Simple, really: Just state your word of the day. Pick a word, any word, obscure or not. Modern or archaic. Just remember to explain why it's the word of the day, and what it means.
My word is immolation. The reason for this is because it is a word that makes me laugh, though killing something with fire ain't funny, the word itself is.
Illiteracy.
It's a sad tragedy to see.
Heptagon : a polygon having seven angles and seven sides.
Word of the day because I like the sound of it. And it would be a great name for a character in a story.
Breakfast - literally, it means breaking a fast, and as the first meal of the day, that is what it does - or should do!
I like the sense of it, and although I don't usually want to eat much in the morning, today I really wanted breakfast, and had a good bowl of home-made meusli.
Bawbag. A good wee Scottish word, and versatile, too. The most used meaning, is derogatory. Basically, you're calling someone a scrotum. Its original meaning was a bag where you kept footballs (soccer balls). Can also be spelled ba'bag, the apostrophe denoting the lack of "ll", but I prefer the first one. There was even a storm named after it "Hurricane Bawbag". Yes, Scots are a strange and eccentric nation.
Today's WotD from me is:
Immiserate : 1 - to make miserable.
2 - to cause to become impoverished.
Why is it today's word? Because I came across "immiseration" in an essay, did not know the word, and could not ascertain its meaning from the context, which latter doesn't occur very often, at least for me. The vague idea I had formed as to its meaning was totally wrong.
It's an interesting word, although it is not used very often.
Indelible- as it's one of my watasspp group name.. Hehe
Gardyloo... A warning shouted before throwing water from above.
Because it's a funny word ...imo
forgive
I have had to forgive myself as well as others
I ask others to please forgive me
forgive is a beautiful word... it gives a new beginning and to start over. wow
scrumdiddlyumptious.. delicious to the point of quivers..
Infatuation, a beautiful word for the most beautiful feeling
If life seems jolly rotten
there's something you've forgotten
and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing
from Monty Python's "Life of Brian"
Hibernaculum:
1. a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
2. winter quarters, as of a hibernating animal.
WotD because I like the way it sounds, and definition 2, the idea of having such a place to winter in, warm, dry, cosy, sounds good to me right now.
nonconformist...
kinda sums up my attitude to life...
COMPASSION: pity; inclining one to help or be merciful.
It's something we all could do with exhibiting more often. Heaven knows there is a need for it more than ever these days...
Prick:
To make a small hole in something with a sharp point.
Make stand erect ("Prick up your ears and listen, boy!")
Vulgar: A part of a man's anatomy.
The vulgarism is the one I'm having for my word of the day. Why? Just because, you prick!
Idiot: Someone who can't work out the answer to a conundrum.
