Word of the Day

[InbetweenDreams]

Find an interesting word? Post it here.

One of my co-workers has an interesting choice of vocabulary at times...I find it amusing...

conundrum

1
: a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun
2
a : a question or problem having only a conjectural answer
b : an intricate and difficult problem

[knickerbuck]

haphazard - im not sure what it means .. but according to what i can process .. it's something done speedily as to not being made a priority .. in short, a task done in a so-so way just to save time and effort ..

[Cridders88]

Alluring is a word I used today. Love that word


ADJECTIVE



1.powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating; seductive:

"the town offers alluring shops and restaurants"

[Sylph]

Tonty ~

A word like "Darling/Sweetie" but you only use it for small things, like animals.

["awww, ya dog ah Tonty enuh?"] - "You know your dog is too sweet!!"

Ya dog - Your Dog
Ah - "of/is/be"
Tonty - Cute/Sweet
*Enuh? - A sort of question mark, that you write as "You Know" in Standard English, but in the start of a sentence.

*Enuh

[Um 22 enuh?] - [You know I'm 22 right?]

[InbetweenDreams]

The word dord is interesting because...it doesn't exist.

n.
1934, a ghost word printed in "Webster's New International Dictionary" and defined as a noun used by physicists and chemists, meaning "density." In sorting out and separating abbreviations from words in preparing the dictionary's second edition, a card marked "D or d" meaning "density" somehow migrated from the "abbreviations" stack to the "words" stack. The "D or d" entry ended up being typeset as a word, dord, and defined as a synonym for density. The mistake was discovered in 1939.

[knickerbuck]

lush - again ..not sure of the technical meaning of this word but according to "me" it means, rich, as pertaining to qualitative attributes.

[InbetweenDreams]

haphazard - im not sure what it means .. but according to what i can process .. it's something done speedily as to not being made a priority .. in short, a task done in a so-so way just to save time and effort ..

adjective
1.
characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
adverb
2.
haphazardly.
noun
3.
mere chance; accident.

lush - again ..not sure of the technical meaning of this word but according to "me" it means, rich, as pertaining to qualitative attributes.

1
a : growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage <lush grass>
b : lavishly productive: as (1) : fertile (2) : thriving (3) : characterized by abundance : plentiful (4) : prosperous, profitable
2
a : savory, delicious
b : appealing to the senses <the lush sounds of the orchestra>
c : opulent, sumptuous <lush accommodations>

[knickerbuck]

bummer - a drag

[InbetweenDreams]

Hmm I was thinking of more odd words or uncommon words...or words you just don't know. I am always looking up definitions of words, even ones I know what they mean just to make sure I word things the way I want.

Biblioclasm: The practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material and media.

[Insertnamehere]

Mercurial:

apparently it means unstable or unpredictable or something.

Never heard that adjective before