I've often found it helpful in my creative endeavours to pick a word, sometimes an obscure one, and try to use it by working it into a conversation. It started when I was in my last job as a means of getting over the mechanical, mundane nature of the job and to attempt to inject some intelligence into it.
My word for today is the alchemical term, "metallurgy", which is the study of the behaviour of metal and it's compounds, which are known as alloys.
So, what is your word of the day?
My word for today is a word that I didn't think even existed ,"frictious". It seems to be a rare or an archaic term meaning of, related to, or caused by friction, according to wiktionary.
My word of the day is "wee". It's not unusual or anything, but has a few good uses, not just for describing size. It can be used as an affectionate term "wee Andrew"; a derogatory term "wee bastard" which, in the case, of KT Tunstall, is what she calls her loop effects pedal, both as endearment and derision. It, oddly enough, can also be used to denote someone who may be wee in stature, but big in spirit. It's a useful wee word.
I think I shall select "Rambunctious" as my word of the day. I love the descriptive nature of it. It sounds hard to control and as if it must be used with caution. Also, I'm feeling a little rambunctious myself, after spraying a bunch of chemicals up my nose (beclometasone dipropionate, to be precise) and that is one of the best side effects of the medication. So, rambunctious it is, until it wears off and it will be a happy, rambunctious memory.
Pangram - a sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.
For example (the most well known example, in fact) this sentence:
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
I'm gonna write me a pangram... maybe.
I think I'll have a slice of resplendence and all it's derivatives.
It's one of those words that just does what it says on the tin. It shines, it's beautiful, it's... resplendent. Refulgent... And slightly awe inspiring.
Today's word is "lob" simply because I find it really funny and it is cheering me up, making me feel less lazy.
Today's word is dance because I feel like dancing. It makes me happy. Even if you can't dance, I urge you to do so, for the fun of it, even if you look like a twit.
My word of the day is Martini...why? Perhaps because the weekend has started...
Mar·ti·ni /märˈtēnē/ :
n. pl. mar·ti·nis
A cocktail made of gin or vodka and dry vermouth.
[Origin unknown.]
I once knew a drinker who had a moderating problem...
There is a word god who follows me around causing one word to bump into me, trip over me, slosh me when a bus passes, and stalk me in emails, and uses my friends to hit me with it....then it goes away and is replaced by another.
This season's word is ambivilent. I don't know if I spelled it right...I've been pondering this word and it's reporcusions on school, happiness, God, friends, and all of the things that I have mixed feelings about.
...but I discovered that the Korean word for Rose is Sammi ....and I'm thinking about using that word as a name in an upcoming story about a woman in Korea...
My word for the day is police, because so many out there think of themselves as the grammar or language police. Misspellings happen. Our English language is filled with ambiguous spellings of words. Please be kind and do not point it out unless it is a life and death situation. Let us be kind to each other, as writer to writer.
My word of the day is "clarification" because I just had to tell someone a poem was not about them. Sorry!
