Archive for November, 2004

Interesting Words Vol. 1

Some words look or sound funny, and others just have interesting meanings.

Caterwaul - To make a shrill, discordant sound. To have a noisy argument.

Defenestration - An act of throwing someone or something out of a window.

Wagnerian - Of, relating to or characteristic of Richard Wagner, his music dramas, or his theories.

Malapropism - Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.

Vitriol - Bitterly abusive feeling or expression.

Conflagaration - A large disastrous fire.