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Gospel Definition

gabrielgrimes wrote 2 months ago: The word “Gospel” means “Good News”. It comes from the Olde English gōdspel, from gōd [good] + spel … more →

Online Search Tools: Stump the Librarian? Maybe Not3 comments

creaky wrote 5 months ago: Scientists: do you lay awake at night, thinking up how to Stump a Librarian with your latest inscrut … more →

Tags: Educational sites, Humor, Libraries or Librarians, Library 2.0, Medicine 2.0, News & Medical News, Other Stuff, medical dictionaries, Online Glossaries

Defining Moments with Cody - Part One128 comments

Donald Mills wrote 5 months ago: I have always maintained that young people have a basic vocabulary of somewhere between 40 and 50 wo … more →

Tags: Defining Moments with Cody, Humor, Random, defining words, absolute peckerheads, old people have guile

Re-sasti-cate

chetanroy wrote 7 months ago: Came across these explanations for the meaning of the following words: resusticate: re+ susti+ cate, … more →

Tags: humour, English language, resusticate, roseate, ribald

Diary4 comments

bluesilk wrote 8 months ago:   Mood dipped yesterday afternoon/last night and hasn’t got better today.  I can’t pin i … more →

Tags: Depression, Blogging, Mood, Diary, Random, Personal, Scuzz

Weekly Word Round-Up

Nari wrote 8 months ago: A new weekly feature I’m going to try really hard to maintain (I have a bad track record with … more →

Tags: Books, dictionary, Weekly Word Round-Up

Finance Terms definition2 comments

porchelvi wrote 10 months ago: Credit Risk: The risk of the loss arising on account of non-payment of interest or principle dues by … more →

A Word a Day: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...and Oh Yea, I'm Dying

The Crusty Curmudgeon wrote 12 months ago: Darwin Bell / flickr I write to you from my deathbed, not in my home, but in my suite at the mournfu … more →

Tags: Wonky Words, Humor, Funny, Word Of The Day, food poisoning, Death bed, The good, The Bad, And The Ugly...

It's About Words

acohen843 wrote 1 year ago: It is the first day of the New Year – a sunny, windy, winter day. Let’s begin the new ye … more →

Tags: Education, English, English as a Second Language, ESL, Learning, Teaching, etymology, Greek, Latin

Definition of a Tourist4 comments

capptions wrote 1 year ago: Tourist:( Pronounciation: Too r-ist) -noun 1. A person who endeavors with an activity which they hav … more →

Tags: WorDs, Tourist

Definr.com gives you instant simple definitions

Vaibhav Pandey wrote 1 year ago: Earlier i wrote about Acronyms and how AcronymFinder can be of help when dealing with Acronyms. Simi … more →

Tags: Web, Tools, technology, HOW TO?, Internet, Education, Website

Wordkill

tnemily wrote 1 year ago: There’s a word that I think has been overused in our language, coming up in all manner of cont … more →

Tags: Humorous (to me anyway), web finds, Things that bug me, Marketing, sexy, silliness, Circulation, Apprentice, wordkill

Contempt

sydneyolin wrote 1 year ago: con·tempt The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; … more →

Tags: The Word, definitions

Word Definitions1 comment

sydneyolin wrote 1 year ago: Today’s word: pru·dent Wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common … more →

Tags: The Word

Diligent

sydneyolin wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes I read over words without stopping to think about what they really mean. Today’s wor … more →

Tags: The Word

Financial Crusader Term of The Week(ish) - Market Cap2 comments

stuffmaker wrote 2 years ago: Market Capitalization (Large Cap, Small Cap, Etc) Market capitalization refers to the market value o … more →

Tags: Money, Education, Finance Speak, Market Cap

Financial Crusader Term Of The Week1 comment

stuffmaker wrote 3 years ago: Starting a new weekly feature – preempting Resolution week. Send any Term of the Week requests … more →

Tags: Money, Outside Link, Education, Wikipedia Entries, Finance Speak


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