Expand Your Vocabulary - Free.

trotter09 · 6 March 2011 at 3:15PM

Someone recently pointed out to me that many adults have a shockingly limited vocabulary. Which prompted me to start this thread.

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LittleVoice · 6 March 2011 at 8:53PM

trotter09 wrote: »

I started a thread in Discussion Time about using long words with children and someone pointed out that many adults have a shockingly limited vocabulary. Which prompted me to start this thread.

You can sign up here to get an email Monday to Friday, each containing the definition of an uncommon word. Some words you will know, some will be new to you.

For example, we've recently had: expostulate, miasma, ersatz, dyspeptic, lacuna and apophasis. Maybe you were familiar with all those already...

Listen/watch for this one (lacuna) over the next few months, it's becoming à la mode. Have you noticed how "Unprecedented" is now all over the place too.

john_howard_fisher · 6 March 2011 at 9:13PM

thanks have signed up. looks like good idea.

stormtrainer · 6 March 2011 at 9:18PM

Thank you for providing the email sign up link.

sirmarcus · 6 March 2011 at 11:11PM

Thanks OP.

trotter09 · 6 March 2011 at 11:47PM

LittleVoice wrote: »

Listen/watch for this one (lacuna) over the next few months, it's becoming à la mode.

Any idea why lacuna is becoming fashionable? Or is it just one of those things?

newmee · 6 March 2011 at 11:50PM

Thanks for this. i love learning new words...trouble with me is remembering what they mean. I learn new ones often but never seem to retain them :rotfl:I'm just a doof brain I guess

trotter09 · 7 March 2011 at 4:19PM

newmee wrote: »

i love learning new words...trouble with me is remembering what they mean. I learn new ones often but never seem to retain them

I think there is a long word which means someone who learns lots of new things but soon forgets them. Can't remember what it is though.

*Scarlett · 7 March 2011 at 7:10PM

I love this sort of thing - thanks OP.

_Roxy_ · 7 March 2011 at 7:23PM

Thanks OP!

moonsugar · 7 March 2011 at 9:33PM

Thanks OP

For those who aren't familiar, freerice.com is also a nice site.

It's a fun little [free] game to help build your vocab and for every answer you get right you donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme

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