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Background:

There were a row of dots of light that appeared every morning along the outside of my kitchen wall of an apartment I lived in. The row was perfectly formed by the holes in the vertical blinds that connect to the window frame opposite of the kitchen wall. …

A few new, cool words...

Katzenjammer - hangover. distress. a discordant clamor.
History:
Adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. More popular in the mid-20th century, but it's well-known to many because of the long-running comic strip featuring the incorrigibly mischievous twins …

Hidden Van Gogh revealed in color by scientists

Hidden Van Gogh revealed in color by scientists

Wed Jul 30, 11:33 AM ET

Scientists have made a colored view of an early rejected painting underneath Vincent van Gogh's 'Patch of Grass' painting, using advanced X-ray techniques, a Dutch university said on …

Amuse-Bouche

acerbic

adjective
1. sour or bitter in taste [syn: acerb]
2. harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic …

First week of June and the words still flow.

PERNICIOUS - highly injurious or destructive : Deadly

STYPTIC - tending to contract or bind : astringent; especially : tending to check bleeding

ANODYNE - 1: serving to alleviate pain 2: not likely to offend or arouse tensions : innocuous
* Edmund Burke, …

Word Histories

auspicious \aw-SPISH-us\ adjective

*1 : promising success : favorable
2 : fortunate, prosperous

Did you know?
"Auspicious" comes from the Latin "auspex," which literally means "bird
seer" (from the words "avis," meaning "bird," and "specere," meaning "to …

May - I present with you some new words!

Georgic - of or relating to agriculture. Also a noun which refers to a poem that deals with the practical aspects of agriculture and rural affairs. The standard for such poems, Virgil's "Georgics", is responsible for its name. That poem, written between 37 and 30 …

April Day 30 Words

Apophasis - the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it.

Steganography - the art or practice of concealing a message, image, or file within another message, image, or file. ( This word was resurrected after being in disuse for almost 150 years as it was …

Mid Month Vocab

Morass - 1: marsh, swamp 2: something that traps, confuses or impedes

Colligate - 1: to bind, unite, or group together 2: to subsume (isolated facts) under a general concept

Repugn - to contend against : oppose

Fugacious - lasting a short time : …

April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Demarcate - 1:to mark the limits of : delimit 2: to set apart : separate

Timorous - 1: of a timid disposition : fearful 2: expressing or suggesting timidity (related to timid, but timorous is older)

Fliflam - to sujbect to deception or fraud : trick (origin …

Vernal Equinox Vocab

Macaroni - We all know what the pasta is, but this is also an affected young ma : fop or dandy. As in "Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni." This sense appears to have originated with a club establishes in …

First Week of March Vocabulary.

Abscond - to depart secretly and hide oneself

Grog - alcohlic liquor, especially liquor weakened with water. 18th Century English admiral Edward Veron reputedly earned the nickname "Old Grog" because he often wore a cloak made from grogram (a coarse, loosely woven …

A Bissextile Year.

Otology - A science that deals with the ear and its diseases.

Zaibatsu - a powerful financial and industrial conglomerate of Japan. They were dissolved following World War II, but many individual companies were still managed this way. Zai means money or wealth. …

Weekly Words

parlous - full of danger or risk: hazardous

alameda - a public promenade bordered with trees

bouleversement - reversal, a violent disturbance : disorder

tatterdemalion - ragged or disreputable in apperance, being in a decayed state or condition : Dilapidated; …

Words for January.

hypocorism - a pet name; the use of pet names. From the Greek Hypokorizesthai (to call by pet names) which comes from korizesthai (to treat with tokens of affection.)
millefleur- having an allover pattern of small flowers and plants. Comes from French (18th century) …

The End of Summer.

It's the end of summer. Still warm, as I live in Texas. Drinking a Pumpkin Latte as everyone is already hyped for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Ever earlier with our themes and marketing. The weather has been strange here though, not the swelter we normally have. …

April is National (US) Poetry Month.

Here is one of my favorite poems. Although, not by an American, Seamus Heaney is known across the world.

Digging

Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; as snug as a gun.

Under my window a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly …

Checkin' this Out!

It will be interesting to see how this develops. I like it so far. Thanks for the invite Marshall.