Month 2 -Word of the day 22
Guffoon
means
One who titters at new, illuminating material that may be cool and interesting but is also too long to read or watch.
so you are a guffoon… …I thought so – Willy Wonka
Guffoon
means
One who titters at new, illuminating material that may be cool and interesting but is also too long to read or watch.
so you are a guffoon… …I thought so – Willy Wonka
Harlequin means (sometimes capital) ( theatre) a stock comic character originating in the commedia dell’arte; the foppish lover of Columbine in the English harlequinade. He is usually represented in diamond-patterned multicoloured tights, wearing a black mask or a clown or buffoon or varied in colour or decoration The word originated from Old French Herlequin, Hellequin, etc., leader of…
Chillbilly means A person who does not wish to operate by the ways of today’s hustle and bustle society, but instead, chooses to enjoy and contemplate life more often in a chill state of mind. or the famous band ‘The Chillbillies’
Secede means withdraw To achieve a goal, and to follow after, is succeed.
“Black box” means The “black box” isn’t black. It is orange. Before airlines made that color standard for their flight recorders, some Boeings used a yellow sphere, and the British had a gizmo called the Red Egg. So, why is it called “black”? One explanation goes this way: In 1939, an aviation engineer named Francois…
Today’s word Hoi Polloi means the common people or the masses. The word has Greek origins, where it translates as “the many”.
A monthly recap of words if you have missed any in descending order:- Neume Gimcrack Flivver Woodnote Tulipomania Befriend Frenemy enshrine Embalm Gambol Lexicographer Milquetoast Festoon Somaticize Endemic Bonhomie Bellwether Kerflooey Sitzmark Aeromancy Zenith Vicissitude Canoodle Sylvan Hoi Polloi Wafflestompers Thug Joie de Vivre Valetudinarian Contretemps Avuncular
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