Words of the Week

  • Week of Mar 05, 2005
  • TERMAGANT
  • A quarrelsome, scolding woman; a shrew.
  • Week of Feb 27, 2005
  • PAEAN
  • A song of joyful praise or exultation
  • Week of Feb 20, 2005
  • HEGEMONY
  • the predominant influence, as of a state, region, or group, over another or others
  • Week of Feb 13, 2005
  • ZARF
  • an ornamental metal holder for a handleless coffee cup
  • Week of Jan 30, 2005
  • DIPLASIASMUS
  • The incorrect doubling of a letter when spelling a word
  • Week of Jan 23, 2005
  • DOOCED
  • Losing your job for something you wrote in your online blog, journal, website, etc.
  • Week of Jan 16, 2005
  • BILDUNGSROMAN
  • A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character.
  • Week of Jan 09, 2005
  • CACHINNATION
  • To laugh hard, loudly, or convulsively; guffaw
  • Week of Jan 02, 2005
  • ANTIPODES
  • Any two places or regions that are on diametrically opposite sides of the earth
  • Week of Dec 26, 2004
  • PETULANT
  • Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish
  • Week of Dec 19, 2004
  • MONDEGREEN
  • A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric
  • Week of Dec 12, 2004
  • ECCEDENTESIAST
  • A person who fakes a smile, such as on television
  • Week of Dec 05, 2004
  • PETRICHOR
  • The smell of rain on dry ground
  • Week of Nov 28, 2004
  • ANATHEMA:
  • A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication
  • Week of Nov 21, 2004
  • ARMSAYE:
  • the armhole in clothing
  • Week of Nov 14, 2004
  • EXSIBILATION:
  • The collective hisses of a disapproving audience
  • Week of Nov 07, 2004
  • SGIOMLAIREACHED:
  • The habit of dropping in at mealtimes
  • Week of Oct 24, 2004
  • FLIBBERTIGIBBET:
  • A silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person
  • Week of Oct 17, 2004
  • PLETHORA:
  • A superabundance; an excess
  • Week of Oct 10, 2004
  • HALLUX:
  • The big toe
  • Week of Sep 26, 2004
  • SPHALLOLALIA:
  • flirtatious talk that leads nowhere
  • Week of Sep 19, 2004
  • WITZELSUCHT (vit’sel-zookt):
  • a feeble attempt at humor
  • Week of Sep 12, 2004
  • TRAGUS (TRAY-guhs):
  • a small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear
  • Week of Sep 05, 2004
  • PHILOMATH (FIL-uh-math):
  • A lover of learning
  • Week of Aug 29, 2004
  • THENAR (THEE-nahr):
  • The fleshy mass on the palm of the hand at the base of the thumb
  • Week of Aug 22, 2004
  • TARANTISM:
  • A disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to dance
  • Week of Jul 25, 2004
  • DEFENESTRATE:
  • To throw out of a window
  • Week of Jul 18, 2004
  • DISCOMBOBULATE:
  • To throw into a state of confusion
  • Week of Jul 11, 2004
  • ONOMATOPOEIA:
  • using words that imitate the sound they denote
  • Week of Jul 04, 2004
  • QUALTAGH:
  • The first person you see after leaving your house
  • Week of Jun 27, 2004
  • GOUND (GOWND):
  • The gunk that collects in the corners of your eyes when you sleep
  • Week of May 30, 2004
  • PHILTRUM:
  • The vertical groove in the upper lip
  • Week of May 23, 2004
  • PANDICULATION:
  • yawning and stretching (as when first waking up)
  • Week of May 16, 2004
  • DIGERATI:
  • persons well versed in computer use and technology

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