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Word Of The Day: “tweedious”
January 2, 2012 – 6:08 PM | 25 Comments
Word Of The Day: “tweedious”

tweedious. adj. 1. portmanteau of “twee” and “tedious.” 2. portmanteau of “tweet” and “tedious.”
I assumed the first definition is the obvious one, but when I said the word aloud with no context, Wing defined it …

Anti-Word Of The Day: “rave-up”
June 14, 2010 – 10:25 PM | 32 Comments
Anti-Word Of The Day: “rave-up”

The Anti-Word Of The Day is, as you have probably guessed, not a word or term I want to catch on, but rather one which I would like to drop headfirst into a vat of …