English Pronunciation (by G. Nolst Trenité)

Si vous pouvez prononcer correctement chaque mot de ce poème alors vous parlez mieux anglais que 90% des native English speakers dans le monde. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make......more

Newest words and phrases of 2008

It's been a while since the last vocab round-up so here goes : essential additions for the workplace and/or pub vocabulary for 2008 : SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some......more

Newest words and phrases of 2007

The end of the year also means words additions to the dictionary. You know new words are added constantly, reflecting our use of the language - but... ever got to the front of a supermarket queue only to have a swipeout? Maybe you're more of a......more

Washington Post’s mensa invitational

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners : 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the......more

Vocab : “up”

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP". It's easy to understand UP , meaning toward the sky or toward the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake......more