Double Post: Albeit and Wherewithal

I enjoy both of these words because they are really just three words smashed together, or in other words a conjunction.

Albeit
conjunction
conceding the fact that, even though, although


Wherewithal
conjunction
means, resources, etc.

What other awesome conjunctions are there?

Calamity

noun
a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss

Tumultuous

Adjective
Characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination

Taut

adjective
Having no give or slack, tightly drawn

Taut makes me think of haute, which in turn makes me think of haute couture, oh my brain.

Gawk

noun.
a clumsy or stupid person
or...
verb.
to gape or stare stupidly.

It sounds great when the Merriam Webster man says it!

Festoon

verb
to drape with decorations

I am pretty sure that John McCain said this in the first debate and we all just forgot to post it, so here it is.

Gerund

noun.
"As applied to English, it refers to what might be called a verb's action noun, which is one of the uses of the -ing form." from Wikipedia

The Wikipedia entry for gerunds is enthralling! Grammar is ten times more idiosyncratic than I am!

Now, open those ears!

Fulcrum

noun.
1. the support about which a lever turns
2. one that supplies capability for action

listen up!

Legume

Hi Again Good Words Blog!
Sorry I have been neglecting you....I do love you.


Legume
noun
a dry dehiscent one-celled fruit developed from a simple superior ovary and usually dehiscing into two valves with the seeds attached to the ventral suture : pod

also hey science on this definition!

FreeRice.com

Talk about good words! FreeRice.com is an amazing website that donates grains of rice to help with world hunger. They work through the UN World Food program, AND the best part is you get to help by bettering your vocabulary! For every vocabulary word you get correct they donate 20 grains of rice. So go to FreeRice and help both your own good words list while helping to fight world hunger.


p.s. It's also super fun. Who would have thought they'd have the word Hokey?!?

The Office - Addictionary

Leave it to the genius writers at the Office to come up with the Addictionary! A compilation of words created by viewers and words from the television series, The Office, the Addictionary has some great features including a word of the day, a word-off, and a There Oughta Be a Word. I can't tell if this site is only so funny because I am obsessed with The Office.

Excellent words I've come across on the site:
-pretendonitis - the process of two people humming the same high pitched note in order to make a third person schedule an appointment with the ear doctor.
-Jam - Combination of the names Jim and Pam to describe them as a couple. Also wonderful: Dwangela (for Dwight and Angela... duh.)
-shornt - When one feels the mild need to take some action but won't. Combination of "should" and "won't."
-beer me - To ask someone to pass or hand an object to you. Also can be used in a more figurative sense as a request or plea.

Cuckoo

noun.
two definitions!
1. a largely grayish-brown European bird that is a parasite given to laying its eggs in the nests of other birds which hatch them and rear the offspring

2. a silly or slightly crackbrained person

Woo Hoo! Merriam Webster said "crackbrained".
Roll with it Merriam-Webster man!

And how about some images!!?!!?!?




Ignition

noun.
1: the act or action of igniting: as a: the starting of a fire b: the heating of a plasma to a temperature high enough to sustain nuclear fusion

Who needs the Merriam-Webster man, when really, R. Kelly says it best?



eta:

HILARIOUS

Predicament

noun
a difficult, perplexing, or trying situation

Take it away Merriam-Webster reader!