Stephen Bentley – Writer
August 24, 2016
The usual starting point of Merriam-Webster has let me down this week. It has an entry for ‘mither’ but bangs on about it being Scottish for mother or something like that. Wrong!
August 17, 2016
Unrequited is a word that is almost always associated with “unrequited love.” I have no idea what made me think of this word for today’s post in the series. It may be something to do with some of the books I have been reading lately 🙂
August 10, 2016
“You need to stop your gallivanting and do some homework,” is something I heard a good few times from my mother when I was a teenager. “Gallivant” is a word taken for granted. Even if it is in your vocabulary, did you know anything about its origins? I didn’t and I find that information fascinating and ironic.
August 3, 2016
Disambiguate is a word that sounds intriguing. #WordWednesdayFun is partly to do with my love of words, part to do with my love of ‘word sounds,’ partly related to increasing ‘word power,’ and hopefully helping the odd person learn a new word to add to their vocabulary.
July 27, 2016
Gawp! What are you gawping at? Marvelously descriptive and emotional words. Words to be said with feeling. Gawp and gawping were often heard in the North of England. An illustration of their usage is when performing a task that goes awry – imagine for example trying to hitch up your trousers in a public place. Another example is if caught committing some social indiscretion such as picking one’s nose or scratching the backside. The likely spectator reaction would be an open-mouthed stare. They would be gawping!
July 20, 2016
Gobsmacked is truly one of the great British words. Slight change of formula for this week’s post in the #WordWednesdayFun series. I am using Wordnik as the source*.