Vegemites Word of the DAY!

Every day there is a word. Each word is different. A good vocabulary is the best equalizer in a world of unequals.

Better Start now.

DAY 0
vexillology \vek-sil-AHL-uh-jee\, noun:
the study of flags

DAY 1
billingsgate \BIL-ingz-gayt; -git\, noun:
Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language

I misread that ... thought you were saying 'Bill Gates'

So did I. Had to do a double take.

DAY 2
hoi polloi \hoi-puh-LOI\, noun:
The common people generally; the masses.

There use to be a women in my department at work that did this. Every day as we came into the office, we would see the oversized marker board by her desk with a different word on it. The words were always quite unknown and in this overly elaborate script.

We ate her.

What's the word that describes a lexicologist who starts on Day Zero rather than Day One?

DAY 3
Confabulate intr.v.
1. To talk casually; chat.
2. Psychology. To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

DAY 4
sesquipedalian \ses-kwi-pi-DAYL-yun\, adjective:
1. Given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"
2. (Of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; as, "sesquipedalian technical terms"
--sesquipedalian, noun:
A very long word (a foot and a half long)

DAY 5
milksop \MILK-sop\, noun:
An effeminate or weak-minded person; an unmanly man

DAY 6
Katzenjammer n.
1. A loud, discordant noise.
2. A hangover.
3. A state of depression or bewilderment.




[edit on 17-1-2005 by Vegemite]

Do you pull these outta a dictionary (no offence) its cos i have never of any of these words.

My eyes are getting worse i thought it read milkshop!

Yes these words are in any dictionary

Do u just pull them from the dictionary randomly then?

Yes, yes I do

DAY 7
risible \RIZ-uh-b'l\, adjective:
1. Having the faculty or power of laughing; disposed to laugh.
2. Exciting laughter; worthy to be laughed at; amusing.
3. Used in, or expressing, laughter; as, risible muscles.

DAY 8
objurgate (AHB-juhr-gayt), verb:
1: express strong disapproval of;
2: censure severely

DAY 9
quidam (KWEE'-dahm) noun.
Someone; an anonymous or unknown person

DAY 10
frittle (FRITT'-ul) n.
a temporary mark on the skin caused by the impression of a textured surface.