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New Word Monday Is Now — Words To Know!
Some of you may be familiar with my New Word Monday Page. In order to have a more flexible blog schedule, my New Word Monday is now Words To Know. It will still be full of notable words that aren’t commonly used, and I will still have the comment contests. I will just have more [...]
Win Another 20 With New Word Monday
Well folks once again it is time for another Monday New Word Contest. To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on this post using all 5 Monday New Words in some kind of scenario. I know the words are hard and they don’t even go together. I figured that out when [...]
Cosmopolitan?
My last New Word Monday Word. We have all heard the word Cosmopolitan. But do we know what it actually means? Simply put it is being open to other cultures. cos·mo·pol·i·tan /ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtn/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[koz-muh-pol-i-tn] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective 1. free from local, provincial, or national ideas, [...]
Winner of New Word Monday Contest
My New Word Monday Contest seemed to be a success. People thought it was creative, and at least I learned how to spell, use and define 5 new words. I had 4 actual entries: Sam From Taosbound : The use of capricious portmanteau to obfuscate the details of arbitrage has become ubiquitous on the internet. [...]
New Word Monday Archive #1
Portmanteau – A word that fuses two or more words or word parts together, to give a combined meaning, formed by both sounds and meaning. Spoon and Fork = Spork, Technological and Literati= Technorati. Capricious – Subject to whim, impulsive and unpredictable. Determined by chance, impulse, or whim, rather than by necessity. Obfuscate - To [...]
New Word Monday
I’ve finally decided what I’m going to do with my New Word Monday. Every 5th word I will have a contest where one lucky commenter wins 20$ USD. I know it’s not a lot but, all you have to do is stretch your brain for about 2 minutes. The odds are in your favor. This [...]
