Deborah Edwards-OñoroToday's A Word A Day: cat's meow
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https://wordsmith.org/words/poetaster.html
MEANING:
noun: An inferior poet.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin poetaster, from Latin poeta (poet), from Greek poietes (poet, maker), from poiein (to make) + -aster (pejorative suffix). Earliest documented use: 1601.
Following on, can we call dwarf stars Asterasters? And former planets Planetasters?
Asking for a friend.
Happy 32nd anniversary for Wordsmith.org!
Today's A Word A Day:
windbag - a person who talks pompously or excessively.
Today's A Word A Day,
trialogue: a discussion in which three parties participate.
This week's A Word A Day theme:
"There’s a word for it.
When power concentrates, language bends, doubt spreads, joy fades, and pressure mounts, the dictionary raises its hand.
Naming the chaos won’t fix it, but it does give us a shared vocabulary, which is sometimes the first form of resistance."
Today's word: despotocracy.
I love learning something new from A Word A Day:
"Zucchini is in the etymology, but etymology is not destiny.
These days zoodle often means any vegetable noodle, even when no zucchini is involved.
If that bothers you, feel free to say swoodles (sweet potato), coodles (cucumber), or broodles (broccoli).
Just don’t let the terminology spiral out of control, or you might end up with an impasta on your plate."
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice. -Jerry Coyne, biology professor (b. 30 Dec 1949)
Today's A Word A Day: opsomaniac.
Not a word I've ever used.
But I know that craving for a particular food.