Introducing Dictionary.com's new Flashcards!Now you can save your Words of the Day, test yourself and share favorite words with friends. | |||||||||
Word of the Day for Thursday, September 16, 2010quaggy \KWAG-ee\, adjective: 1. Marshy; boggy. The pool, thank Heaven! was not deep enough to have drowned any one; there were no signs of a struggle on its quaggy edges. I am listening to the classical station and becoming slightly delusional and eating some quaggy carroty mushy soup. Quaggy ultimately derives from the Old English cwabba, "shake or tremble," in the sense of viscous fluid. Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word | |||||||||
Words of the Day? How about words of timeless wisdom?Introducing our Quotes channel! "Life itself is a quotation." - Jorge Luis Borges | |||||||||
What exactly does “Tea Party” refer to, and what is “GOP” short for?After Tuesday's primary victories by Tea Party movement-backed candidates, water cooler talk seems focused on the relationship between the political movement and the GOP. The future impact of one on the other is unknown yet intriguing; the origins and meaning of both terms are just as fascinating.
The Republican Party picked up the "Grand Old Party" label in... | |||||||||
|