’ believe  I stumped Webster’s. Do I win something for that? I seem to be continuing my fascination with German words. And this is one word that sounds exactly like what it describes. Used in a sentence: “Dam Mittelshmerz! Those cramps just won’t stop!” I [...]

Read Full Post »

Word of the Day

Posted in Word of the Day on May 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

So, I am constantly amazed at how many words there are in the English language that I don’t know. So I have decided to start looking them up. Here are a few I just learned (don’t make fun of me if you already knew them). Solipsistic: can’t get enough of this one, just love the [...]

Read Full Post »