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When I’m a parent, I want to use old-fashioned words. If I want everyone to quit fighting, I’ll say “Kids, stop your quarreling!”
If I think we should all sit out on the porch after dinner: “Let’s retire to the colonnade.”
Someone’s hair is getting a little long: “Your tresses need to be shorn.”
Just learned a word I have absolutely never heard before. Pulchritude, meaning beauty. Attempts to pronounce it begin now.
“I think that the female equivalent of bastard is… not a nice thing to call a girl.”
- Mykala Lind
I’ve learned a new word today: perspicacious; “having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.” Now, if I can only master the pronunciation of such an unfamiliar word.
Word of the day: aquitard - This word just made me laugh out loud.
Word of the Day: glomp - “… in the grey area between a caring embrace, and a flying leap to tackle someone.” Now, glomp is certainly a good word, and I will use it more in the future. However, the word “spudger” also came to my attention tonight. It doesn’t scratch plastic or metal, so you can pry apart really awesome computers with it.
Cool word of the day: cowling - Impress your friends!