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New Word Monday Is Now — Words To Know!

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

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?

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

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

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

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 [...]