WORD OF THE DAY - Blogithttps://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/"All present life is but an interjection, an 'Oh!' or 'Ah!' of joy or misery or a 'Ha ha!' or 'Bah!' -- a yawn or 'Pooh!' of which perhaps the latter is most true. --Lord Byronhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/599039Word of the Day for Sunday, March 1, 2009 lampoon \lam-POON\, noun, verb: 1. a composition that imitates or misrepresents someone's style, usually in a humorous way 2. a light, good-humored satire 3. ridicule with satire Attendees typically lampoon US presidents with grotesque puppets and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/598372Word of the Day for Friday, February 27, 2009 ellipsis \i-LIP-sis\, noun: three dots used to show an omission in writing or printing; the omission of a word or words in text These efforts are to no avail, however, because the author can't leave anything unsaid, any ellipsis gaping: sooner or...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/598021Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 25, 2009 openhanded \OH-puhn-HAN-did\, adjective: 1. giving freely; generous 2. done with an open hand From his mother's mother he inherited a sense of fete and a gift for cosmopolitan and open-handed hospitality. -- John Russell, A Magnificent...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/596822Word of the Day for Wednesday, February 18, 2009 consternation \kon-ster-NEY-shuhn\, noun: sudden dread or paralyzing terror To our consternation, the phone rang just as we were about to leave. by 1611, from French consternation, from Latin consternationem, from consternare "overcome, confuse,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/596635Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 burnish \BUR-nish\, verb, noun: 1. to make shiny by polishing 2. a polish or shine A burnish on the copper pots made them very attractive. The craftsman burnished and refurbished metalworks. c.1325, from Old French burniss-, extended stem of burnir,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/596433Word of the Day for Monday, February 16, 2009 interminable \in-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl\, adjective: so long as to seem endless; never stopping The mother-in-law's talking was interminable. c.1374, from Late Latin interminabilis, from in- "not" + terminabilis Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/596348Word of the Day for Sunday, February 15, 2009 pinchbeck \PINCH-bek\, noun, adjective: 1. an alloy of zinc and copper used to imitate gold in jewelry-making; by extension, something counterfeit; an imitation 2. not genuine; fake Watch out for the pinchbeck on the auction site. We laughed at the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/596164Word of the Day for Saturday, February 14, 2009myopia \mahy-OH-pee-uh\, noun:1. an abnormal eye condition in which only closeup objects are seen clearly; nearsightedness2. shortsightedness; lack of foresightShe wears contact lenses for myopia.His myopia left him without supplies after the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/595917Word of the Day for Friday, February 13, 2009expurgate \EK-sper-geyt\, verb:to remove objectionable words or passages from a documentGrimms' fairy tales have been expurgated for children.by 1621, from Latin expurgat-, from expurgare, from ex- + purgare "to make clean"Dictionary.com Entry and...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi7628/595716Word of the Day for Thursday, February 12, 2009froward \FROH-werd\, adjective:not easily managed; contraryThe mule is a froward animal.c. 1300, Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard. The opposite of toward, it was Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and...