Like Mike.
skirr \skur\ , verb:
1. To go rapidly; fly; scurry.
2. To go rapidly over.
1. To go rapidly; fly; scurry.
2. To go rapidly over.
noun:
1. A grating or whirring sound.
1. A grating or whirring sound.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Word of the Day - May 29
Bertrum?!
varlet \VAHR-lit\ , noun:
1. A knavish person; rascal.
2. A. An attendant or servant. B. A page who serves a knight.
1. A knavish person; rascal.
2. A. An attendant or servant. B. A page who serves a knight.
Word of the Day - May 28
Who's the rat?
asperse \uh-SPURS\ , verb:
1. To sprinkle; bespatter.
2. To attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
1. To sprinkle; bespatter.
2. To attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
Word of the Day - May 26
BEES! BEES!
betide \bih-TAHYD\ , verb:
1. To happen to; come to; befall.
2. To happen; come to pass.
1. To happen to; come to; befall.
2. To happen; come to pass.
Word of the Day - May 25
This is his favorite fence.
To repeat; reiterate.
Word of the Day - May 24
Is it 5 yet?
demiurge \DEM-ee-urj\ , noun:
1. Philosophy. A. Platonism. The artificer of the world. B. (In the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
2. (In many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
1. Philosophy. A. Platonism. The artificer of the world. B. (In the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
2. (In many states of ancient Greece) a public official or magistrate.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Word of the Day - May 23
The bible will rise again!
chrestomathy \kres-TOM-uh-thee\ , noun:
A collection of selected literary passages.
A collection of selected literary passages.
Word of the Day - May 22
DOG PILE!
cumulus \KYOO-myuh-luhs\ , noun:
1. A heap; pile.
2. A cloud of a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower.
1. A heap; pile.
2. A cloud of a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower.
Word of the Day - May 21
To be honest, that kid has a hell of a jump shot.
belabor \bih-LEY-ber\ , verb:
1. To explain, worry about, or work more than is necessary.
2. To assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule.
3. To beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows.
4. Obsolete. To labor at.
1. To explain, worry about, or work more than is necessary.
2. To assail persistently, as with scorn or ridicule.
3. To beat vigorously; ply with heavy blows.
4. Obsolete. To labor at.
Word of the Day - May 20
Who you calling a chicken?
gambit \GAM-bit\ , noun:
1. A remark made to open or redirect a conversation.
2. Chess. An opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
3. Any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.
1. A remark made to open or redirect a conversation.
2. Chess. An opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
3. Any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage.
Word of the Day - May 19
Hey. Hey. We're a family. Families stick together.
phatic \FAT-ik\ , adjective:
Denoting speech used to create an atmosphere of goodwill.
Denoting speech used to create an atmosphere of goodwill.
Word of the Day - May 18
It happens to a lot of chefs.
pip \pip\ , verb:
1. To peep or chirp.
2. (Of a young bird) to break out from the shell.
3. To crack or chip a hole through (the shell), as a young bird.
1. To peep or chirp.
2. (Of a young bird) to break out from the shell.
3. To crack or chip a hole through (the shell), as a young bird.
Word of the Day - May 17
This was too easy.
omphalos \OM-fuh-luhs\ , noun:
1. The central point.
2. The navel; umbilicus.
3. Greek Antiquity. A stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, thought to mark the center of the earth.
1. The central point.
2. The navel; umbilicus.
3. Greek Antiquity. A stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, thought to mark the center of the earth.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Word of the Day - May 16
I get it...just...please...stop...talking.
spruik \sprook\ , verb:
To make or give a speech, especially extensively; spiel.
To make or give a speech, especially extensively; spiel.
Word of the Day - May 15
I wish I has tails on a suit, a top hat and a walking stick.
altiloquent \awl-TIL-uh-kwuhnt\ , adjective:
high flown or pretentious (of language).
high flown or pretentious (of language).
Word of the Day - May 14
Mr. Woof-inklestein.
intromit \in-truh-MIT\ , verb:
To introduce; to send, put, or let in.
To introduce; to send, put, or let in.
Word of the Day - May 13
Lookers.
matrilineal \ma-truh-LIN-ee-uhl\ , adjective:
Inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
Inheriting or determining descent through the female line.
Word of the Day - May 12
My growth is a part of me!
prorogue \proh-ROHG\ , verb:
1. To defer; postpone.
2. To discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
1. To defer; postpone.
2. To discontinue a session of (the British Parliament or a similar body).
Word of the Day - May 11
Nothing like a hissing in your prison cell.
sibilant \SIB-uh-luhnt\ , adjective:
1. Hissing.
2. Phonetics. Characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s inthis.
1. Hissing.
2. Phonetics. Characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s inthis.
noun:
1. Phonetics. A sibilant consonant.
1. Phonetics. A sibilant consonant.
Word of the Day - May 10
First a gun and now smoking. Babies grow up so fast.
obtest \ob-TEST\ , verb:
1. To supplicate earnestly; beseech.
2. To invoke as witness.
3. To protest.
4. To make supplication; beseech.
1. To supplicate earnestly; beseech.
2. To invoke as witness.
3. To protest.
4. To make supplication; beseech.
Word of the Day - May 9
Look it's healing!
cicatrix \SIK-uh-triks\ , noun:
1. New tissue that forms over a wound.
2. Botany. A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.
1. New tissue that forms over a wound.
2. Botany. A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.
Word of the Day - May 8
I can't tell you how many times my parents had this argument.
pother \POTH-er\ , noun:
1. A heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
2. Commotion; uproar.
3. A choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.
1. A heated discussion, debate, or argument; fuss; to-do.
2. Commotion; uproar.
3. A choking or suffocating cloud, as of smoke or dust.
verb:
1. To worry; bother.
1. To worry; bother.
Word of the Day - May 7
Idiot.
sudorific \soo-duh-RIF-ik\ , adjective:
1. Causing sweat.
2. Sudoriparous.
1. Causing sweat.
2. Sudoriparous.
noun:
1. A sudorific agent.
1. A sudorific agent.
Word of the Day - May 6
What a gentleman.
mensch \mench\ , noun:
A decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
A decent, upright, mature, and responsible person.
Word of the Day - May 5
Monkey in a bar...child's play.
besot \bih-SOT\ , verb:
1. To infatuate; obsess.
2. To intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
3. To make stupid or foolish: a mind besotted with fear and superstition.
1. To infatuate; obsess.
2. To intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
3. To make stupid or foolish: a mind besotted with fear and superstition.
Word of the Day - May 4
Water! Water Water!
fulcrum \FOOL-kruhm\ , noun:
1. The support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns.
2. Any prop or support.
3. Zoology. Any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support.
1. The support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns.
2. Any prop or support.
3. Zoology. Any of various structures in an animal serving as a hinge or support.
verb:
1. To fit with a fulcrum; put a fulcrum on.
1. To fit with a fulcrum; put a fulcrum on.
Word of the Day - May 3
Do it with the other hand!
numen \NOO-min\ , noun:
Divine power, especially one who inhabits a particular object.
Divine power, especially one who inhabits a particular object.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Word of the Day - May 2
I wish I lived in Cheeseburger Town.
kowtow \KOU-TOU\, verb:
1. To act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
2. To touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.
2. To touch the forehead to the ground while kneeling, as an act of worship, reverence, apology, etc., especially in former Chinese custom.
noun:
1. The act of kowtowing.
1. The act of kowtowing.
Word of the Day - April 30
If your ugly, the lights have to be out.
aphotic \ey-FOH-tik\ , adjective:
Lightless; dark.
Lightless; dark.
Word of the Day - April 29
At least the teeth are in water.
ensconce \en-SKONS\ , verb:
1. To settle securely or snugly.
2. To cover or shelter; hide securely.
1. To settle securely or snugly.
2. To cover or shelter; hide securely.
Word of the Day - April 28
Drowning idiot.
littoral \LIT-er-uhl\ , adjective:
1. Pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. (On ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
3. Of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore.
1. Pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
2. (On ocean shores) of or pertaining to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
3. Of or pertaining to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore.
noun:
1. A littoral region.
1. A littoral region.
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