Word of the Day

I haven't decided if this is a going to become a daily thing. It might, simply because I like words rather a lot. Like...I read the dictionary when I was a sophomore in high school. I think that's a little late in the game for the reading-the-dictionary-is-cute phase of life, but I can't change the facts.


Here's an example. My binder for sophomore English was a bright lime green. For some reason I still remember that. The school library had a massive dictionary, and I thought it was cool, so I made it my goal to find one fantastic word that I didn't know starting with each letter of the alphabet.


Aposiopesis. n. def.: a sudden breaking
off in the midst of a sentence, as if from
inability or unwillingness to proceed.

Braw. adj. def.: fine or fine looking; excellent.


You get the point.


In any case...


I found a cool word today:

Schiamachy. n. def.: the practice of fighting an imaginary opponent.


I like it. I may keep this up.