weird body parts.....fundamental information
posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
There are weird and wonderful parts of the body, just as there are "Weird and Wonderful Words", a delightful little tome by Erin McKean.
In it you will find out what to call the blank space between your eyebrows, the glabella,
or that cute dent ...
In it you will find out what to call the blank space between your eyebrows, the glabella,
or that cute dent ...
school's out for summer, school's out forever
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
I caught this word being used on a TV show the other day, and was proud that I had "learned it all on my own".................
The word autodidact is first recorded in the mid-eighteenth century. It comes from Greek elements meaning, helpfully en...
The word autodidact is first recorded in the mid-eighteenth century. It comes from Greek elements meaning, helpfully en...
wordmeisters----unite!
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 day later | 0 comments
fear no washcloth!
Ablutophobia
(noun) [ah-bloo'-tah-FOE-bee-ah]
1. Pathological fear of washing or bathing: "Until Sasha discovered the joys of splashing, she would scream through her nightly bath like a baby with ablutophobia."
_____________...
Ablutophobia
(noun) [ah-bloo'-tah-FOE-bee-ah]
1. Pathological fear of washing or bathing: "Until Sasha discovered the joys of splashing, she would scream through her nightly bath like a baby with ablutophobia."
_____________...
