Entries in Verbiage (89)
Verbiage - February 17, 2010


Verbiage - February 16, 2010


Today's word of the day is Deodand:
Deodand
-noun, English Law
(before 1846) an animal or article that, having been the immediate cause of the death of a human being, was forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses
Verbiage - February 15, 2010


Verbiage - February 12, 2010


Today's word of the day is Jiggery-Pokery:
Jiggery-pokery
–noun Chiefly British.
- Trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug
- Sly, underhanded action
- Manipulation: After a little jiggery-pokery, the engine started
Verbiage - February 10, 2010


Today's word of the day is Hypnopompic:
Hypnopompic:
Of or relating to the partially conscious state that precedes complete awakening from sleep.