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June 25, 2006 04:03 PM EDT (featured date: June 25, 2006) — onomatopoeia on-ah-mah-to-PEE-ya noun The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Etymology: From the late Latin, . . . more
June 22, 2006 07:21 AM EDT (featured date: June 22, 2006) — ad hoc \ad-HOK\  adverb  1.  For the specific purpose, case, or situation at hand and for no other adjective    1. Formed for or concerned with one specific purpose    . . . more
June 19, 2006 01:15 PM EDT (featured date: June 21, 2006) — There are some days when I simply feel like an unknowing kludge. more
June 21, 2006 08:12 AM EDT (featured date: June 21, 2006) — friable FRY-uh-buhl adjective 1. Easily crumbled, broken, pulverized, into small fragments or reduced to powder. 2. (Used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; light sandy soil   Etymology: . . . more
June 20, 2006 04:12 AM EDT (featured date: June 20, 2006) — bamboozle  \bam-BOO-zul\ transitive verb 1.   To take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink. Entymology: First noted in 1703, originally a slang or cant* word, perhaps Scottish . . . more
June 19, 2006 01:41 AM EDT (featured date: June 19, 2006) — kludge (or kluge)  kluhj or klooj noun, slang/jargon    1. A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose    2. A system, especially . . . more
June 17, 2006 05:03 AM EDT (featured date: June 17, 2006) — preception pre-CEP-tion noun A precept: 1 : a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action 2 : an order issued by legally constituted authority to a subordinate official Etymology: . . . more
June 16, 2006 08:29 AM EDT (featured date: June 16, 2006) — jejune  \ jeh-JOON  \ adjective    1. Not interesting; dull.    2. Lacking maturity; childish.    3. Lacking in nutrition. Entymology: From the Latin iinus, . . . more
June 15, 2006 04:48 AM EDT (featured date: June 15, 2006) — rheumy  \ ROOM-ee \ adjective 1: Moist, damp, wet (especially of air); "the raw and rheumy damp of night air" 2: Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy . . . more
June 14, 2006 08:25 AM EDT (featured date: June 14, 2006) — mercenary \MER-cen-air-ee\ adjective    1. Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.    2. Hired for service in a foreign army. noun    1. One who serves . . . more
June 13, 2006 01:50 PM EDT (featured date: June 13, 2006) — idiosyncrasy \id-ee-yo-SING-kras-se\ noun 1 a: a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality b: individual hypersensitiveness (as to a drug or food) 2: characteristic . . . more
June 12, 2006 03:32 AM EDT (featured date: June 12, 2006) — polemic \puh-LEEM-ik\ noun 1 a : An aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another  b : The art or practice of disputation or controversy -- usually used in plural but . . . more
June 11, 2006 05:22 AM EDT (featured date: June 11, 2006) — peccadillo \pek-uh-DIL-oh\ noun  1. A slight offense. Etymology: From the Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, "a sin," from the Latin peccatum "a sin, fault, error," from . . . more
June 10, 2006 04:28 AM EDT (featured date: June 10, 2006) — oriflamme \OR-uh-flam\ noun 1. A banner, symbol, or ideal inspiring devotion or courage. 2. An inspiring symbol or ideal that serves as a rallying point in a struggle. 3. The red or orange-red flag of . . . more
June 09, 2006 08:24 AM EDT (featured date: June 09, 2006) — extirpate \EK-stur-payt\ transitive verb 1. To pull up by the stem or root. 2. To destroy completely. 3. To remove by surgery. Etymology: Extirpate derives from Latin ex(s)tirpare, "to tear up by . . . more
June 08, 2006 03:00 AM EDT (featured date: June 08, 2006) — sedulous  SEJ-uh-luss adjective 1: Involving or accomplished with careful perseverance 2: Diligent in application or pursuit 3: Persevering and constant in effort or application; assiduous Etymology: . . . more
June 07, 2006 05:02 AM EDT (featured date: June 07, 2006) — homily \ HOM-il-ee \ noun (pl. hom·i·lies)    1. A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.    . . . more
June 06, 2006 04:41 AM EDT (featured date: June 06, 2006) — mordant \MOR-dunt\ adjective 1: biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style: incisive 2: burning, pungent Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, present participle of mordre to bite, from . . . more
June 05, 2006 03:30 PM EDT (featured date: June 05, 2006) — pellucid  puh-LOO-sid adjective 1 : admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion 2 : reflecting light evenly from all surfaces 3 : easy to understand Etymology: From the . . . more
June 04, 2006 11:49 PM EDT (featured date: June 04, 2006) — bricolage \bree-koh-LAHZH\ noun 1. Construction achieved by using whatever comes to hand; also : something constructed in this way Etymology: According to French social anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, . . . more
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