https://aaron.blog/tags/wordoftheday/Recent content in Wordoftheday on The Dangling PointerHugoen-usThu, 26 May 2016 14:11:04 +0000https://aaron.blog/fancy-word-of-the-day-petrichor/Thu, 26 May 2016 14:11:04 +0000https://aaron.blog/fancy-word-of-the-day-petrichor/<p><strong>petrichor</strong> |ˈpeˌtrīkôr|</p><p>noun</p><p>a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all.</p>https://aaron.blog/fancy-word-of-the-day-manchette/Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:42:00 +0000https://aaron.blog/fancy-word-of-the-day-manchette/<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchette_(cuisine)">Manchettes</a> are the paper frills that cover the ends of a rack of ribs in a crown roast.</p><p>https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/5328798255</p>https://aaron.blog/fancy-sounding-term-of-the-day-semantic-satiation/Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:43:58 +0000https://aaron.blog/fancy-sounding-term-of-the-day-semantic-satiation/<p>Ever have those days where you write or speak a word and the longer you stare at it or repeat it the less real it feels? There happens to be a term for that feeling - Semantic satiation.</p><p>Definition: [ <a href="http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/Semantic-Satiation.htm" rel="noopener">source</a> ]</p><blockquote><em>Semantic satiationsemantic saturationverbal satiation</em></blockquote><blockquote>The concept of semantic satiation was described by E. Severance and M.F. Washburn in <em>The American Journal of Psychology</em> in 1907. The term was introduced by psychologists Leon James and Wallace E.</blockquote><p><br>Repeat any word over and over and you'll experience this.</p>https://aaron.blog/neologism/Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:04:13 +0000https://aaron.blog/neologism/<p><strong>neologism</strong> |nēˈäləˌjizəm|<br>noun</p><ul><li>a newly coined word or expression.</li><li>the coining or use of new words.</li></ul>