Word of the Week #9
Can you hear the brontide from the barricades? brontide (n) [bron’tīd] 1. A rumbling noise resembling thunder.
Author: Demeter
Quote of the Week #8
“I can’t imagine anything worse than being required to have fun.” – Scott Westerfeld
Word of the Week #7
Being the nelipot she was, Svetlana often scraped the soles of her feet. nelipot (n) ‘nel-i-pot\ 1. A person who walks barefoot.
Word of the Week #5
Phyllis is such an agelast, don’t you think? agelast (n) [AJ-uh-last] 1. A person who never laughs, especially at jokes.
Quote of the Week #4
“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.” – Stephen King
Word of the Week #3
Man, Cyril just played an amazing hemidemisemiquaver! hemidemisemiquaver (noun) [ˌhɛmɪˌdɛmɪˈsɛmɪˌkweɪvə] 1. A musical note played for 1/64 of the duration of a whole note. Also known as a sixty-fourth note.
Word of the Week #1
Dear me, Lady Francesca, your pincushion is so erinaceous! erinaceous (adj) /ˌɛ.rɪˈneɪ.ʃəs/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
