The word for today is… gullible (adjective): : easily duped or cheated Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The adjective gullible grew out of the older verb gull, meaning “to deceive or take advantage of.” (That gull originally meant “to guzzle or gulp greedily,” and comes from an even older gull meaning “throat,
The word for today is… voracity (noun): : the quality or state of being voracious Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The insatiable word nerds among us will appreciate voracity, a word used to refer to both literal and figurative appetites that simply cannot be quelled. Voracity comes to us (via Middle French)
Sir Rod Stewart has decided to quit “toxic” Los Angeles and return to the UK after three decades, sources close to the star have claimed. The singer, 78, has listed his nine-bedroom, 12-bath villa in Los Angeles for US$80 million (NZ$129m) as he prepares the move back home.
The word for today is… berserk (noun, adjective): Source : Merriam -Webster noun 1: an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable 2: one whose actions are recklessly defiant adjective :markedly out of control due to intense anger or excitement : frenzied Etymology : Combine a bear with a
Darwin came calling: A Coroner has found a wanted man likely died from exposure, after hiding from police upon crashing a stolen car. Joel Linwood ran off after a car accident on Old West Coast Rd in Canterbury on July 18, 2021. It’s believed he hid in scrub in
The word for today is… juncture (noun): 1: a point of time 2a: joint, connection b: the manner of transition or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds in speech 3: an instance of joining : junction Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Juncture comes from the Latin verb jungere (“to join”) and
An Italian tourist who lost his leg to a “monster” shark off an Australian beach said he did not believe he would survive the attack. Matteo Mariotti, 20, from Parma, was snorkelling at 1770 Beach in Queensland last Friday when he was attacked – and immediately started filming. “I wanted to
The word for today is… obtain (verb): Source : Merriam -Webster transitive verb : to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort intransitive verb 1: to be generally recognized or established : prevail 2 archaic : succeed Etymology : Both obtain and attain can mean “to get” or “to acquire,” and in some
The word for today is… portentous (adjective): 1: of, relating to, or constituting a portent 2: eliciting amazement or wonder : prodigious 3a: being a grave or serious matter b: self-consciously solemn or important : pompous c: ponderously excessive Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “If it wasn’t for bad luck / You know
Nigel Farage faced his biggest fear yet as he took on the final Bushtucker Trial of the 2023 I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! series on Sunday night. The former politician, 59, took part in Panic Pit in the hope to win the three finalists desserts, himself
The word for today is… demarcate (verb): 1: delimit 2: to set apart : distinguish Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It’s reasonable to assume that demarcate inspired the noun demarcation—many a noun has been formed by adding the suffix -ion to an existing verb. But in this case you’d
The word for today is… aficionado (noun): : a person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a usually fervently pursued interest or activity : devotee Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Before there were nerds, geeks, fanboys, or fangirls, there were aficionados. But not long before, relatively speaking. English borrowed aficionado in the early
The word for today is… paradigm (noun): 1: example, pattern, especially an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype 2: an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms 3: a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories,
Peter Jacobsen Peter Jacobsen is a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org The irrational pandemonium of the 20th century was the fear of a population explosion. Estimates from scientists such as Paul Ehrlich projected population growth would lead to mass starvation, death, and environmental degradation. None
A BBC news presenter has had to apologise after she was caught giving the middle finger while doing a live broadcast. Maryam Moshiri flicked the bird straight at the camera lens during the broadcast on Wednesday, a gesture which was supposedly meant for a colleague. After realising she was live,
The word for today is… splenetic (adjective): 1archaic : given to melancholy 2: marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : To vent one’s spleen is to express anger. There are healthy ways of doing this, of course, but vent too much of your spleen, or vent
