12 posts tagged “words”
ass·ac·er·bate
Pronunciation:
\as-ˈa-sər-ˌbāt\
Function: transitive verb
collude \kə-ˈlüd\
acting in unison to conspire or plot, secret cooperation between people in order to do something illegal or underhanded
Daily Writing Tips missed a big one in their list of 50 Incorrect Pronunciations That Make You Look Dumb. perhaps they could have listed irregardless/regardless only one time instead of two to fit this in.
sandwich - Note the NDW residing in the middle of this word. Say /SAND-WICH/, not /sam-wich/, or even worse, /sam-ich/
thinkmap visual thesaurus is a fun toy for looking up words. unfortunately, it is a toy that they want you to pay for after looking up a certain number of words. i had fun playing around with it anyway. one of the random words it generated was "sharpy"
Main Entry: quid pro crow
- Pronunciation: \ˌkwid-ˌprō-ˈkrō\
- Function: noun
- Etymology: New Latin, something for a bird
- Date: 2008
kerfuffle
- Pronunciation: \kər-ˈfə-fəl\
- Function: noun
- :a commotion or fuss
: a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics
: pettifogger
...but what is a pettifogger....
: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable
: one given to quibbling over trifles
- the ringing or sounding of bells
- a jingling or tinkling sound as if of bells
piss-up, noun
- a vulgar expression for a bout of heaving drinking
- a party where people consume alcohol
"festooned"
no matter how something is decorated, if you can say that it has been festooned, you immediately make it silly. i recently came across an excellent usage of this word here:
To this day it's unclear whether Eric had recommended the font with or without irony — he's tight-lipped on the subject — but a few months later appeared a "Technology Issue" of Rolling Stone, its entire feature well brilliantly festooned with the font's nightmarish tentacles.