Word of the Day: beguine
Posted by MSLO BloggerIn the Middle Ages, Beguine was a group of ascetic women in Europe who lived communally. In the 1930s, beguine made a comeback as the name of a …
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Word of the Day: drink
Posted by MSLO BloggerBe sure to have plenty to drink this summer. What’s to say about drink? Just a few words about its confusing conjugation as a verb. The present tense …
Word of the Day: mojito
Posted by MSLO BloggerCelebrate summer by mixing up a mojito: lime juice, sugar, and crushed mint leaves are combined with white rum and soda water for this Cuban favorite. Legend traces …
Word of the Day: potpourri
Posted by MSLO BloggerPotpourri can be a natural air freshener, with various dried flower petals and spices in a jar. With that in mind, it may seem unfortunate to learn that …
Word of the Day: archipelago
Posted by MSLO BloggerAn archipelago is a group of many small things clustered in a larger area, like an archipelago of single-family homes. But it originally referred to the Aegean Sea. …
Word of the Day: raffish
Posted by MSLO BloggerSomeone raffish is unusually vulgar, with no respect for common decency or even other people. Within raffish, we’ll find raff—yes, as in riffraff. Riffraff merely means that someone …
Word of the Day: aloof
Posted by MSLO BloggerAn aloof person is distracted or otherwise not attentive. Behind aloof is luff, a gadget that enabled a ship to change directions. The luff was positioned on a …
Word of the Day: bastion
Posted by MSLO BloggerA bastion is a stronghold, preserving something in short supply. But a bastion is a stronghold in a more literal sense, too. It’s a fortress. Knowing that, you …
