Words Of The Day September 2008

Keep putting one foot in front of the other....

September's Previous Words of the Day

Callow = immature
Ex. At times you can be very callow and I want to pound you over the head!

Effusive = excessively demonstrative
Ex. Stop trying to play tonsil hockey with me, go be effusive elsewhere!

Caterwaul = to make a harsh cry or screech
Ex. Why do our kids decide to caterwaul whenever we’re on the phone?

Irascible = easily provoked to anger
Ex. Most employers become irascible when we break the new copier.

Obdurate = hardened in feelings or in wrongdoing
Ex. If he wasn’t so damn obdurate, I wouldn’t have dumped him!

Magniloquent = lofty or grandiose in speech
Ex. Maybe you should take it down a notch and not be so magniloquent.