Playing with Words
"I have only words to play with" ~Nabokov
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Word of The Day
Time with
my family made me think of this word. Can't imagine why:
Wisenheimer
Main Entry:
wi·sen·hei·mer
Variant(s):
also
wei·sen·hei·mer
\
ˈ
wī-z
ə
n-
ˌ
hī-mər\
Function:
noun
Smart Aleck
Etymology:
2
wise
+
-enheimer
(as in family names such as
Guggenheimer, Oppenheimer
)
Date:
1904
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