Double Post: Dubious and Odious

Dubious
adjective
questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality

Odious
adjective
arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance

Flatulence

Noun.
The quality or state of being flatulent.

So.....

Flatulent
Adjective.
Attended with, caused by, or suffering from such an accumulation of gas.


This post today comes by way of my sister Alyssa Lose, who teaches middle school science here in Philadelphia. She said her students are "obsessed" with "flatulence", and in this case, not the word. Well here's hoping her kids read this and expand their vocabulary, for my sister's sake.

Oh and check this out! it's an article on a middle school that banned "intentional flatulence". AWESOME!!! Right?

Scintillating

adjective
Brilliantly lively, stimulating or witty

Tortuous

adjective.
1: marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns
2: marked by devious or indirect tactics

This post is dedicated to our dear friend Cathleen, who has a special relationship with this word at the moment.



Take is away, Merriam-Webster man!

Frigorific

Adjective.
Causing cold: Chilling.

I only found this word because of a Google image search that produced this:

Hilarious!
Thanks Google, and Merriam Webster.
Oh and Listen up!

Juggernaut

Noun.
A massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path.

Sounds sooooo good!
However, this stuff looks gross!

Askew

adverb or adjective.

out of line, awry

Pronunciation!