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A Little Vocabulary to Tide You Over
I am almost ready to offer cocktail thoughts again. So close. In the meantime, I suggest you incorporate a few obscure (abstruse, recondite) words to your working vocabulary. Because learning is fun. Benighted: in a state of pitiful or contemptible … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: Gay (cheerful; exuberant; merry and social OR riant; yeasty; Anacreontic)—An Adventure in Synonyms
When school is out, people must be sure to keep up their vocabulary skills. Cerebral stagnation is simply not acceptable. Tickle your mind space with this word of the week. The usage of “gay” in terms of cheerful or exuberant … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: Grinch, Grincher, Grincheux[se]
As you may know from my Year in Books, I enjoy keeping my foreign language skills honed by occasionally reading Harry Potter books in French. What does this have to do with “The Word of the Week?” Whilst making my … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: Medusoid
The word of the week is Medusoid. As those of you who have been stung by a jellyfish in the Spanish boonies (oh, wait, is that just me?), yes, that is another word for jellyfish. One that better implies the … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: Inexplicable
This week’s word is—clearly—”inexplicable.” I often feel that things are inexplicable. The success of Twilight, for example; or the way my dog likes clementines; or the stupidity of the American public at large. Not you. The people who don’t read … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: Incongruous
Incongruous. Because it sounds mathy, sciencey and pretentious even though it just means “not in harmony or keeping with the surrounding or other aspects of something,” AKA just a way of being awkward. Like lots of figure skating costumes and … Continue reading
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I’m Just Whelmed
Molly recently wished that “blivious” was a word, you know– the positive of “oblivious,” so that one could say either: “He is so oblivious!” OR “I wish he could be more blivious!” Gets back to the unending hardship that is being underwhelmed and … Continue reading
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Charlie Sheen’s Wine of Choice
Assuming that Charlie Sheen would deign to drink something as low-key as red wine… I think I discovered the obvious front-runner: Gnarly Head. As highlighted on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment on Winners vs. Losers, the volume of cocaine … Continue reading →
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