The word for today is… belie (verb): 1a: to give a false impression of b: to present an appearance not in agreement with 2a: to show (something) to be false or wrong b: to run counter to : contradict 3: disguise Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : "What is a lie?"
The word for today is… neophyte (noun): 1: a new convert : proselyte 2: novice 3: tyro, beginner Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Neophyte is hardly a new addition to the English language—it's been part of the English vocabulary since the 14th century. It traces back through Late Latin
The word for today is… futile (adjective): 1: serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective 2: occupied with trifles : frivolous Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Attempts to pinpoint the first use of the phrase “resistance is futile” may ultimately be futile—that is, pointless or in vain—but that hasn’t stopped
The word for today is… sequester (verb, noun): verb 1a: to set apart : segregate b: seclude, withdraw 2a: to seize especially by a writ of sequestration b: to place (property) in custody especially in sequestration 3: to bind (a metal or metal ion) in the form of a soluble complex
The word for today is… artifice (noun): 1a: clever or artful skill : ingenuity b: an ingenious device or expedient 2a: an artful stratagem : trick b: false or insincere behavior Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Do great actors display artifice or art? Sometimes a bit of both. Artifice stresses creative skill or
The word for today is… plangent (adjective): 1: having a loud reverberating sound 2: having an expressive and especially plaintive quality Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Plangent adds power to our poetry and prose: the pounding of waves, the beat of wings, the tolling of a bell, the throbbing of the
The word for today is… wane (verb, noun): verb 1: to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle: such as a: to diminish in phase or intensity—used chiefly of the moon, other satellites, and inferior planets b: to become less brilliant or powerful : dim c: to flow out : ebb
Marxists have misdiagnosed the cause of economic inequality. It’s not the extraction of surplus value from workers, as suggested by the labor theory of value, that gives capitalists unfair wealth.
Uncontrollable and inappropriate laughter is not among the many leadership qualities Americans look for in a president.
The word for today is… caveat (noun): 1a: a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices b: an explanation to prevent misinterpretation c: a modifying or cautionary detail to be considered when evaluating, interpreting, or doing something 2: a legal warning to a judicial officer to suspend a proceeding
A celebration of a tiny segment of society that some view as outrageous and inappropriate and yet the participants demand we permit.
The word for today is… torrid (adjective): 1a: parched with heat especially of the sun : hot b: giving off intense heat : scorching 2: ardent, passionate Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Hot, steamy, sultry: English is full of words that do double-duty in describing thirst traps both literal (as in the
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The word for today is… zhuzh (noun, verb): noun : a small improvement, adjustment, or addition that completes the overall look, taste, etc. of something verb : to improve in flavor or appearance by way of a small improvement, adjustment, or addition—often used with up Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Zhuzh (alternatively
The word for today is… grudging (adjective): 1: unwilling, reluctant 2: done, given, or allowed unwillingly, reluctantly, or sparingly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The English language has been carrying a grudge for a long time—since the 13th century to be exact, when it took the Anglo-French verb grucher/
“I said, ‘Prime Minister, when you apologise to the mothers forced to give their babies up, here’s my mum, here’s the reality’,” Toni Jarvis said.
