It’s words like Tatterwallop that make me excited about this whole wordguile project. It’s one I have so much fun pronouncing. So much fun. It means “[t]atters; rags in a fluttering state” and from the second I saw this word, an American flag is all I could think of. I found this one on theContinue Reading

I almost always use Wordnik.com for learning more about words these days. However, I was really drawn to the fact that this word has been used five times as a “word of the day” on dictionary.com (December 15, 1999; February 7, 2002; January 17, 2005; February 20, 2007; July 8, 2009). Who knew that aContinue Reading

Hobbledehoy 1. An awkward, ungainly youth. I thought this picture was only fitting. Sorry guys. Find out more about hobbledehoy at wordnik.com.

Web-footed, as a bird; having the toes webbed or palmate. Learn more at Wordnik.com. I found this photo at a flea market in Berlin with a handful of others. I always loved it so I wanted to share it with you. Go with me here. People with big feet are often compared to ducks, butContinue Reading

…and trust me – this is bawdy. I would like to apologize to the makers of Fontstruct. They have created a really fun product, and I have abused the power they gave me. In case you aren’t aware, Fontstruct is an online tool used to build simple fonts based on a simple grid structure. NotContinue Reading

–noun 1. Familiar and easy conversation; idle talk; chat; gossip. 2. A trifling away of time; delay; idle loitering. 3. Play; sport; frolic; toying, as in the exchange of caresses; wantonness. 4. The act of trifling, as with something tempting. In honor of the internet, I figured I’d put together this altogether-not-even-close-to-comprehensive list of placesContinue Reading

Subfusc –adjective 1. Of a dark, dull, or somber color. –noun 2. Dark, dull clothing. Learn more about this word at Wordnik.com. Image courtesy of http://www.theratzlaffs.net/history/plenert/

Trifid – (adj) Divided into three parts… a lot like the rule of thirds

And so the two boys sat there on the top of the hill, each of them hoping that the other wouldn’t ask to leave. It had been a long day of playing in the orange grove, hiding from the farmers as they passed by to pick the low hanging fruit. No, neither of them wasContinue Reading

Confession: I’m really not too great at javascript, and I definitely know nothing about how to make api calls. That said, I spent WAY too long today trying to do today’s wordguile using the flickr api, json, and javascript. It was a completely languid process. A Concession So that left me needing a quick fix.Continue Reading