http://wordoday.com Welcome to WOD Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:10:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is a sad day for lovers of fishes: I consider it one of the great accomplishments of my life so far that I was able to keep a fish – by the peculiar name of Spark Plug – alive for several years. Well, to be fair, I must give credit ... http://wordoday.com/?p=27 To my 4 (okay 2; Hi Mom and Dad!) readers: It's been a while, and I must confess that I have grown weary of Ronald and Henrietta.  I fear their short-lived happiness is nearing its untimely conclusion. With that delightful thought in mind, I present today's long-awaited WOD:  Contusion. Contusion is a noun. ... http://wordoday.com/?p=26 Hello there, and welcome to THE definitive Word O' Day! It's nice of you to drop by. I hope you enjoyed all the change this past week. Obama's pretty cool, and so is today's WOD: Oleaginous. Oleaginous is a French word derived from Latin. It's pronounced oh-lee-aj-uh-nuhs. An adjective, it means - literally ... http://wordoday.com/?p=25 Hello. As someone who has only recently turned the corner to middle-age, I thought it a good time to demonstrate my newfound maturity with a somewhat self-deprecating observation: Here at Word O' Day, we tend to favor lengthier words, and while I won't go into the many possible reasons for this oversight, ... http://wordoday.com/?p=24 Time to hop on the train to Wordtown, making stops in Grammarsville and Linguaburry. Today's WOD is, as usual, incredible. Those of you lucky enough to know and interact with me on a regular basis should probably have heard this several trillion times by now, but the fact that its repetition has ... http://wordoday.com/?p=23   From Guest WOD Blogger Corina: Today's WOD, which is entirely inappropriate for Christmas Eve, is houghmagandy. Houghmagandy is a noun pronounced with a guttural gh, and it means adulterous sexual intercourse, but can also simply mean fornication. This scintillating word comes from the Scots language. "Hough" is the hollow place behind human knees, but ... http://wordoday.com/?p=22 My sister's professor says "basically" too much.  He shouldn't do that, but that's neither here nor there. Well, I guess it's technically there. Right. Regardless, today's WOD is both here and there: Contumely.  Contumely is a noun from Old French, pronounced one of three ways: kon-too-muh-lee, kuhn-too-muh-lee, or for you rebels out there, kon-tuhm-lee.  It means ... http://wordoday.com/?p=21 And We're Back, For those of you who read this (I cherish your dedication), I apologize for my lack of updates for the past several weeks. I had been in Columbus, OH with nary a free moment to blog, or really do anything except work my ass off for President-elect Obama. ... http://wordoday.com/?p=20 Hi friends, I believe it's time for another round. Today's WOD is sure to wow, and is rapidly becoming one of my favorites: Impecunious. Impecunious, an adjective derived from a Latin word for wealth, means lacking in money. My perception of this particular word is that it indicates a ... http://wordoday.com/?p=19 Good day to you, kind visitor, Please enjoy Words O' Day at your leisure! Today's WOD, a real whammy of a doozy, if I do say so myself, should more than make up for the lack of WODs in the past couple of weeks: Sciolism. Sciolism, a noun pronounced sahy-uh-liz-uhm, is from ... http://wordoday.com/?p=18