Vest-Pocket Vocabulary Direp’tion, n. the art of plundering. Word in the Wild: After an unknown co-worker stole his lunch out of the communal fridge for the third day running, Amir posted a snarky note demanding the sneak cease all direption. I’m in favour of a world with a lot less sacking and pillaging, but I […]
Vest-Pocket Vocabulary Chow’ter, v. to grumble like a child or frog. Word in the Wild: Amitav chowtered at his roommate after she accidentally put his 2014 tax slips through the shredder. This fun word is obsolete, but let’s not let that stop us from using it anyway. Its etymology is unknown, though chowter is similar […]
Vest-Pocket Vocabulary Via’tic, a. relating to travelling. Word in the Wild: She’d always been powerless to resist the lure of the faraway. First it was leaving the neighbourhood on her own, then it was biking to the next town over, and now it was the viatic call of a investigative journalism. She just couldn’t hold […]
Vest-Pocket Vocabulary Salsu’ginous, a. a little saltish. Word in the Wild: I’d really like to recommend that new restaurant on the corner since the owners are so friendly, but everything I’ve eaten there is so salsuginous I just can’t. The above meaning of salsuginous is obsolete (and even at its height it was generally used […]
Well, it’s been a diuturnity since I last posted, but the radio silence it finally over. School is now out forever (or at least until I get the itch to take another class), and I”m glad to be blogging again. So without further ado here’s this week’s Vest-Pocket Vocabulary, which is all about radio silence.
I’ve spent the long weekend living it up: I rode my bike up to Kleinburg, checked out the McMichael Collection, ate extremely well, and I’m taking today off work. This is certainly the perfect word to describe my decadent 5-day weekend…
Vest-Pocket Vocabulary So we’ve made it to the end of the alphabet again, and you now have all the words you’ll need to participate in the Vest-Pocket Challenge! Good luck, fellow verbivores, and have fun! Zythep’sary, n. a house where malt liquor is brewed. Word in the Wild: I’m meeting up with Caroline and Saima […]
Questions and Answers Cheryl has submitted another great question for us: she’s found the word hesternal in the novel she’s reading and wonders what it means. Hesternal sounds a little bit like nocturnal or diurnal, but I don’t think I’ve heard this one before. Thankfully the OED has the answer as usual. Hesternal means “of […]
Vest-Pocket Vocabulary Vi’atecture, n. the art of making roads, canals, &c. Word in the Wild: Although the tour guide kept directing everyone’s attention to the architecture of Amsterdam, Julia, an urban geographer, found the viatecture far more interesting. You can find a complete listing of the Word Blog’s Vest-Pocket Vocabulary entries and learn more […]
Vest-Pocket Vocabulary Sorn’er, n. one who sponges on others. Word in the Wild: My brother has become known as a sorner among his friends, sleeping on their sofas, eating all their food, using up their shampoo, and running up their hydro bills, but he prefers to think of himself as an urban nomad. This term […]