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Word of the Day: Wood
Today’s word of the day, thanks, partly, to the Old English Wordhord (https://oldenglishwordhord.com/2024/01/08/wodheortness/), is wood. But I’m not thinking of the wood that you are probably thinking of. This is […]
Word of the Day: Boondoggle
Today’s word of the Day, thanks to Merriam-Webster, is boondoggle: “A boondoggle is a wasteful or impractical project or activity that usually involves public money or labor. Boondoggle is also […]
Word of the Day: Obverse
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is obverse, an adjective meaning “the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering,” or “a counterpart […]
Word of the Day: Incredulous
Today’s Word of the Day, courtesy of www.wordthink.com’s word of the day, is incredulous. Believe it or not, the adjective does not mean the same thing as incredible, which means […]
Word of the Day: Villain
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Swynfen Jervis’s A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare, is villain, a noun meaning a servant or a slave, according to Jervis. He […]
Word of the Day: Snollygoster
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Julia McCoy’s “34 of the Craziest Words in English” article on the ExpressWriters website (May 20, 2014), is snollygoster. “Snolly what?” you ask. […]