dotcomrade

I was looking at the Urban Dictionary and found a great word that communicates what many young people are experiencing.  Many people in today’s culture have long distance friendships through the internet.  The word that is being used for this is “dotcomrade.”  It means to have an acquaintance or someone that you chat with but [...]

Skype

I was listening to a youtube video blog yesterday and I heard someone use a word I was unfamiliar with in a sentence.  He said, ”Then we came back to the hotel blogging and skyping, it was a pretty average day.”  The only definition that I have found was on the Urban Dictionary and it states:  [...]

Googlenope

There is a new word definition that came out about three months ago.  It is called a Googlenope (n.) which is a phrase that returns with no hits when entered in quotations in a Google search engine.    So a Googlenope is a word  like “Razor marshmallows“  “whale clog dancing“  “brown bear swimming lessons“  “test dummy [...]

Verbose

verbose \vuhr-BOHS\, adjective:
Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by an excess of words; wordy; as, “a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.”
 I’m usally the least verbose person you would meet, that is until you know me.  Then I usally kick back and have fun!  I am getting better as I [...]

Venerate

venerate \VEN-uh-rayt\, transitive verb:
To treat someone or something with deep respect, reverence or deference; to revere.
I am about to walk out the door as I am on my way to Ecuador.  As I was learning a new word of the day I came past the word venerate.  It can also mean to adore or to [...]

Languid

I believe one way to increase our abilites to communicate is to learn how to phrase words and by learning new words to use to express your thoughts.  One way I have begun to do this is by learning a new word from Dictionary.com   Check out today’s word:  
 languid \LANG-gwid\, adjective:
1. Drooping or flagging from or as [...]