Word of the Week #50
Someone sent me a gif of a nest of daddy-long-legs, and I was immediately attacked by a horrible sense of formication. formication (noun) 1. The sense of ants or other small bugs swarming, over your...
Author: Twit
Quote of the Week #50
“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else’s liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.” -The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
Word of the Week #49
I count everyone who knows the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody as my kith. kith (noun) 1. Friends and acquaintances.
Word of the Week #48
Tina was such a gobemouche, she truly believed that Han shot first. gobemouche (noun) [go-be-MUSH] 1. A very gullible person who believes everything he or she hears, no matter how absurd.
Word of the Week #47
The walls were covered in quivers, arrows, and framed pictures of Legolas–all clues that their mysterious benefactor was a toxophilite. toxophilite (noun) [tok-SOH-fi-lait] 1. A devotee of archery, an archery enthusiast, an archery lover.
Word of the Week #46
Bill’s bumptious date completely dominated the dinner conversation with unlikely anecdotes about his years as an MI5 agent. bumptious (adjective) 1. Offensively assertive, obnoxiously pushy, arrogantly forward.
Quote of the Week #46
“Whenever you’re furious with your parents or you think they’re terrible, just remember: you vomited on them, and they kept you.” -John Green
