Tag: vocabulary
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June 06, 2008 11:54 PM EDT --
Okay if I'm not using the word "cute" anymore.. what else is out there? I'll start us off:
sweet
What do you got?
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November 12, 2007 01:56 PM EST --
Give me as many 6 letter words as you can come up with! Can't wait to see all the replies. Thanks!!!
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November 12, 2007 09:23 PM EST --
How many songs can we list that begin with the letter M?
I'll start us off...
Man in the long black coat ~ Bob Dylan
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November 13, 2007 07:12 AM EST --
Directions: Each player must play off the previous word by saying the FIRST thing, associated with the word that pops into their mind. The only rules are that you must say the first thing . . .
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July 28, 2008 03:48 PM EDT --
After a short weekend hiatus, the daily vocabulary expansion feature is back. Popped open the unabridged and presto .... our word for the day.
July 28, 2008
recrudescence . . .
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November 04, 2007 03:04 PM EST --
Here is a site to test your vocabulary. For every word you get right they donate 10 grains of rice which is distibuted by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Check out the . . .
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March 12, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
Here are some words that are not yet in dictionaries, but might be someday:
1. Cashtration: The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period . . .
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August 25, 2008 10:39 PM EDT --
Okay, first I'm going to give you a quick link to the story, and then I'll explain what's bothering me. Here's the story I just saw on the news.
Midget-league football coach arrested . . .
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May 18, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
I used this word today & some of my friends didn't know what I meant....do you know what pram means?
Let me know...
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February 02, 2008 09:10 AM EST --
I've notice new "happy" words popping up lately. I love happy words. My son and I both say "Yay" so often that it's losing a little of it's potency. There's . . .
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July 02, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
I always referred to it as redundancy, but then what is the English language without multiple words meaning the same thing.
Exactly what is tautology? Well, it's a phrase that has redundant . . .
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October 29, 2007 06:12 PM EDT --
Do you think you are pretty clever? Try out this site http://www.freerice.com/index.php
For every word you get right, the United Nations World Food Program will donate 10 grains of rice. . . .
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November 13, 2007 09:35 PM EST --
Last night was a lot of fun! Everyone came up with some great songs. Let’s see how many we can think up tonight!! Name as many songs as you can that begin with the letter T . . . .
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March 19, 2008 11:07 AM EDT --
Free Rice
by Marilyn Mackenzie
No, it's not free rice for you but for the hungry.
I'm probably the last person to find out about this site. . . .
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June 05, 2008 02:23 AM EDT --
In addition to banning the use of the words"cute, pretty and nice" when commenting on picturess in my new photography group "Cute, Pretty and Nice Not Allowed" (please join).... what . . .
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June 06, 2008 01:12 PM EDT --
Please check out my new group Cute, nice and pretty not allowed!!!
A group dedicated to photography and commenting on images however let's use our brains and try to use some other words . . .
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July 21, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Here is a word for today:
July 21, 2008
balbuties n.
stammering; also, a kind of defective pronunciation.
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July 24, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
This huge dictionary is great. It takes awhile to find a word that might be new to a good portion of people, but I am having fun. If you already know a word....well, you can feel . . .
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November 25, 2006 02:39 PM EST --
Thanks to Websters-Word-Of-The-Day the word today is:
The Word of the Day for November 25 is:
inveigle \in-VAY-gul\ verb
*1 : to win over by wiles : entice
2 : to acquire by ingenuity or flattery . . .
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March 25, 2007 07:19 AM EDT --
I'm not sure how well this will work out, as I've never attempted this before, but let's give it a try.
What I have in mind is to take an existing . . .
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