Tsundoku:   Japanese for leaving a book unread after acquiring it, usually piled up together with other unread books. I found this word,...

Hygge Have you heard of hygge ?  Pronounced "hoo-ga", this Danish word can be used as a verb or as a noun. This term has becom...

Don't be fancy, just get dancy Why so serious?  ~ Raise Your Glass , Pink We all know the meaning of fancy , a word that's an...

This year is almost over!  I decided to put my 2014 365 New Words-a-Year calendar to use one more time before its retirement.  (I plan to g...

Is there a term for someone who collects words?  I had fun recently collecting a few words for this meme.  It's a favorite of mine, alth...

New words for the new year, from guess where?  I found these in my 2014 365 New Words-a-Year calendar.  My page-a-day calendar is chock-f...

I've wanted to do this for the longest time.  In addition to my 365 New Words-a-Year calendar, I have a Wild Words from Wild Women cal...

I'm in the midst of reading Room by Emma Donoghue , which is told from the perspective of a young boy, Jack, who turns five years o...

It ain't brain surgery. But it does give your brain a little workout.  I'm talking about Wondrous Words Wednesday , a weekly meme ...

Who's afraid of James Joyce ?  I am, or was .  I can say that now, although I'm not promising to read his novels.  I opened Dublin...

Wondrous Words Wednesday is the quintessential meme for logophiles and lexicologists.  It's also a lot of fun!  This week, I didn...

Today's words are brought to you by--you guessed it--my trusty 365 New Words-a-Year calendar. Usually I list my words in alphabetical o...

Word up!  I'm having too much fun.  I enjoy the time I spend with words, playing Words with Friends , doing the jumble in the newspaper,...

It was tough to start the new year without my daily fix of new words!  I was happy to receive the new 365 New Words-a-Year calendar that ...

A new word a day keeps the boredom at bay!  Once again, the words featured here are from my 365 New Words-a-Year calendar (which I need to ...

If you want to give your brain a mini workout, Wondrous Words Wednesday , hosted by Kathy from BermudaOnion's Weblog , is a marvelous ...