Anyone else hear the news that he's going to be responsible for a "Flintstones" reboot? I hope Seth makes this dirty. My childhood hasn't been raped enough as it is; I'm just going to lay back and enjoy it ( Read more... )

There was some argument over the word "aficionado" yesterday at work. Not really an argument, but Carol didn't think it was a real word. Or at least an English word. Matt and I were trying to convince her otherwise ( Read more... )

frisson \free-SOHN\, noun:

A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.

"When we think a story hasn't been invented, there's an extra frisson in reading it.
-- "Too true", Independent, April 12, 1998

"When we stopped in traffic at the Plaza de la Cibeles on the Paseo del Prado, where a grandiose 18th-century statue of the ( Read more... )

In an effort to expand my vocabulary (and yours, too---you people who read this blog), and because of something Matt said at work....Word of the Day.

elucidate \ih-LOO-si-dayt\, transitive verb:

To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.Beginning our journey into the past, we ( Read more... )

Word of the Day for Monday, May 14, 2007
internecine \in-tuhr-NES-een; -NEE-syn; -NEE-sin\, adjective ( Read more... )

Word of the Day for Sunday, September 24, 2006

vertiginous \vur-TIJ-uh-nuhs\, adjective:

1. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
2. Causing or tending to cause dizziness.
3. Turning round; whirling; revolving.
4. Inclined to change quickly or frequently; inconstant.

"But up close the building is impossibly steep, vertiginous, hostile ( Read more... )

Word of the Day for Friday, September 22, 2006
opprobrium \uh-PRO-bree-uhm\, noun:1. Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt ( Read more... )

Word of the Day for Thursday, July 6, 2006
hubris\HYOO-bruhs\, noun:
Overbearing pride or presumption.

During his long tenure in the financial world, Friedman has watched dozens of his competitors' businesses killed by hubris born of success rather than by unsound business decisions or adverse market conditions.-- Lisa Endlich, Goldman Sachs ( Read more... )

Word of the Day for Wednesday March 29, 2006

invidious \in-VID-ee-uhs\, adjective:1. Tending to provoke envy, resentment, or ill will ( Read more... )