Word of the day
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
cull \kuhl\
verb:
1. to choose; select; pick.
2. to gather the choice things or parts from.
3. to collect; gather; pluck.
noun:
1. act of culling.
2. something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
verb:
1. to choose; select; pick.
2. to gather the choice things or parts from.
3. to collect; gather; pluck.
noun:
1. act of culling.
2. something culled, especially something picked out and put aside as inferior.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
saccharine \SAK-er-in, -uh-reen, -uh-rahyn\
adjective:
1. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.
2. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
3. containing or yielding sugar.
4. a very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
5. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
adjective:
1. exaggeratedly sweet or sentimental: a saccharine smile; a saccharine song of undying love.
2. of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
3. containing or yielding sugar.
4. a very sweet to the taste; sugary: a saccharine dessert.
5. cloyingly agreeable or ingratiating: a saccharine personality.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
quibble \KWIB-uhl\
verb:
1. to equivocate.
2. to carp; cavil.
noun:
1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
2. the general use of such arguments.
3. petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
verb:
1. to equivocate.
2. to carp; cavil.
noun:
1. an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
2. the general use of such arguments.
3. petty or carping criticism; a minor objection.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
logomachy \loh-GOM-uh-kee\
noun:
1. a dispute about or concerning words.
2. an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
3. a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
noun:
1. a dispute about or concerning words.
2. an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
3. a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
snafu \sna-FOO, SNAF-oo\
noun:
1. a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount.
adjective:
1. Rare. in disorder; out of control; chaotic: a snafu scheme that simply won't work.
verb:
1. Rare. to throw into disorder; muddle: Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation.
noun:
1. a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount.
adjective:
1. Rare. in disorder; out of control; chaotic: a snafu scheme that simply won't work.
verb:
1. Rare. to throw into disorder; muddle: Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
consortium \kuhn-SAWR-shee-uhm, -tee-\
noun:
1. any association, partnership, or union.
2. a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
3. Law. the legal right of husband and wife to companionship and conjugal intercourse with each other: In a wrongful death action the surviving spouse commonly seeks
damages for loss of consortium.
noun:
1. any association, partnership, or union.
2. a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
3. Law. the legal right of husband and wife to companionship and conjugal intercourse with each other: In a wrongful death action the surviving spouse commonly seeks
damages for loss of consortium.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
coalesce \koh-uh-LES\
verb:
1. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
2. to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
3. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
4. to cause to unite in one body or mass.
verb:
1. to blend or come together: Their ideas coalesced into one theory.
2. to grow together or into one body: The two lakes coalesced into one.
3. to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
4. to cause to unite in one body or mass.
DawgDaddy
Old Coot
skeuomorph \SKYOO-uh-mawrf\
noun:
an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
noun:
an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.