Logophile – Morgan Bailey Keaton

Dictionary Update 1

I have been swept up in plans to move at the end of this month to that great city, Chicago, so I have barely gotten through the ac’s of the Dictionary in my yearlong effort to read this 1550-page tome (not counting the essays at the beginning, which are in roman numerals, but count forContinue reading “Dictionary Update 1”

The Year is New and Shiny

Welcome to 2011! I rang in the new year with my best friends, doing one of my favorite things (dancing). The first time I wrote the year was on the time-log sheet at work–had to be in at 9AM (ack). Last year, I resolved to make more mistakes. If I wanted to do something thatContinue reading “The Year is New and Shiny”

Dithyrambic

Today’s word of the day, courtesy of Dictionary.com, is dithyrambic. dithyrambic \dith-uh-RAM-bik\, adjective: 1. Wildly enthusiastic. 2. Wildly irregular in form. 3. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dithyramb. I like to think this describes me.