For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three words related to phobias: arachibutyrophobia, ombrophobia and hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. A phobia is an intense, persistent, irrational fear…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s look at three, funny-sounding words: cattywampus, taradiddle and widdershins. Merriam-webster.com recently featured these in its list of Top 10…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s take a look at three words that start with z-o-o: zoogeographical, zooxanthellae and zoosporangium. You might be able to…
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s take a look at three words related to music: divertissement, larghetto and vorspiel. divertissement Pronunciation: [dih-vur-tis-muhnt; French dee-ver-tees-mahn] Part of speech:…
Halloween is just a few days away so for today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s take a look at three spooky words: macabre, wyvern and prestidigitation. …
For today’s Weird Word Wednesday, let’s dive into the art of paper cutting and examine scherenschnitte, kirigami, and papel picado with help from #Merriam-Webster.com. I…
I love words. So much so, that if I had my college days to do over, I would major in etymology, which is the study…