Comments on: Dictionary Day and an unlikely source

By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:01:08 +0000

I love the word facetious. My family has a standing joke about that word. My mother once told us we couldn’t use a word without being able to spell it, so everytime we said facetious we also spelled f-a-c-e-t-i-o-u-s.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:40:16 +0000

While there are many words I enjoy,
my two long standing favorites dating
back to my childhood are: Beanball
and Fiend! Beanball always made me
laugh with my frivolously fiendish friend.

By: Steve Viggiano

Steve Viggiano — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:08:59 +0000

Good bit of trivia. I like the word plenipotentiary, though I have never had occasion to use it.

By: Leah

Leah — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:01:18 +0000

Rutabega – that’s a good one! I have a great story about the word “rutabega,” the game “Catchphrase,” and the word “Studebaker.” One of my favorite words was “entourage,” but with the show becoming so popular it’s lost some of it’s lustre. “Elbow” is my favorite word that turns into meaninglessness when you say it over and over: “Elbow, elbow, elbow, elbow…”