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Category Archives: Word Nerd Wednesday
Word Nerd Wednesday – Pigwidgeon
Welcome to the first Word Nerd Wednesday post for 2019! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I was super excited to receive Jeff Kacirk’s Calendar of Forgotten English from my sister as a Christmas gift, so guess … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Word Nerd Wednesday
Tagged What Do You Think It Means?, Word of the Day
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Word Nerd Wednesday – Cliché
Welcome, word nerds! I have a quick one for you today that follows on from last week’s post on the word stereotype. As a brief recap for those who missed last week’s post (and are too lazy to click on the … Continue reading
Posted in Logophilia, Word Nerd Wednesday
Tagged English Language, Etymology, Word of the Day, Words
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Word Nerd Wednesday – Stereotype
Happy Wednesday, word nerds! This week’s Word Nerd post is inspired by last week’s Top Ten Tuesday post, in which I gave a list of people that book lovers everywhere should be thankful for. In the process of putting together … Continue reading
Word Nerd Wednesday – Mugging
Today’s Word Nerd Wednesday post begins with a joke: Q: Why did the coffee go to the police station? A: He needed to report a mugging. Did I get a groan out of you?
Word Nerd Wednesday – Draconian
Happy Reformation Day, and welcome to all my word nerd friends. Last week I did a Top Ten Tuesday post focusing on villains, which mentioned “the Draconian Mr. Murdstone”—David Copperfield’s step-father. And that lead to the inevitable question: where did … Continue reading
Word Nerd Wednesday – Forty Winks
Greetings, word nerds! This week’s Word Nerd Wednesday post is inspired by a poem by Shel Silverstein. I don’t know whether you know of his various children’s books, but Runny Babbit is a popular one in our household, all the funnier … Continue reading
Word Nerd Wednesday – Orectic
Greetings, fellow word nerds. We haven’t played a game of What Do You Think It Means for a while, have we? Well, I found a great word for us this week: Orectic. I have four possible definitions for you:
Posted in Logophilia, Word Nerd Wednesday
Tagged What Do You Think It Means?, Word of the Day, Words
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Word Nerd Wednesday – Bucolic
Happy Wednesday, word nerds! A couple of months ago I posted about a word that I thought really didn’t sound like its definition: effulgent. (You can read that post here.) Last week, I was reminded of another word that fits into … Continue reading
Posted in Increase Your Vocabulary, Logophilia, Word Nerd Wednesday
Tagged English Language, Word of the Day, Words
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Word Nerd Wednesday – Sparking
Greetings, word nerds! It’s a while since I’ve had a Word Nerd Wednesday post, but I’m back today and ready to start a revival. You may have looked at today’s word and thought, “Sparking? How can there be anything interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Logophilia, Word Nerd Wednesday
Tagged English Language, Word of the Day, Words
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