http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/ learning to be human, since 1984 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:07:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1401 Buddy H Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:45:14 +0000 http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/#comment-1401 one of my new favorite words (from this gre vocab book i'm going through) is "philatelist." it's fun to say. it basically means "stamp collector," or "one who studies stamps." it's a challenge to use in a conversation for obvious reasons. as soon as i learned this word it was totally used on a Venture Brothers episode! what a coincidence. the same thing happened a while back with the word "hubris." that show loves its vocab. one of my new favorite words (from this gre vocab book i’m going through) is “philatelist.” it’s fun to say. it basically means “stamp collector,” or “one who studies stamps.” it’s a challenge to use in a conversation for obvious reasons. as soon as i learned this word it was totally used on a Venture Brothers episode! what a coincidence. the same thing happened a while back with the word “hubris.” that show loves its vocab.

]]> http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1394 Sara Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:51:52 +0000 http://waxideal.com/blog/2008/09/11/words-of-the-day/#comment-1394 Assuage is one of those words I would like to include in my vocabulary, but have difficulty pronouncing. a-swage? what a funny-sounding word. Assuage is one of those words I would like to include in my vocabulary, but have difficulty pronouncing. a-swage? what a funny-sounding word.

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