New Word A Day

BATHOS

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:19:08 +0000

You do a bathos in an email.
You include a crude joke at the end of a very professional email. Why is it a bathos?

…
A bathos is a switching from talking or writing in a high class way… to a low class way.

It ruins the image you were presenting.

http://www.englishionary.com/B/Bathos.htm

EGOITY

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:17:21 +0000

My pets each have egoity,
I know it to be true,
my cat is always cranky,
but my dog is never blue.

http://www.englishionary.com/E/Egoity.htm

EXPATRIATE

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:31:06 +0000

Someone who is banished from their country.

or…

Someone who left their old country and no longer supports it.

more…

Memory trick: Just remember ex – patriot

http://www.englishionary.com/E/Expatriate.htm

CAFFEIC

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:26:39 +0000

My new ideas are caffeic.

How did I get those ideas?

Probably from drinking coffee…

… since caffeic means obtained from coffee.

No Mocha Latte Chilly Frape for me!

Just a nice strong coffee will do.

http://www.englishionary.com/C/Caffeic.htm

BARYPHONY

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:25:26 +0000

I sing a baryphony song.
Did you enjoy it?
.
.
.

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No!
Baryphony means difficult to understand.

http://www.englishionary.com/B/Baryphony.htm

GANDER

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:24:42 +0000

I took a gander in the shop.
It means to take a look around.
What is a gander?
.
….
.
.
A male goose.
A goose is a very curious animal and looks at everything around him.

http://www.englishionary.com/G/Gander.htm

HAUGHTY

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:23:49 +0000

If you play a prank, does that make you a haughty person?

No.

A haughty person is a proud and arrogant person.

It is not a person who plays pranks.

http://www.englishionary.com/H/Haughty.htm

CAJOLER

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:22:52 +0000

Your friend is a cajoler.

Do you trust him?

….

Maybe.

A cajoler is a flatterer.

So… he tells you how great you are.

http://www.englishionary.com/C/Cajoler.htm

AFFLATUS

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:18:52 +0000

You purse your lips and let out an afflatus.

What have you done?

Exhaled a breath.

An afflatus is a breath.

http://www.englishionary.com/A/Afflatus.htm

ABET

New Word A Day — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 01:13:54 +0000

You ask your friend to make a bet.

After thinking about it, you abet him.

Did you make the bet?

Yes.

Abet means to talk into doing something wrong.

http://www.englishionary.com/A/Abet.htm