Word Nerd Wednesday

The Vagaries of the English Language

Word of the Day

Bucolic
Christmas
Clichè
Dork
Draconian
Droll
Dystopia
Easter
Effulgent
Expectorating
Fortnight
Idiosyncrasy
Indubitable
Irony
Kismet
Malapropism
Misdoubt
Moribund
Mugging
Nightmare
One
Quidnunc
Quixotic
Repentance
Sparking
Stereotype
Thank You
Wherefore

Where Did It Come From?

Bluestocking
Green With Envy
Falling in Love
Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking
Forty Winks
I’d Give My Eye Teeth
On Tenterhooks
Out of the Blue
Right as Rain
Ten to the Dozen
To a T
With Flying Colours
You’re Fired!

What Do You Think It Means?

Absquatulate (answer)
Budgie Smugglers (answer)
Cacoethes (answer)
Duff (answer)
Flummadiddle (answer)
Orectic (answer)
Ostrobogulous (answer)
Nicky Woop (part II)
Pigwidgeon (answer)
Prestidigitation (answer)
Quomodocunquize (answer)
Quotidian (answer)
Scurryfunge (answer)
Slangwhanger (part II)
Troglodyte (answer)
Widdershins (answer)

What Do You Call It?

Dinner/Supper/Tea
Full Stop or Period
Galoshes/Gumboots/Wellies
Pants or Trousers