English words
| Word | Description |
When found |
|---|---|---|
| cartwheel |
ha, a translation of “handslag” |
01/11/2012 |
| a dead ringer |
a dead ringer for somebody/something - someone or something that looks exactly like someone or something else |
01/05/2012 |
| zany |
ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish. |
12/15/2011 |
| rodeo drive |
Famous street in Beverley Hills, CA with high end fashion shopping. |
12/14/2011 |
| efficacious |
having the power to produce a desired effect “Effective,” and “effectual” are synonyms of “efficacious,” but each of these words has a slightly different connotation. “Efficacious” suggests possession of a special quality or virtue that makes it possible to achieve a result (“a detergent that is efficacious in removing grease”). “Effective” stresses the power to produce or the actual production of a particular effect (“an effective rebuttal”), while “effectual” suggests the accomplishment of a desired result, especially as viewed after the fact (“measures taken to reduce underage drinking have proved effectual”). |
11/09/2011 |
| murder of crows |
The collective noun for crows is… murder. a murder of crows |
10/07/2011 |
| wheelhouse |
In baseball jargon: The sweet spot of a baseball player’s strike zone where the most power and strength can be utilized. If a pitch is right in your wheelhouse it is right where you want it, in the spot where you have the best chance of hitting it well. |
09/30/2011 |
| mulligan |
A do-over. Surprising that I haven’t come across this word before. |
09/12/2011 |
| approbation |
official approval |
08/06/2011 |
| Robert's Rules of Order |
Robert’s Rules of Order (RONR) is the short title of a book containing rules of order intended to be adopted as a parliamentary authority for use by a deliberative assembly written by Brig. Gen. Henry Martyn Robert. (Wikipedia) |
07/13/2011 |
| moxibustion | 12/26/2010 | |
| sandbagging |
Deceiving someone by pretending to be weak. |
11/18/2010 |
| crushing it |
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crushing%20it Being in severe shape, looking good, being better than others, looking hot, feeling positive, having more than others, having relations with other attractive people, generally serving well |
09/29/2010 |
| As easy as falling off a log |
as easy as pie / a piece of cake, no sweat |
05/03/2010 |
| spring chicken |
new kid on the block |
03/25/2010 |
| doing donuts |
car on ice |
02/02/2010 |
| drive shaft |
A drive shaft is a mechanical component for transmitting torque and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drive train that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them. |
01/28/2010 |
| desiccated |
To dry (for example coconut) |
08/24/2009 |
| samovar |
A samovar (Russian: самовар, pronounced [səmɐˈvar] ( listen); literally “self-boiler”) is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia. |
07/28/2009 |
| jalopy |
Jalopy is an old, decrepit, unreliable and often nonfunctional car which has limited mechanical abilities and is often in an unmaintained and often in a rusty or dented shape. A jalopy is not a well kept antique car, but a car which is mostly rundown or beaten up. |
07/25/2009 |
| sod | 07/06/2009 | |
| pinch an inch |
Indicates whether or not a person has a lot of body fat. http://www.weight-loss-i.com/weight-control/body-fat-test-pinch-inch.htm |
07/02/2009 |
| thresher |
A thresher, or threshing machine, is an antique machine that was used to thresh grain. Modern day variant: combine. |
06/28/2009 |
| smock |
Shirt or under dress. |
06/28/2009 |
| scuttlebutt |
Scuttlebutt means water fountain or, in Navy slang, a rumour or gossip. The term is identical to the iconic colloquial concept of a water cooler in an office setting, that at regular times becomes the locus of congregation and casual discussion. Water for immediate consumption on a sailing ship was conventionally stored in a scuttled butt: a butt (cask or small barrel) which had been scuttled by making a hole in it so the water could be withdrawn. Since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scuttlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became Navy slang for gossip or rumors. |
06/06/2009 |
