Words of the day
Before Elon Musk got his hands on twitter, I tweeted ‘my word of the day’ for the best part of a couple of years, I think. This is a list of all those words.
- myrrh
- eggnog
- swaddling
- tidings
- footfall
- ponderous
- tinsel
- mulled
- lustre
- rankle
- cusp
- rambunctious
- foible
- slumber
- guttural
- rigmarole
- Blighty
- totter
- dunk
- I just listened to a thing about Delia Derbyshire so my word of the day today is wobbulator
- staunch
- curdle
- albeit
- gravel
- dawdle
- bosky
- My word of the day today is either impinge' or ‘expunge’ I can’t quite decide
- musty
- harbinger
- piffle
- chilly
- shuck
- reverberate
- edible
- chortle
- amok as in ‘run amok’,
- russet
- divot
- ruffled
- gush
- fiddlesticks
- flange
- My word of the day is skedaddle'.. which I must admit I thought was spelt with an ‘i’
- myriad
- discombobulate
- drizzle
- mulch
- rigmarole - derived from a Kentish phrase ‘ragman roll’ apparently
- mawkish- apparently it derives from Middle English word for maggot
- skullduggery
- ramshackle
- muffle
- glitch
- jovial
- outwith
- hue
- stockade
- chuffed
- grizzled
- hillock
- nincompoop
- paradiddle
- commensurate
- sombre
- tumultuous
- jettison
- daub
- malleable
- snout
- dazzling
- filibuster
- parish
- behest
- valve
- skint
- gabardine
- grinning
- desultory
- blossom
- fricative
- shiplap
- codger
- batten
- hunkering
- mulch
- resin
- tustle
- speckled
- truckle
- nebulous
- frothy
- pithy
- sprinkle
- rife
- sanguine
- thistle
- stirrup
- antiquity
- chipper
- raucous
- follicle
- foist
- ceramic
- wrinkle
- swarthy
- machinate
- griddle
- styptic
- chrysalis
- febrile
- crumple
- twill
- diffident
- tomfoolery
- mishmash
- mooch
- rickety
- spruce
- tabernacle
- epitome
- middling
- scrimmage
- ditto
- trickle
- skew
- schism
- stroll
- satsuma
- sprout
- hocus-pocus
- gesticulate,
- creosote
- wreak
- mumble
- exuberant
- chirpy
- growl
- mollusc
- gist
- mariner
- dunk
- kindling
- tinsel
- plangent
- bubble
- hush
- strum
- slouching
- crackle
- purloin
- frost
- adamant
- scamper
- capacious
- jostle
- wanton
- askance
- stubble
- cattle
- balustrade
- ado
- rummage
- smudge
- guttering
- embroiled
- scruffy
- digit
- crepuscular
- turmoil
- autumnal
- heft
- jot
- scrawny
- corroborate
- palaver
- cribbage
- mirage
- rubble
- expunge
- muffle
- dozen
- melody
- lucid
- knuckles
- fume
- scurry
- crinkle
- jaded
- trickle
- fisticuffs
- bedraggled
- glottal
- fricative
- splendid
- furtive
- dithering
- purport
- warble
- ponder
- rigmarole
- dollop
- hard-scrabble
- treacle
- puppet
- thunderer
- waddle
- autumnal
- ribbon
- gladden
- abundant
- cherub
- sinew
- scatter
- crumple
- prattle
- baffled
- happenstance
- sprightly
- brunt
- conkers
- flutter
- mulch
- happen
- amok
- pundit
- hankering
- moreish
- sprinkle
- oblivious
- skirmish
- swelter
- ochre
- groove
- syllable
- star-crossed
- marmalize
- convivial
- shimmer
- gleam
- jittery
- miscreant
- mitigate
- reverberate
- kelp
- dream
- skittish
- bungalow
- shoestring
- strides
- implode
- floundering
- curdle
- ethereal
- drizzle
- halcyon
- perch
- turnbuckle
- glimmer
- resurgence
- ragwort
- mumble
- musket
- slobber
- merriment
- willow
- dappled"
- reckon
- crumble
- quandary
- munch
- perspicacious
- gabardine
- jibber-jabber
- roughage
- stucco
- rumbustious
- plinth
- declamatory
- tad
- dusk
- antelope
- dainty
- pebble
- mischief
- muffle
- startle
- vanquish
- parish
- gusty
- giggle
- flannel
- snooze
- chivvy
- gander
- twelve
- mishmash
- vestibule
- poodle
- ineffable
- nuzzle
- quench
- skittle
- chaff
- manky
- wistful
- rascal
- hirsute
- lurk
- tantamount
- gazelle
- curtsey
- precipitate
- wry
- stooge
- mellifluous
- tumble
- flummox
- miscreant
- stipple
- pernickety
- finagle
- burst
- glee
- defenestration
- promenade
- fizzle
- curdle
- lagoon
- tinge
- froth
- brisk
- flounce
- agog
- linnet
- trundle
- jaunty
- glisten
- kettle
- froth
- batten
- dromedary
- waif
- heft
- buddy
- skiff
- garnish
- amalgamate
- patter
- qualm
- warble
- scant
- smattering
- fricative
- sizzle
- hankering
- paraphernalia
- nobbled
- raddled
- lunge
- reverie
- parsnip
- slake
- squirm
- furlong
- ping
- nostrils
- tousled
- minion
- hustings
- gloop
- quandary
- shudder
- griddle
- drench
- triumph
- frisson
- ocelot
- sniff
- engrossed
- chirpy
- machination
- damp
- pith
- rowdy
- bliss
- blustery
- meander
- surge
- maritime
- lilting
- ponder
- rabble
- gumption
- wrought
- merge
- snigger
- chevron
- liniment
- dumpling
- miscreant
- modicum
- gusty
- griddle
- gargle
- sparrow
- balustrade
- amicable
- rigmarole
- truckle
- grapple
- tamp
- frazzled
- gesticulate
- crepuscular
- tingle
- razzmatazz
- husky
- sinister
- wallop
- giggle
- befuddled
- bustle
- dimple
- slumber
- tardy
- besmirch
- scruple
- scamper
- toggle
- gratitude
- schmuck
- gormless
- swelter
- beleaguered
- hoik
- banjaxed
- natterjack
- collywobbles
- perambulate
- raddled
- resplendent
- resonate
- festoon
- squabble
- machinate
- spud
- befuddled
- shtick
- squat
- wondrous
- combustion
- stymied
- saunter
- scrofulous
- rancid
- pestle
- tryst
- hubbub
- scramble
- extrusion
- flummox
- flounce
- absurd
- scrimp
- cleft
- stanchion
- cadge
- mull
- tardy
- vacillate
- hankering
- shimmering
- truffle
- bramble
- genial
- divulge
- ruffian
- luminous
- aghast
- loiter
- drowsy
- glitch
- scamper
- tryst
- vestibule
- hugger-mugger
- skulduggery
- musty
- smidgen
- saunter
- caper
- bickering
- tatterdemalion - I’ve seen the word twice in 24 hours…although I’m not entirely sure what it means
- peregrine
- incorrigible
- shtick
- temper
- stove
- tingle
- calypso
- fickle
- gantry
- bangle
- stickler
- gizzard
- haunch
- manifest
- behest
- clavicle
- simmer
- laggards
- higgledy-piggledy - Which might be two words I suppose,
- trot
- ‘the vig’
- yonder
- effervescent
- jettison
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