Welcome to our growing collection of obscure, yet useful, words of the day!
Commit these to memory to become the life of the party, while others gather around, swooning with delight at your witty, erudite banter.
Or perhaps use them to craft creative insults for your geeky friends… (It’s ok; this is a safe place!)
Word of the Day: Akratic
Definition: Characterised by weakness of will resulting in action against one's better judgement. Should you watch just one more episode of Game of Thrones before bed, or have that extra piece of pie? Probably not. [...]
Word of the Day: Mondegreen
Definition: A misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from mishearing the lyrics of a song. The word, ‘mondegreen’ was coined in the 1950s. Writer, Sylvia Wright, described listening to her mother read old poems [...]
Word of the Day: Millennial
Definition: People reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century (there are other unrelated definitions too). But what is ‘young adulthood’? And is the ‘early 21st century’ earlier than 4am? I’m not the only one [...]
Word of the Day: Polymath
Definition: A person of wide knowledge or learning. The word comes from ‘polumathes’—a 17th-century Greek word that means ‘having learned much’. Polymaths are usually associated with the explosion of art, creativity and critical thinking that [...]
Word of the Day: Indicators
Definition: Orange lights at all four corners of a car intended to be used—by blinking the relevant side—to notify other drivers of your intention to turn or change lanes. Some people consider the use of these optional.
Word of the Day: Passionate
People might speak of being passionate about art, music, or cooking… or ‘delivering cost-effective digital solutions that maximise customer benefit…’
Word of the Day: Anaphora
Anaphora is a powerful rhetorical device used for impact by everyone from Charles Dickens to Justin Bieber.
Word of the Day: Swive
At one point, I’ve read, this was the most offensive word in English.