• transmogrify • Pronunciation : trænz- mah -grê-fai • Hear it ! Part of Speech : Verb, transitive Meaning : 1. To transfigure or transform into something grotesque, to change or alter the appearance of. 2. To astound, to astonish and confound. Notes : Because this fake Latinate (from Latin) word i...

The GWoTD: • concatenate • Pronunciation: kên- kæ -ti-nayt • Hear it! Part of Speech: Verb, transitive Meaning: To string together related objects, to connect a chain of items together. Notes: Today's Good Word is connected to the image of a chain, a line of items, each connected to what precedes an...

Great word, let's hope it gets taken up in the future. It ranks right up there with gelt.

Can one use and elf to pilfer pelf?

Woof, woof! Arf, arf! Bow wow! and all that jazz. Here's today's word: • dog • Pronunciation: dawg • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A domestic four-legged carnivore, common as a pet, that is related to wolves and foxes. 2. A bad or ugly person (Ivan Oder is such a dog with women). 3. A ba...

August 20's Word of the Day: • sanguine • Pronunciation: sæng -gwin • Hear it! Part of Speech: Adjective Meaning: 1. Red, reddish, ruddy, as a sanguine complexion. 2. Confident, cheerfully optimistic, hopeful. Notes: The four humors of the body were blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. It was...

Glad to hear you are on the mend. I wish you a speedy and full recovery.

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Today's Good Word, complete with the Dr.'s old signature: • imbroglio • Pronunciation: im- brol -yo • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A confused tangle or mess. 2. An embroilment, a complicated involvement, and entanglement. Notes: Oh, boy! You have to watch the spelling on this one. Today...

Today's Good Word: • dongle • Pronunciation: dông -gêl • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. A piece of hardware that must be plugged into a computer port in order for a copyrighted piece of software to operate on the computer. Its purpose is to protect the software from unauthorized use. 2. A...

The GWoTD Aug. 17: • granularity • Pronunciation: græn-yê- læ -rê-tee • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun, mass (no plural) Meaning: 1. Graininess, granulation, the size of visible grains or particles in anything, as the granularity of granite or sugar. 2. The size and number of components of a system w...

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The video at the end is worth a look, too.

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The Good Word of the day for the Fifteenth of August, 2011: • cloy • Pronunciation: kloy • Hear it! Part of Speech : Verb Meaning: 1 . To be too rich or sweet. 2. To jade, to provide with too much of something pleasant. Notes: Today's still Good Word is currently used almost exclusively in its adjec...

Now let's see if he can find your "haunt" quote. I tried Google and Yahoo and got nowhere.

Today's Good Word, and a new one at that! Originally suggested by our long-absent Bailey in 2006. • ado • Pronunciation: ê- du • Hear it! Part of Speech: Noun Meaning: 1. Fuss, bustle, uproar, inconvenience, action or activity. 2. Trouble, difficulty, hardship, hassle Notes: Today's Good Word has pr...