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5/17/25 - legerdemain

1. Magic, sleight of hand. 2. Trickery, deceitful cleverness.

May 17, 2025

1/26/25 - notoriety

1. Fame, the state or quality of being well-known, often in a negative or PEJORATIVE sense. 2. A famous or widely known person, a notorious personality, as 'a show with several guest notorieties'.

Jan 26, 2025

Hogmanay is not a pig resort but a Scottish festivity celebrated on the last day of the year. Children traditionally stroll about the neighborhood on this day asking for presents. Today's Good Word also refers to the gifts given or received on Hogmanay. More recently it has become a raucous New Year's Eve party in many Scottish cities at which revelers sometimes do behave a bit swinishly.

Dec 31, 2024

12/22/23 - superfluous

Excessive, more than is necessary, extra and unnecessary.

Dec 22, 2023

11/2/14 - egregious

Flagrantly bad, outrageously offensive.

Nov 02, 2014

4/21/12 - barbarian

1. A crude, uncultured, heartless person, a boor; someone who lives and treats others savagely. 2. A wild or primitive person, a savage.

Apr 21, 2012

4/20/12 - popinjay

1. A vain, conceited, pompous person, a coxcomb, a fop. 2. A loquacious, talkative person, a blabbermouth.

Apr 20, 2012

4/19/12 - smarmy

1. Slicked down, greasy, said especially of hair with too much tonic or oil on it. 2. Unctuous, oily, obsequious, ingratiatingly polite, perhaps with an overlay of feigned intelligence or sophistication.

Apr 19, 2012

4/16/12 - castigate

To severely reprimand or chastise.

Apr 16, 2012

2/19/12 - florid

1. Flushed with rosy color; ruddy, as a face florid from embarrassment. 2. Profusely decorative, much too flowery or ornate, especially speech or writing. 3. (Obsolete) Abounding in or covered with flowers.

Feb 19, 2012

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