Word of the Day

Vellichor (noun) (literary) vell-ik-or The strange wistfulness of a used bookshop. Bookshops are somehow infused…

Miasma (noun) (literary) Me-azma An unpleasant or unhealthy odour or vapour, or more metaphorically an…

Triskaidekaphobia (noun) tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh With the second Friday 13th in as many months, this is a…

Paraprosdokian (noun) pa-re-prahz-dok-i-en A way of speaking where the second half of a sentence changes…