Want to up your cool quota while playing Scrabble? Or just want to up your cool?
Yes, Scrabble is in the 21st century.
(Actually some of these words have been around for a really long time. Maybe things move slowly in board game land.)
friggatriskaidekaphobia
What’s that I hear you ask?
Fear of Friday the 13th.
That’s today.
It has a whole history.
You can read about it on Wikipedia.
Enjoy your day!!!
This is the word of the moment. A word that is in the news. A word that didn’t have a lot of meaning for many people until now. Especially me. Because thanks to this I am now stuck in the UK. And this word is….
Volcano: a vent in Earth’s crust through which molten and solid rock and/or hot gases are erupted to the surface. The word volcano is derived from the Roman god Vulcan, the god of fire. A volcano can be active quietly for years releasing molten lava, or sulphur gases (like Kilauea in Hawaii) or can explode violently, like Mount Vesuvius (which destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii) or Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano which has grounded all air traffic in Europe.
To learn more about volcanoes click here and go to Weather Wiz Kids.
These are wonders of our planet. Unpredictable and awesome.
Take a look at some interesting images of volcanoes, with a catchy little song.
Enjoy.
junipernounan evergreen shrub or small tree that bears berrylike cones, widely distributed throughout Eurasia and North America. Many kinds have aromatic cones or foliage. many species, including the shrubby common juniper, the berries of which are used for flavoring gin.ORIGIN late Middle English : from Latin juniperus.
discombobulate verbdisconcert or confuse (someone) : this attitude totally discombobulated Bruce
he is looking a little pained and discombobulated.ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: probably based on discompose or discomfit .
