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• xmas wouldn’t be xmas without…

  
  WIPs and Chains — Authority: 127
  Word of the Week: Christmas Adam — The day before Christmas Eve. Since Adam was created before Eve, and to be equitable in the holiday season, Christmas Adam creates further anticipation of Christmas Day. The Anatomically Correct Gingerbread Couple (as baked by Madame Mommy Dearest, of course)
  2 days ago

• Word of the Week: Dolorous

  
  Film-Book dot Com — Authority: 128
  Dolorous - full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful. Source: Dictionary
  4 days ago

• Hawaiian Word of the Week

  
  True Aloha — Authority: 125
  Stocking- Kakini (kah-kee-nee) The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). To simplify pronunciation, sound consonants as in English and break up words so they are easy to say (ie- Humuhumunukunukuapua’a would be pronounced humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu-a-a) ...
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• REH Word of the Week: kale

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  kale noun 1. slang .  money [origin: 14th century; Scots from Middle English (northern) cal and Old English cal ] HOWARD’S USAGE: The low-down on the case like that— it got me right for see, The very jobs that I had steered leered up from the pages at me! Everything but the name you see, the places was ...
  4 days ago

• Wine Word of the Week: Reserve

  
  Wine Peeps — Authority: 423
  This week’s Wine Word of the Week is reserve . Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine : Reserve is a term liberally used by wine producers for various bottlings. It should be quite literally reserved itself, for superior wines, but, unlike Reserva and Riserva , the English ...
  6 days ago

• Word of the Week

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 693
  Too big to fail, huh? If the House of Representatives has is its way, maybe no one will be. In the much-discussed financial reform bill passed last week , the House included a provision that would create a "systemic dissolution fund," designed to assist in dissolving failing financial institutions, but which would ...
  6 days ago

• more xmas hilarity

  
  WIPs and Chains — Authority: 127
  Word of the Week: Christmas card chicken — When you want to decrease the number of Christmas cards you send out every year, so you decide to send cards only to people who send you one first. However, this can backfire if someone on your potential list is using the same tactics. This results in a standoff and ...
  1 week ago

• Recommended reading for the travelling linguaphile

  
  Vagablogging :: Rolf Potts Vagabonding Blog — Authority: 429
  Are you a traveling linguaphile? Many of us that are drawn to travel are also drawn to the study of different languages. Moreover, the seductive accents and quirky slang terms found within our own mother tongue can be endlessly intriguing. If you can’t leave language alone, Adam Jacob de Boinod’s book The Wonder ...
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• Hawaiian Word of the Week

  
  True Aloha — Authority: 125
  Snow - Hau (how) The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). To simplify pronunciation, sound consonants as in English and break up words so they are easy to say (ie- Humuhumunukunukuapua’a would be pronounced humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu-a-a) Pronounce vowels as ...
  1 week ago

• REH Word of the Week: avaunt

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  avaunt interjection 1. archaic . begone. [origin: Middle English from Anglo-French from Old French avant ultimately from Latin ab from + ante before] HOWARD’S USAGE: They thronged about in a grisly rout, they caught at his silver rein; “ Avaunt , foul host! Tell Bahram’s ghost Falume has come to ...
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• Wine Word of the Week: Case

  
  Wine Peeps — Authority: 423
  This week’s Wine Word of the Week is case . Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine : Beer and milk may be sold in crates but, contrary to popular usage, wine is sold in cases. A case typically holds a dozen bottles, the basic trading unit in the fine wine trade and much of the ...
  1 week ago

• ha ha snerk snort (part deaux)

  
  WIPs and Chains — Authority: 127
  Word of the Week: Christmas bogus — Receiving nothing from your employer for Christmas. Yeah, this has nothing to do with Christmas, but Mistress Heidi liked it… But here’s a Christmas funny, if it makes you feel any better:
  2 weeks ago

• Word of the Week: Tautological

  
  Film-Book dot Com — Authority: 128
  Tautological - needless repetition of an idea, esp. in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.” Source: Dictionary
  2 weeks ago

• Hawaiian Word of the Week

  
  True Aloha — Authority: 125
  Ornament - wehi (weh-hee) The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). To simplify pronunciation, sound consonants as in English and break up words so they are easy to say (ie- Humuhumunukunukuapua’a would be pronounced humu-humu-nuku-nuku-apu-a-a) Pronounce ...
  2 weeks ago

• REH Word of the Week: Apis Bull

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  Apis Bull Noun 1. A sacred bull of the ancient Egyptians, acting as an intermediary between humans and Ptah, the Egyptian creator god and the deity patron of artisans [origin: Egyptian myth; Latin, Greek, Egyptian, lit., hidden] HOWARD’S USAGE: The Persian slaughtered the Apis Bull ; (Ammon-Ra is a darksome ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wine Word of the Week: Magnum

  
  Wine Peeps — Authority: 423
  This week’s Wine Word of the Week is magnum . Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine : Magnum is a large bottle size containing 1.5 l/54 fl oz, or the equivalent of two bottles. It is widely regarded as being the ideal size for bottle aging fine wine, being large enough to slow ...
  2 weeks ago

• Berry Go Round #22

  
  Seeds Aside — Authority: 505
  Welcome to the 22nd edition of the Berry Go Round, a blog carnival devoted to all plants’ life… The previous edition can be found here . November brings a new yield of fresh plant science, and here it is: Discover, at Dave Ingram’s Natural History Blog how plants’ and sunbathers’ interests can ...
  3 weeks ago

• birthday recap, part deaux

  
  WIPs and Chains — Authority: 127
  Word of the Week: Chai anxiety — Feeling overwhelmed by the ridiculous number of options at the coffee shop. So in last week’s “ 29th Birthday Recap ,” I told you about my day . Today, I’m going to tell you about my gifts. As in, the presents I received from people who obviously think I’m The ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hawaiian Word of the Week

  
  True Aloha — Authority: 125
  Tradition - mo’olelo  (pronounced mo-oh-leh-low) The alphabet contains 12 letters: 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and 7 consonants (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). To simplify pronunciation, sound consonants as in English and break up words so they are easy to say (ie- Humuhumunukunukuapua’a would be pronounced ...
  3 weeks ago

• REH Word of the Week: kine

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  kine noun 1. Archaic .  plural of cow. [origin: Middle English kyn , from Old English cyna , genitive pl. of cu ] HOWARD’S USAGE: Kine is used in three of Robert E. Howard’s poems: Last he turned to the Northward, leaving the warm seas behind, Leaving behind the warm lands rich with gold and with ...
  3 weeks ago

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