- Word of the Day: Canard | Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 6, 2020 is: 2 : an airplane with horizontal stabilizing and control surfaces in front of supporting surfaces; also : a small airfoil in front of the wing of an aircraft that can increase the aircraft's performance
- Word of the Day: Stentorian | Merriam-Webster
I wasn't expecting a MacArthur grant But what I expected even less … was that the not-touching part of my line would eventually be part of a stentorian, global prescription to combat COVID-19 " — Gina Barreca, The Bedford (Pennsylvania) Gazette, 23 Mar 2020
- Word of the Day: Candidate | Merriam-Webster
"No modern presidential election has been decided by campaign spending That is because both candidates always have enough cash to achieve the single main point of it: near-universal name recognition among voters in the dozen or fewer swing states that determine the outcome " — The Economist, 19 Sept 2020
- Word of the Day: Malapropism | Merriam-Webster
May 17, 2020 | humorous misuse of a word or phrase Mrs Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals, was known for her verbal blunders 'He is the very pine-apple of politeness,'
- Word of the Day: Contestation | Merriam-Webster
: controversy, debate contestation in Context The book examines how political contestation has changed in recent decades "But the First World War took a heavy toll on Britain… The war also gave rise to contestations of British rule in countries such as India and Iraq " — Louis A Delvoie, The Owen Sound (Ontario, Canada) Sun Times, 11 Dec 2020
- Word of the Day: Pejorative | Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 29, 2020 is: Embed this player on your website using the snippet below
- Word of the Day: Harangue | Merriam-Webster
That's why the cameras and notebooks are usually in heavy supply for Sherman, whose skill as a crafty defender is accentuated by his proficiency as one of the NFL's deepest thinkers " — Jarrett Bell, USA Today, 29 Jan 2020
- Word of the Day: Sound | Merriam-Webster
" Social distancing, where people are advised to stay at least 6 feet apart, was sound advice when the idea was put forth during the pandemic's early days It remains sound advice now, and will continue to be sound advice in the days ahead " — The Times, 7 May 2020
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