Frequently when faced with a blank mind and a busy world-when days stroll into each other- I like to apply the fine technique of trend analysis to random things, seeking out patterns and meaning (it is everywhere); and now you know my secret shame.
I receive a word of the day, every day, and these are often full of hidden trends, though it would seem they are not meant to be, as they should be randomly chosen.
So here is a short list of previous words of the day- in order, beginning with April 1, 2009 (as a trend analysis i have inserted a link between the words/meaning (I did not attempt to include verb tense; please edit as needed).
jape: a trick or practical joke.
(causing one)
gambol: to dance and skip about in play.
(:as the writer's)
longueur: a tedious passage in a work of literature or performance art.
(meant)
flummox: to confuse; to perplex.
(by using)
grandiloquent: expressed in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
(serving as)
aegis: a shield; protection.
(of/from his)
nescience: lack of knowledge or awareness.
(though, perhaps, it was)
chimerical: merely imaginary; fanciful.
(for him to)
impugn: to call in question; to make insinuations against.
frisson: a brief moment of intense excitement.
portend: to foreshadow; to bode.
pulchritude: beauty.
(=)
susurrus: a whispering or rustling sound.
(like the wind:)
labile: open to change; apt or likely to change.
(;)
outré: unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.
(a thought that)
etiolate: to blanch or bleach; to make sickly.
(which was)
ephemeral: lasting a very short time.
(but a peak into)
quiddity: the essence or nature of a thing.
(but altogether)
crepuscular: pertaining to twilight.
(and a)
stormy petrel: one who brings discord or strife, or appears at the onset of trouble
(with his)
Pecadillo: a slight offense; a petty fault
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