Month: October 2020
Word of the Day: Cassandra
Today’s word of the day comes courtesy of the Merriam-Webster dictionary website, and it is, I think, the first time that I have gone with a proper noun (a name) […]
Word of the Day: Repine
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Merriam-Webster dictionary website, is repine, a verb meaning “to feel or express dejection or discontent” or “to long for something” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day). According […]
Word of the Day: Reciprocal
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of WordThink, is reciprocal (http://www.wordthink.com/reciprocal/), an adjective meaning “Done or performed in return.” I should give the people at WordThink some props since I […]
Word of the Day: Noodge
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary, is noodge. If you look up the word on www.dictionary.com, you will learn that it is just a variant […]
Word of the Day: Supercilious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to dictionary.com, is supercilious, an adjective that means “haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.” According to www.etymonline.com, the word […]
Morality in 3:10 to Yuma
The film, 3:10 to Yuma, is an exceptional work of art of the 1950s, entertaining and engaging in equal measure. The film’s exceptional camera angles and shots reveal an excellent […]
A Journey Into Our Future
The film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, impressed me with the story and visual effects that were unusual because the movie was produced in 1968. The combination […]
Word of the Day: Trumpery
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Wordsmith (“a worldwide online community of people who share a love for words, wordplay, language, and literature . . . founded in 1994 […]
Word of the Day: Quotidian
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is quotidian, which means “daily,” or “usual or customary,” or “ordinary or commonplace,” or, when used of a fever, “characterized by paroxysms […]
Word of the Day: Obverse
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, is obverse, an adjective meaning “the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering,” or “a counterpart […]
Discussing 2001: A Space Odyssey
This is another excerpt of highlights from the Rising Action Podcast, which I co-host alongside my good friend Josh Johnson. We get into various aspects and cultural parameters regarding Stanley […]
Word of the Day: Futilitarian
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Merriam-Webster, though indirectly, is futilitarian. Futilitarian can be either an adjective or a noun (though as a noun it may be considered a […]