well, it's been awhile since I've had time to do a wordy wednesday... so to make up for it, here's several new words that I've discovered. I don'tknow why we don't use all of the fantastic words of our language more often!
paseo
[pah-sey-oh]
a slow, idle, or leisurely walk or stroll
bodacious
[boh-dey-shuhs]
thorough; blatant; unmistakable
duende
[doo-en-dey]
The ability to attract others through personal magnetism & charm
cormorant
[kawr-mer-uhnt]
a gluttonous or greedy person
diatribe
[dahy-uh-trahyb]
a bitter verbal attack
chimerical
[ki-mer-i-kuhl]
merely imaginary; fanciful
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
today I didn't have to teach piano, so I was watching T.V. with my little brother and I just fell in love with this song... don't ask me why, maybe it has something to do with all the neat words at the end. Anyhow, it has a catchy tune and I really like the ending. Today they taught the word "accomplices (an associate in wrongdoing, especially one who aids or abets another in a criminal act, either as a principal or an accessory.)" and it fit rather nicely in a conversation I had with a sister today. Perfect timing!! At the end of this post (after the words to the song) there is a list of words that Martha says, I didn't write up all of them since a lot of them are common, but the other ones aren't, and I think they are pretty cool!!!
Hear her speak! Martha speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and...
"Communicates, enumerates, elucidates, exaggerates, indicates, and explicates,
bloviates, and overstates and (pant, pant, pant) hyperventilates!"
ENUMERATES - To count off or name one by one; list
ELUCIDATES - To make clear or plain, by explanation; clarify
EXPLICATES - To make clear the meaning of; explain
BLOVIATES - To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner
Hear her speak! Martha speaks and speaks and speaks and speaks and...
"Communicates, enumerates, elucidates, exaggerates, indicates, and explicates,
bloviates, and overstates and (pant, pant, pant) hyperventilates!"
ENUMERATES - To count off or name one by one; list
ELUCIDATES - To make clear or plain, by explanation; clarify
EXPLICATES - To make clear the meaning of; explain
BLOVIATES - To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
a wordy week
the other day I was helping my mom with something and she said "what word would you use to describe that?" to which I responded... "sticktoitive". She didn't think it was a word, but it certainly is!
Isn't that the coolest word? I would love to be described as a sticktoitive person...
about a week ago a word accidentally slipped out, and I'm pretty sure that it's not a word, but it SHOULD be..."OWNSOME" I actually googled it and came up with a german word "mutterseelenallein" which translates to be "on one's ownsome" so it must be a sort of word!
I also accidentally said "OWNESS" as well... and well, it's not exactly a word, but another sort of word. But I came up with some interesting history about that word. "In Latin onus means “burden.” In English it came to mean “responsibility”: “the onus is on the defense attorney to convince the jury of the defendant’s innocence.” It is often used to mean “blame”: “he bears the onus of having lost the key to the vacation house.” People sometimes mishear this word and turn in into "owness." This form is also used by some to refer to the opposite of otherness, but that would be "ownness," with two N's."
STICKTOITIVE
tenaciously resolute; persevering
tenaciously resolute; persevering
Isn't that the coolest word? I would love to be described as a sticktoitive person...
about a week ago a word accidentally slipped out, and I'm pretty sure that it's not a word, but it SHOULD be..."OWNSOME" I actually googled it and came up with a german word "mutterseelenallein" which translates to be "on one's ownsome" so it must be a sort of word!
I also accidentally said "OWNESS" as well... and well, it's not exactly a word, but another sort of word. But I came up with some interesting history about that word. "In Latin onus means “burden.” In English it came to mean “responsibility”: “the onus is on the defense attorney to convince the jury of the defendant’s innocence.” It is often used to mean “blame”: “he bears the onus of having lost the key to the vacation house.” People sometimes mishear this word and turn in into "owness." This form is also used by some to refer to the opposite of otherness, but that would be "ownness," with two N's."
AREN'T WORDS JUST SO MUCH FUN? I JUST WONDER WHY WE DON'T
USE SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL WORDS MORE OFTEN!!!!
USE SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL WORDS MORE OFTEN!!!!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
another word
lets hope that you never have this...
CONSTERNATION
a sudden dread or a state of paralyzing dismay
but if you do, remember that faith
can dispel all doubt, dread and fear!!!
CONSTERNATION
a sudden dread or a state of paralyzing dismay
but if you do, remember that faith
can dispel all doubt, dread and fear!!!
Friday, February 6, 2009
wordy wednesday
sorry this has been so long in coming... I just need to take the few seconds it takes to do this, but I don't!! I'll try my hardest to be better!! Anyway, here is today's word... a new one, but definitely one that I'll use!!
ERSTWHILE
former, formerly, in the past, at a former time
former, formerly, in the past, at a former time
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
introducing... wordy wednesday!
One of the things that I love most is WORDS! It's a common joke in the family that I'm a walking dictionary (which is so not true :). I think that we don't use words as much as we should... most people have an extremely limited vocabulary and use words that don't make sense in that context.
When I was still in school, one of the things that I loved most about being homeschooled was being read to. Even when I was in high-school (and even now) I loved to listen to my mom read a good book out loud! When we would come to a word that we didn't know (as long as it wasn't a tense part :) we would pull out our trusty dictionaries and look it up. Some of my favorite words came from "Peter Pan", which is SUCH a good book!
Anyway, I would like to start spotlighting a word every Wednesday... some of these words may not be words that we would use in a normal sentence but they are neat anyway! To start off (the very soon to be new year), here is a word that we should think about when we decide what we want to do with our time.
When I was still in school, one of the things that I loved most about being homeschooled was being read to. Even when I was in high-school (and even now) I loved to listen to my mom read a good book out loud! When we would come to a word that we didn't know (as long as it wasn't a tense part :) we would pull out our trusty dictionaries and look it up. Some of my favorite words came from "Peter Pan", which is SUCH a good book!
Anyway, I would like to start spotlighting a word every Wednesday... some of these words may not be words that we would use in a normal sentence but they are neat anyway! To start off (the very soon to be new year), here is a word that we should think about when we decide what we want to do with our time.
PICAYUNE
Pic-a-yune
Of little value or importance, something trivial
p.s. speaking of doing things of little value or importance, this really is my last post for today! I haven't been feeling very good today, and it doesn't hurt to be on the computer. Thus all the posts. But it really is PICAYUNE!!
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