A Primer to the Freedom’s Hill Primer
Whether you’re visiting for the first time or just looking to make an informed deep dive into the Primer’s archive, these posts are a great place to start.
A Review on Avengers Endgame
Avengers: Endgame shows Earth’s mightiest heroes trying to overturn the evil Thanos. As the movie opens, the heroes have suffered many losses, but their hope is rekindled by the brains […]
Word of the Day: Hugger-mugger
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the LifeHack website, is hugger-mugger, a noun meaning “secretive, or covert behavior” (https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/24-old-english-terms-you-should-start-using-again.html). According to www.dictionary.com, hugger-mugger can be a noun, meaning “disorder […]
Word of the Day: Gype
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary, is gype, a noun which has changed meaning during the centuries. The earlier definition was “A glutton; a greedy […]
Word of the Day: Palinode
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Glossographia Anglicana Nova, or a Dictionary Interpreting Hard Words of whatever language, as are at Present used in the English Tongue, with their […]
Word of the Day: Doughty
Today’s word of the day, thanks to WordGenius.com, is doughty, an adjective that means “Brave and persistent” or “Displaying courage,” according to the website. According to www.dictionary.com, it means “steadfastly […]
Word of the Day: Amatorculist
Amatorculist: Word of the Day Today’s word of the day is amatorculist. As I am sure the –ist ending indicates, the word is a noun, and it means “A pretend […]
The Power of Friendship: A Bad Boys For Life Film Review
There are certain film franchises that are iconic: Star Wars, Back to the Future, James Bond, etc. We can think of many fantastic series such as these and the impact […]
Word of the Day: Gustatory
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Mirriam-Webster Dictionary website, is gustatory. It is an adjective, and it means “relating to or associated with eating or the sense of […]
Word of the Day: Malarkey
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Julia McCoy’s article, “34 of the Craziest Words in English” (https://expresswriters.com/34-craziest-words-english/), is malarkey. She says, “This refers to words that are insincere and […]
Word of the Day: Snollygoster
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Julia McCoy’s “34 of the Craziest Words in English” article on the ExpressWriters website (May 20, 2014), is snollygoster. “Snolly what?” you ask. […]
Word of the Day: Widdershins
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Julia McCoy of ExpressWriters, is widdershins, an adverb meaning “in a direction contrary to the natural one, especially contrary to the apparent course […]
Word of the Day: Infantilize
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website, is infantilize, a verb which means “to make or keep infantile,” or “to treat as if infantile.” According to […]