http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/archive.jsp GoodWord from alphaDictionary.com en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:01:01 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1440 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 NO-SPAM-ashaffer@lexiteria.com NO-SPAM-ashaffer@lexiteria.com http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/goodword.jsp?date=2009-07-04 A term for natives of the American Colonies, dating from the 17th century. It gained wider usage during the War of Independence (1775-1783) and continues today. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/goodword.jsp?date=2009-07-03 A parlor game played on a board printed with the alphabet over which a 'planchette' or other movable pointer roams, ostensibly selecting letters of its own will. Participants touch the planchette lightly with their fingers and solemnly promise not to apply any pressure to it. They then watch in amazement as the planchette moves across the board, selecting one letter after another until it spells a message relevant to some previously selected theme. The assumption is that the message comes from the spiritual world- without the normal cost of a medium. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/goodword.jsp?date=2009-07-02 That distinctively pleasant fragrance of rain falling on dry ground. It is produced by oily, yellow-gold globules, rather like perfume, that either come from certain plants or the air itself. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/goodword.jsp?date=2009-07-01 1. Enormous, huge, humongous. 2. Outstanding, marvelous, stunningly wonderful. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/goodword.jsp?date=2009-06-30 1. To equivocate, to be ambivalent or indecisive. 2. To reverse position, to apostatize, to go over to the other side. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT