Thanks to Carolyn, I’ve been hooked on this game all day (not good since I’m in a boring meeting… or wait.. maybe it is good). If you’re good at words and definitions then this is for you: FreeRice.com
Dreary
Dreary 1. Dismal; bleak.2. Boring; dull: dreary tasks.3. Dark and depressing: black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific. 4. Arousing no interest or curiosity: boring, drear, dry, dull, humdrum, irksome, monotonous, stuffy, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, weariful, wearisome, weary. Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark [...]
Seriously.
Disclaimer: If you don’t like cursing, stop reading now. Sorry Dad! It’s Friday and I’m making words up. From my chat history: “There’s another grant that I have to ‘un-fuck up.’” Clearly it is time to go home.
Deep thoughts on words.
Conversations with my love about our vacation: So we’ll sleep in till 8am, have some breakfast and de-boat. Hmmm, I guess that’s disembark…except its deplane. Too confusing. deplane 1. To disembark from an airplane. disembark 1. To go ashore from a ship.2. To leave an aircraft or other vehicle.3. To remove or unload (cargo or [...]
My Word Made the Cut
New dictionary includes ‘ginormous’ SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – It was a ginormous year for the wordsmiths at Merriam-Webster. Along with embracing the adjective that combines “gigantic” and “enormous,” the dictionary publishers also got into Bollywood, sudoku and speed dating.
Things that sound dirty but aren’t.
scrutator (skroo-TAY-tuhr) noun. One who investigates.
The wrong word.
So I’ve been wondering what to post all day. This just seems to be one of those days where I don’t have too much to say. I’m not as hurt and upset as I was yesterday, but I wouldn’t say things are hunky dory. I think I’m in the acceptance phase of the ending of [...]
Things that sound dirty, but aren’t.
Last week Beth wrote a post about words that sound dirty but aren’t. She had lots of contributors and it was a great read. (I added UVULA – the dingywidget that hangs down in the back of your throat.) So I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this week’s theme at A Word A [...]
Today’s Word Is…
PROCRASTINATION pro·cras·ti·nate (verb) 1. to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.2. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.3. to postpone or delay needlessly. pro·cras·ti·nat·ion (noun) 1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time 2. slowness as a consequence of [...]
Change: the 6 letter f-word.
CHANGE Noun* to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one’s name; to change one’s opinion; to change the course of history.* to transform or convert * to substitute another or others for; exchange for something [...]
