I propose a new family member: shambolicification, making a shambles of.

Americans are currently witnessing the shambolicification of their country's international credibility.

Here is a much delayed Onus. It was done almost a year ago, but never made it to the Agora.

This is the word of the day for 2/21/17. It doesn't appear to have made it to the Agora then: • onus • Pronunciation: o-nês • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: An unpleasant or unfortunate duty or obligation, the burden of responsibility. Notes: Today's Good Word appears in the legal term onus ...

Ah, but consider the crossword or Scrabble value.

I expect most people think of this machine as something that helps "jumpstart" a heart that has stopped beating. Is that essentially what it does, or does there have to some kind of fibrillation, some activity, for it to work?

The switch to text appears to have gone through properly. I didn't get the Word for the 16th, but since then they have made it.

I'm not too clear on how this came to mean bargain. Any suggestions?

I wonder if Taylor Maide's nickname is "Flash" or "Sparky".

If an alembic is a retort, what makes a good comeback a retort, too?

A fun word, even if we don't know where it comes from.

This helps make chicken-scratch and crabbed handwriting even more sensible.

I got mine, too. Now let's see if the switch to text from html goes through.

I didn't know that mojo meant sauce in Spanish. It gives quite a different take on "get your mojo on."

"Such a saucy fellow."

A kind of tie/neck-wear. Now, how many of you knew it comes from Croatia, in name and people? Does that make it eponymous, or is that only for things named after specific persons?

I took a quick shot on the Internot and pherome doesn't show up at all.