Ty's Word of the Day

**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

lambaste \lam-BAYST\, transitive verb:

1. To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
2. To scold sharply; to attack verbally; to berate.

This is one of my favourite words. Now, to use it in a sentence.

"I didn't like the way he looked at me, so I lambasted his face."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

lionize \LY-uh-nyz\, transitive verb:

1. To treat or regard as an object of great interest or importance.
Lionize, comes from lion, in the sense of "a person of great interest or importance."

Now, to use it in a sentence.

"I lionized my brother as a child, until I matured in mind and realised that he was nothing but a slob."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

ubiquitous \yoo-BIK-wih-tuhs\, adjective:

1. Existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time.

Now, to use it in a cheeky sentence.

"Administrators are ubiquitous."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

neophyte \NEE-uh-fyt\, noun:
1. A new convert or proselyte.
2. A novice; a beginner in anything.

A new way to insult the n00bs! Now, to use it in a sentence.

"Although a total neophyte to the world of Star Wars role-play, Markaic impressed me with his very first foray into the Universe."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

salubrious \suh-LOO-bree-us\, adjective:

1. Favorable to health; promoting health; healthful.

Now, to use it in a personal sentence.

"My less than salubrious intake of alcohol on Saturday night had me in good form, but even now, two days later, I am still suffering intolerably."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

malinger \muh-LING-guhr\, intransitive verb:

1. To feign or exaggerate illness or inability in order to avoid duty or work.

Now, to use it in a sentence,

"I was often caught malingering menstrual cramps while I was in school, which unfortunately resulted in my principal knowing my monthly cycle better than I did."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

pusillanimous \pyoo-suh-LAN-uh-muhs\, adjective:

1. Lacking in courage and resolution; contemptibly fearful; cowardly.

My brother actually uses this word very frequently when trying to impress girls or seem more intelligent than he actually is. Now, to use it in a chat up line of his.

"You could not call me pusillanimous, for I am over here talking to you and you are by far the most beautiful girl in the room."

Where's the wretch emoticon?
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

Today's word is:

concupiscence \kon-KYOO-puh-suhn(t)s; kuhn-\, noun:

1. Strong desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

Now, to use it in a sentence.

"The night club in my village have a reputation of letting all and sundry through their doors on a Friday night, and thus is packed to the rafters with spotty, adolescent teenagers, driven only by their hormones and concupiscence."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

WotD Revival! (Because I missed it). Today's word is:

vituperation \vy-too-puh-RAY-shuhn, -tyoo-\, noun:

1. The act or an instance of speaking abusively to or about.
2. Sustained and severely abusive language.

Now, to use it in a sentence.

"The vagrant I encountered yesterday outside my office building impressed me with his repertoire of vituperation."
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**Tylana** · Site Admin Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 790 Location: Space

I actually heard this word today for the first time and thought of this thread. Today's word is:

pettifogger \PET-ee-fog-ur\, noun:

1. A petty, unscrupulous lawyer; a shyster.
2. A person who quibbles over trivia.

Now, to use it in a sentence.

"Ty is most certainly a pettifogger, in both senses of the word."
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