12:14 AM

Linguistic Thoughts

today's OED word of the day? "headcase"

meanwhile, in other linguistic news, here are some words and phrases i wish we used more often these days:
"various and sundry"
"poppycock and balderdash"
"perturbation"
"exceedingly fascinating"
"erudite"
"ellucidate"
"bucolic"

here are some words i hate:
"importune"
"homely"
"ballustrade"

1 comments:

Darren said...

I just used the word erudite last night. It is a good word. And is importune a good thing or a bad thing? That one always confused me.