Tag: Words

Turns out The Matrix's code isn't really made of sushi recipes. I fed it to Google Translate and got back an industrial parts catalog, three real cultures, and one day spa.

Wear a shirt that says 闹痒痒怪物 in Chinese. Wait for someone to ask what it means. Say, "I am the Tickle Monster." Consequences follow.

A five-pound book with 5,000 new words.

Swedish word of the day: "ganska" = rather, quite, fairly, pretty. So "ganska cool" = pretty cool. Not to be confused with my initial reading of "gangsta cool"

A diamond’s facets can be fascinating, but the words aren’t connected. Fascinate is about enchantment, facet is about surfaces.

The literal translation for 'Happy Birthday' in 80 languages. For instance, Indonesian 'Congratulations on your year repetition!'

Welcome to Nevermber: where Black Friday sales, pumpkin spice, and endless gratitude make for the coziest kind of procrastination

Did you know you could search Wikipedia for symbols? What is the actual name of the ÷ symbol? Wikipedia tells us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/÷ The name for the division symbol is obelus. Wikipedia says about obelus: The word “obelus” comes from ὀβελός,…

Einstein's genius wasn't just in physics. Print his "theory of happiness" and spread some philosophical wisdom. German and English versions available!

Did you know on MacOS if you press and hold down a character key, it gives you the alternate accents? From now on, i’m not using lol, I’m using löl It looks like a surprised person with his/her arms up…

Are people really searching for the word 'authentic'? Let's look at the data.

Ever wondered about the origins of "plethora"? It started as a medical term, representing excess bodily fluids. Now, it's the symbol of our age—abundant choices in products, information, and more.

Say goodbye to Urban Dictionary's shenanigans. I've found better word fun on thefreedictionary.com, thesaurus.com, and etymonline.com.

Use the solution from Wordle as a writing prompt

Let’s play a game where we take the letters of your first name, and put them onto a Scrabble rack, along with a blank tile. What would the be the highest scoring word? A Scrabble word finder is an immense…

When you are chatting and you want to really emphasize a year, but you only have plain text at your disposal. No bolding. No bigger words. How do you really punch up that year? Let’s take a page of the…

‘yollo’ definition: When you say both ‘yo’ and ‘hello’ at the same time, with a little ironic flavor of the old school yolo (you only live once) craze. example: Yollo Abhay! How are you? keywords: yo, hello, yolo, greeting I…

When brainstorming, you often start with one word, and then come up with related concepts to that word. A thesaurus is often nice, because it gives you synonyms for the word. If you use thesaurus.com, you’d get: detonation, explosion, roar,…

To get your point across, do you ever type in 72-point red type in your email? Try it sometime, it’s fun for both sides. The recipient will (hopefully) love getting such unusually large text. You, as the sender, typing out…

A funny tweet from my friend Marco: How often do people say these phrases? Let’s do a Google search for each phrase, and mark down the number of results. “Everybody said it couldn’t be done.” » 18,300 results “Nobody thought…

Have you seen this tool that makes any phrase into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles logo? GEEEEEEEE! Just type any words in, and MAGICALLY your words transform into the TMNT logo. It’s incredible. I love it love it love it.…

This week marks the palindrome week where every day is a palindrome. (Technically, it’s not the last time in our lifetime, this will happen again on 1/20/21) 9-10-19 • 91-0-199-11-19 • 91-1-199-12-19 • 91-2-199-13-19 • 91-3-199-14-19 • 91-4-199-15-19 • 91-5-199-16-19…

The etymology of the word “fascinating” comes from witchcraft. That explains why people say “fascinating” slowly, as though one is in a spell. I looked up “fascinating” because my three-year-old asked me what that word meant. I thought that “fascinating”…

Have you ever used the interjection “BOOM!” when you think you are right, but actually you aren’t? If someone corrects your BOOM, they boomeranged you. Last weekend, I was explaining something to my three-year-old daughter. At the end of the…

My wonderful wife wrote a gracious message on my Facebook wall for Father’s day. In her message she mentioned, “joie de vivre.” Not knowing what this phrase means, I headed over to one of my favorite resources on the internet,…

My method of learning new words in another language: repetition This is how I’m thinking of doing it: Method #1: repetition Have Google Translate translate an English word into another language. In this case, Google translated “great” into the Estonian…

Want an easy way of looking through thousands of baby names on your phone? I tried to find a PDF online with girl baby names, but I couldn’t find anything. So I made my own. And now you can use…

Those goofy cardboard sleeves around takeout coffee cups. What are they called? Today I learned they are called a Zarf. What an wonderful word. Zarf. How in the world is it such a cool word? Is that for real? Yes,…

Today I turn 43 years old. Then I find out that a retirement home chain tweeted my quote six times! A little ironic. Since it’s my birthday, I’m feeling older. And now retirement homes are plastering my name all over…

The Word of the Day by dictionary.com is wonderful. Every day features a different, interesting word. Recent words include: dissemble, dopester, bewhiskered, fillip, grumphie, and univocal. The graphics are nice and brief. A very simple digestable explanation is featured on the graphic.…

The curly thing at the end of a staircase handrail is called a volute. Any architecture ornament that is a spiral is also called a volute. Today volute is dictionary.com’s Word of the Day. Volute. Why are curly, spiral things…