sábado, 18 de outubro de 2014

Webster's Finest Forgotten Words

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-anthony-jones/forgotten-words_b_5985494.html

Here are 26 of some of the most curious, most surprising and most obscure words from Webster's Dictionary in one handy A to Z. Check it out!

segunda-feira, 22 de setembro de 2014

MOOT

“Moot” is a very old word related to “meeting,” specifically a meeting where serious matters are discussed. Oddly enough, a moot point can be a point worth discussing at a meeting (or in court)—an unresolved question—or it can be the opposite: a point already settled and not worth discussing further. At any rate, “mute point” is simply wrong, as is the less common “mood point.”

sábado, 23 de agosto de 2014

FACE HOLE

face hole - the hole of a face such as: a mouth, nose, eye sockets, and or ears.