Jun. 10th, 2004

castalia: (Tea ala Bertie)
Oh, the joy of words! Today's word-of-the-day at [livejournal.com profile] wordsmith_daily is "embrangle", meaning to embroil or entangle. This seems to me an excellent example of a portmanteau word: two or more words smashed together to make a new one, a favorite device of Lewis Carroll. I love this word! I must use it in conversation.

The only other thing of interest I have to offer today is a quiz:

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