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Word of the Day

August 10, 2015

Word of the Day – Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (n) hip-oh-pot-oh-monst-roh-sus-kwip-uh-day-lee-oh-foh-bee-ah The fear of long words. No one was being sarcastic when they…

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August 9, 2015

Word of the Day – Yestreen

Yestreen (noun) (poetic) (Scottish) yes-tree-n Yesterday evening, last night. Mainly poetic and mostly archaic now,…

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August 8, 2015

Word of the Day – Yellowback

Yellowback (n) yell-oh-bak A cheap, lurid novel. Published in the late 1800s, these novels were identifiable…

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August 7, 2015

Word of the Day – Monepic

Monepic (adj) mon-ep-ik Consisting of single word sentences. I cannot imagine how jarring it would be…

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August 6, 2015

Word of the Day – Pareidolia

Pareidolia (noun) parr-i-doh-lee-ah The phenomenon of the human brain where the mind interprets random images…

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August 5, 2015

Word of the Day – Lobcock

Lobcock (n) lob-kok A stupid blundering person; a lout. Some words really don't need defining, do they.…

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August 4, 2015

Word of the Day – Epanadiplosis

Epanadiplosis (n) ee-pan-ad-ip-loh-sis A figure of speech where the same word is used both at the beginning and…

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Literature

August 3, 2015

Word of the Day – Pachyderm

Pachyderm (noun) pak-i-derm A large mammal with thick leathery skin such as an elephant, rhinoceros,…

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August 2, 2015

Word of the Day – Gasconade

Gasconade (noun) gas-keh-nay-d Extravagant boasting; boastful talk. This can also be used as a verb; gasconaded, gasconading.…

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August 1, 2015

Word of the Day – Lychnobite

Lychnobite (noun) like-no-bite One who works at night and sleeps in the day. A much more…

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