aver

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

verb. state or assert to be the case

everyone loves a word with no vowels/only schwas. or maybe that’s just me?

ha-ha

Monday, September 15th, 2008

noun. a ditch with a wall on its inner side below ground level, forming a boundary to a park or garden without interrupting the view

ha-ha

image: stratfordhall.org

who knew?

tarn

Friday, September 12th, 2008

noun. a small mountain lake

image: regensburgerphotography.com

image: regensburgerphotography.com

sometimes geniuses know things without knowing they know them. geniuses, apparently, know what a tarn is.

sidenote: all words coming from old norse are good. (perhaps odin is sneakily telling the geniuses about tarn?)

glom

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

verb. 1. steal 2. (onto) become stuck or attached to

bob your head slightly and repeat after me: “glom glom glom glom…” … really good, right? yes? word of the day. fantastic

moot

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

adj. subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision; having no practical significance, typically because the subject is too uncertain to allow a decision

verb. raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)

noun. as assembly held for debate, especially in anglo-saxon and medieval times; regular gathering of people having a common interest

i like the last meaning the best. we can form a word moot! oh oh and we can play moot all day! woo

rapt

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

adj. completely fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing; indicating or characterized by such a state of fascination; filled with an intense and pleasurable emotion

a good word. is tragically underused, methinks. google searches were unfortunately bogged down by articles about microsoft taking over a company called rapt something or other, and microsoft is never worth linking to. so: no link.

bumf

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

noun. useless or tedious printed information or documents

(this was actually yesterday’s word, but i forgot to post it. woops) read more. or, watch a cat do a weird thing.