Word of the Week: mortarboard (mawr-ter-bawrd, -bohrd), noun; 1. A board, usually square, used by masons to hold mortar. 2. A cap with a close-fitting crown surmounted by a stiff, flat, square piece...

Word of the Week: garrulous (gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh-luhs), adjective; 1. Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters 2. Wordy or diffuse Did they seriously...

Word of the Week: zeitgeber (TSAHYT-gey-ber), noun; 1. An environmental cue, as the length of daylight, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism’s biological clock. Did they seriously...

Word of the Week: eudemonia (yoo-di-MOH-nee-uh), noun; 1. Happiness, well-being. Did they seriously just say that? "Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid." - John Wayne Weekly Thought: "You...

Word of the Week: selcouth (SEL-kooth), adjective;1. Strange, uncommon. Did they seriously just say that? "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but...

Word of the Week: apothegm (AP-uh-them), noun; 1. A short, witty, and instructive saying. Did they seriously just say that? "She can also shoot fireworks out of her boobs!" - Kate Beckinsale, while...

Word of the Week: slimsy (SLIM-zee), adjective; 1. Flimsy; frail. Did they seriously just say that? "I don’t understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of." - Charlie...

Word of the Week: persnickety (per-SNIK-I-tee), adjective; 1. Over particular; fussy. 2. Snobbish or having the aloof attitude of a snob. 3. Requiring painstaking care.   Did they seriously...

Word of the Week: Woolgathering (WOOL-gath-(uh)-ring), adjective; 1. Indulgence in idle daydreaming.     Did they seriously just say that? "What’s Wal-Mart?  Do they sell, like...

Word of the Week: lummox(LUHM-uhks), noun; 1. A clumsy, stupid person.   Did they seriously just say that? "Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time!  I think everyone does. I...

Word of the Week: Incredulous [in•cred•u•lous] adj.  1. Skeptical; disbelieving: incredulous of stories about flying saucers.  2. Expressive of disbelief: an incredulous stare.   Fact...

Word of the Week: pule (pyool) v.i. to whine or whimper. Fact of the week: Rhode Island is the smallest state with the longest name. The official name, used on all state documents, is “Rhode Island...

Word of the week: fug (fugg) n. an odorous emanation, especially, the stuffy atmosphere of a poorly ventilated space. adj. fuggy. v.i. to loll indoors in a stuffy atmosphere. v.t. to make fuggy.   Fact...

Word of the Week: weazen (wee’-zen) v.i. to shrink or shrivel, to cause to shrink. Fact of the week: There are more telephones than people in Washington, D.C.
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Word of the week: gat (gat) n. a natural or artificial channel or passage. [probably from Dutch, literally “hole,” akin to Old English geat “gate.”] Fact of the week: It would take 11 Empire...