Accorder Definition: One who accords assents or concedes Here it is! The first word I'm not familiar with. I am familiar with 'accord', of course, but I've never seen this noun version used. When I first saw this I thought of a musical instrument, like a recorder, or an accordion. Thinking about music, I wonder …
Word A Day: Androgyne
Today's word is..... Pushes button... Androgyne Definition: An hermaphrodite I wonder how long it will be before I get a word I don't know. This is a good word, though I haven't seen it used so often. Mostly I see 'androgynous' instead, used to describe something or someone without sexually defined features, but not necessarily having …
Floating city seen by thousands over China
An interesting mirage has been catching the attention of thousands of people, presenting as what appears to be a towering city in the clouds. This is apparently caused by light rays bending through layers of atmosphere of different temperatures, and is a sort of mirage I've never heard of before. My first response was 'what …
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Word A Day: Interlace
In an effort to blog more thoughts and not just constant movie and TV reviews, as well as also learning some new words, I'm going to attempt to blog once a day about a new word each day. I'll be getting the words from this random word generator. The word generator contains 90,000 words, so that should …
The Three Body Problem, by Liu Cixin
Winner of the Hugo award for best novel this year, The Three Body Problem is densely packed with interesting ideas--so densely packed that some may find it hard to read. 'Some' does not include me. I think this is the most I've enjoyed a book since Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series. The prose …
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