Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 8, 2024 is: dicker • \DIK-er\ • verb To dicker is to talk or argue with someone about the conditions of a purchase, agreement, or contract. // My favorite thing about flea markets is dickering over prices. See the entry > Examples: “They haggled
The word for today is… homage (noun): 1a: a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord b: the relationship between a feudal lord and his vassal c: an act done or payment made in meeting the obligations due from a vassal to a feudal
Down here in Tasmania, we’re used to cold winters, but this last week has been a doozy. For the first time in my 20+ years here, the pipes froze. The frost didn’t lift all day in the shade. The ice we broke off the fish pond one morning
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 7, 2024 is: swole • \SWOHL\ • adjective Someone described as swole is extremely muscular. In other words, they have a physique enhanced by bodybuilding exercises. // Her New Year’s resolution was to get swole, so she signed up with a personal trainer
The word for today is… tendentious (adjective): : marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Tendentious is one of several words English speakers can choose when they want to suggest that someone has made up their mind in advance. You may
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to decimate the IT job market. This isn’t me making a doomsday prediction; it’s fact. After all, why pay a whole team of developers big bucks when you can get the job done in a fraction of the time at fraction of the
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 6, 2024 is: mogul • \MOH-gul\ • noun A mogul is a powerful and influential person. // The music mogul's latest album has been nominated for several awards. See the entry > Examples: "Kenyan media mogul and businesswoman Betty Kyallo has
The word for today is… burgeon (verb): 1a: to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout b: bloom 2: to grow and expand rapidly : flourish Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Burgeon arrived in Middle English as burjonen, a borrowing from the Anglo-French verb burjuner, meaning “to bud or
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 5, 2024 is: castigate • \KASS-tuh-gayt\ • verb Castigate is a formal word that means "to criticize harshly." // He was widely castigated for earning millions of dollars in bonuses as the company he was leading slid into insolvency. See the entry
The word for today is… palpable (adjective): 1: capable of being touched or felt : tangible 2: easily perceptible : noticeable 3: easily perceptible by the mind : manifest Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Palpable, which has since the 14th century described things that can be literally felt through the skin (such as a
Marta Rychert, Massey University; Kate Diesfeld, Auckland University of Technology, and Lois Surgenor, University of Otago The Conversation We all make mistakes at work. And many factors can contribute to professional lapses, including fatigue, illness and lack of training or professional support. Usually we pick up the pieces and move
Former TV3 “weather girl” Toni Marsh, 55, claims a news boss once said: “You’re that little bit of fluff on Max TV.” “In the past, people were more honest and said what they thought. I am not politically correct – I knew I was hired to be a piece of
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 4, 2024 is: patriot • \PAY-tree-ut\ • noun Patriot refers to a person who loves and strongly supports or fights for their country. // Addy enjoyed looking at old photographs of her grandmother, a patriot who served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
The word for today is… noblesse oblige (noun): : the obligation of honorable, generous, and responsible behavior associated with high rank or birth Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In a tale collected in 16th-century Germany, a noblewoman wonders why the hungry poor don’t simply eat Krosem (a sweet bread), her cluelessness
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 3, 2024 is: insuperable • \in-SOO-puh-ruh-bul\ • adjective Something described as insuperable is impossible to gain control of, solve, or overcome. // The book tells the inspiring story of a group of people who achieved a great deal despite nearly insuperable obstacles. See the
The word for today is… gingerly (adjective, adverb): adjective : very cautious or careful adverb : with extreme care concerning the result of a movement or action : very cautiously and carefully Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Always extra pleasure when WOTD features an adverb – breaks up the endless procession of nouns, adjectives and
