Secret Word of the Day

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Learn new words and their meanings, after all, there are well over 9000+ and growing in the english language alone!

Or, add to some, make up your own! (with explanations, and illustrations would be nice, too (drawings/photos/whatever )!

Think of it as a WTS dictionary.

Come on, it’ll be ubersuperfuntastic!!!!

(interesting how when the word 'words' is run together, as in 'wordswords', it also spells 'swords')

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  • Gwyn

    The secret word of the day is- ‘Dundrearies’. Let’s all say that together, shall we? Dun...drear...eez, Good :)

    Dundrearies is a noun and is derived from a character in the play ‘Our American Cousin’ (by Tom Taylor, and we all know who was watching this play when assassinated, don’t we?), one Lord Dundreary (no, he was not the one assassinated <[which has the word ‘ass’ in it twice :o hehe] you silly, it was Abe ‘the Babe’ Lincoln.) Anyway, this Lord Dundreary had long, flowing sideburns <(although it is purported they, sideburns, were named after Civil War General Ambrose Burnside...Ambrose is a very nice name)/whiskers, basically EXTREME muttonchops sort of, and thusly became a fashion known as ‘dundrearies’ during the 19th century in America.

    Now remember, when you hear the word OR perhaps see someone with truly uber magnificent sideburns in general, scream ‘DUNDREARIES!’

    or not.

    Jul 12, 2013

  • Gwyn

    Today’s word is INANE. Let’s all say that together, shall we?
    “INANE”
    Very good.

    Now we shall discuss it’s meaning.
    One definition of this word is- Empty/insubstantial.
    Void or empty space.
    (which could possibly even refer to that which is between a person’s ears.)

    Here is an example of it’s use- “And thus likewise we sometimes speak of place, distance, or bulk in the great inane beyond the confines of the world.” -John Locke, ‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’ 1689
    The PDF for the above in it’s entirety can be found here-
    http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/locke/humanund.pdf

    Here is a picture of John Locke-

    Yes, that brings us to the next interpretation of the word INANE,
    which is- Lacking sense or significance. Having no point or meaning.
    In short, silly.

    Here is the actual John Locke-

    Used in a sentence-
    ‘That was an inane comment, perhaps you don’t understand the meaning of
    the word gravitas.’

    I would mention screaming whenever you hear or read the word today, but that
    would be simply inane.
    Remember the Gravitas....just like the Alamo (another example of inane)
    I don’t hear you screaming?

    Aug 31, 2013

  • Gwyn

    It's a PeeWee ref (as in the picture I used to have posted) and the screaming when hearing the word.

    Sep 17, 2013