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Word of the Day: Pedantic

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pe·dan·tic  [puh-dan-tik] adj 1. ostentatious in one's learning. 2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. Origin: 1590–1600; pedant + -ic Related Quote: "Just as in habiliments it is a sign of weakness to wish to make oneself noticeable by some peculiar and unaccustomed fashion, so, in language, the quest for new-fangled phrases and little-known words comes from a ...

How To Subscribe To a Taste Like Crazy Feed

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A while back I added "baby feeds" to the site because I wanted to write about more than just "mom stuff" but I didn't want to create multiple sites. I realized today I never explained how to subscribe to a specific feed so I thought I'd show you. First thing you do is find the baby ...

Word of the Day: Oneirodynia

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Oneirodynia [o·nei·ro·dyn·i·a (o-ni'ro-din'e-?)] n. Intense mental disturbance or distress associated with dreaming. I don't remember having a lot of bad dreams. In fact, now that I think about it, no nightmares stick out in my mind. That could possibly be due to me lacking a hippocampus but that hasn't been proven so at this point, it's just a ...

Word of the Day: Narwhal

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nar·whal [nahr-wuhl] n. A small arctic whale, Monodon monoceros, the male of which has a long, spirally twisted tusk extending forward from the upper jaw. Also, nar·wal, nar·whale [nahr-hweyl, -weyl] Origin: [1650–60; < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian, Swedish, Danish nar ( h ) val, reshaped from Old Norse nāhvalr, equivalent to nār corpse + hvalr whale1 ; ...

You Choose What You Read

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My mind is pretty much blank today but I figured if I started typing then maybe something would come of it. I guess a bit of house keeping or something is in order first. One of the first "new blogger" tips you always read is: Have one topic for your blog and stick to it. As you well ...

Word of the Day: Mudlark

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mud·lark    [muhd-lahrk] n. 1. Chiefly British . a person who gains a livelihood by searching for iron, coal, old ropes, etc., in mud or low tide. 2. Chiefly British Informal . a street urchin. 3. either of two black and white birds, Grallina cyanoleuca, of Australia, or G. bruijni, of New Guinea, that builds a large, mud nest. v. (used ...

Word of the Day: Labile

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la·bile[/ˈlāˌbīl/ /-bəl/] adj. Liable to change; easily altered Of or characterized by emotions that are easily aroused or freely expressed, and that tend to alter quickly and spontaneously; emotionally unstable Easily broken down or displaced [Origin: C15: via Late Latin lābilis, from Latin lābī to slide, slip] I'm in a labile mood at the moment. It's like I need to change; I'm on the brink ...

Word of the Day: Kraken

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kra·ken   [krah-kuhn] n. ( often initial capital letter ) A legendary sea monster causing large whirlpools off the coast of Norway. A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster perhaps imagined on the basis of chance sightings of giant squids. It appears in literature in a poem of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's juvenilia called "The Kraken." [Origin: "monster of the North Sea," 1755, from Norw. dial. krake.] We have this lake in Arkansas ...

Word of the Day: Jabberwock

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Jab·ber·wock  [jab-er-wok] noun, plural -wock·ies, adjective n. 1. A playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish. 2. An example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words. adj. 3. Consisting of or comparable to Jabberwocky; meaningless; senseless. Also, Jab·ber·wock·y   [jab-er-wok-ee] [Origin: coined by Lewis Carroll in Jabberwocky, poem in Through the Looking Glass (1871)] That last part is ...

Word of the Day: Illeism

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il-lee-iz-êm n. The use of a third person pronoun (he or she) referring to oneself or someone expected to be addressed as you. The use of third person expressions in referring to yourself as, "Stop asking me the same thing. I got on this weird tear on Twitter where I was referring to myself in the third person. It was fun ...

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