Word of the Day April 16, 2015 Word of the Day – Zugzwang Zugzwang (noun) zug-zvan A situation in which the obligation to make a move is a… Kath Love1
Word of the Day April 13, 2015 Word of the Day – Gloaming Gloaming (noun) (literary) glow-ming (the gloaming) Twilight: Dusk. I first encountered 'The Gloaming' reading a… Kath Love0
Word of the Day April 11, 2015 Word of the Day – Overmorrow Overmorrow (noun) (obs) (archaic) (biblical) o-ver-mor-row The day after tomorrow. This archaic and now obsolete… Kath Love3
Discussion and RecommendationsWord of the Day April 10, 2015 26 of your Favourite Words Over on Facebook last week I asked everyone to tell us what their favourite word… Kath Love4
LanguageWord of the Day March 30, 2015 Word of the Day – Tmesis Tmesis (noun) t-mi-sis The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word… Kath Love0
Word of the Day March 28, 2015 Word of the Day – Cwts Cwts (accepted anglicised cwtch/cwtsh)(noun)(Welsh) koo-ch A small safe storage space/a hug. Originally cwt, a gap;… Kath Love4
Word of the Day March 21, 2015 Word of the Day – Vellichor Vellichor (noun) (literary) vell-ik-or The strange wistfulness of a used bookshop. Bookshops are somehow infused… Kath Love8
Word of the Day March 15, 2015 Word of the Day – Miasma Miasma (noun) (literary) Me-azma An unpleasant or unhealthy odour or vapour, or more metaphorically an… Kath Love0
Word of the Day March 13, 2015 Word of the Day: Triskaidekaphobia Triskaidekaphobia (noun) tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh With the second Friday 13th in as many months, this is a… Kath Love1
Word of the Day March 11, 2015 Word of the Day: Paraprosdokian Paraprosdokian (noun) pa-re-prahz-dok-i-en A way of speaking where the second half of a sentence changes… Kath Love1