Monday, May 31, 2010

Zydeco

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Zydeco: American folk music of creole origin.
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Quote of the day: "Laughter is the closest distance between two people.” Victor Borge
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Monday, May 24, 2010

Toots

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Toots: Term of endearment, iconic harmonica player.
Boots: Fires.
Coots: Geezers
Foots: More than one pedal extremity.
Hoots: Gatherings of folk singers.
Loots: Steals openly.
Moots: Unnecessary arguments.
Roots: Underground support.
Soots: Black coatings.
Woots: Bargain sites.
Zoots: Saxophone players Sims.
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Quote of the day: "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." Jean-Paul Sartre
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Rictus

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Rictus: Open-mouthed.
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Quote of the day: "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent." Abraham Lincoln
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Bigotry

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Bigotry: Irrational ethnic, religious, sexual and racial enmity often leading to personal, military and economic violence.
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Quote of the day: "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." Socrates
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Patriot

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Patriot: Everybody.
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Quote of the day: "To disagree with three-fourths of the...public is one of the first requisites of sanity." Oscar Wilde
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Moke

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Moke: Undesirable person, aka mook.
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Quote of the day: Waiter: "You should be nice to me." Patron: "Why should I?" Waiter: "Because I'm in charge of the butter."
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Cantabridgian

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Cantabridgian: Of Cambridge, gauche.
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Quote of the day: "Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student." George Iles
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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Perseverate

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Perseverate: To continue to do something after there is no reason to do it. Beating a dead horse comes to mind.
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Quote of the day: "The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence." Albert Ellis
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Burrow

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Burrow: Squirrel hideout.
Furrow: Row.
Murrow: Newsman.
Turow: Writer.
Barrow: Clyde.
Darrow: Lawyer.
Farrow: Actor.
Harrow: School.
Jarreau: Al.
LaRue; Lash.
Marrow: Red cell maker.
Narrow: Mountain pass.
Perot: Helicopter pilot.
Tarot: Mumbo Jumbo.
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Quote of the day: "Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about."  Saskya Pandita
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Monday, May 3, 2010

Minim

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Minim: Not much, half note.
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Quote of the day: "The perfection of art is to conceal art." Quintilian
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