Want to up your cool quota while playing Scrabble? Or just want to up your cool? HERE. 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!!!!! Volcano: a vent in […]
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 .
boisterous adjective(of a person, event, or behavior) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy : the boisterous conviviality associated with taverns of that period ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [rough, stiff] ): variant of earlier boistuous [rustic, coarse, boisterous,] of unknown origin.
usage nounthe action of using something or the fact of being used : a survey of water usage | the usage of equipment.• the way in which a word or phrase is normally and correctly used.• habitual or customary practice, esp. as creating a right, obligation, or standard.ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense [customary […]
Sorry I didn’t add yesterday. Here is the one that should have been on yesterday. rambunctiousadjective uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous.ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.
preposterous adjectivecontrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous : a preposterous suggestion. See note at absurd .ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin praeposterus ‘reversed, absurd’ (from prae ‘before’ + posterus ‘coming after’ ) + -ous .
preparation |ˌprepəˈrā sh ən|nounthe action or process of making ready or being made ready for use or consideration : the preparation of a draft contract | the project is in preparation.• (usu. preparations) something done to get ready for an event or undertaking : she continued her preparations for the party.• a substance […]
