Words of The Day #2

So I have been doing a lot more reading over the festive season. One, because I have set myself the short-term goal of finishing two books in this 30-day period. And Two, because getting back into reading is something that has been on my agenda for bloody years now. In a simpler time, back before too many vices took hold, so we're talking uni and the say 10 years after that, I used to read voraciously. I had Stephen King, Clive Cussler, Richard Laymon, and numerous others, coming out of my ears! I am pleased to be back in the mix, and equally pleased to be increasing my vocabulary again. I consider a strong vocab' to be a personal strength, and remember being complimented as such by a Y10 history teacher at Cobram High, back in the day. 

I also remember that period of time where I had an iPad Mini, and used Apple Books. I read a lot this way, and loved the feature where you could click on a word you didn't understand, and choose to view its definition, right there in the reading app. That is a damn cool feature. Does it mean eBooks are better than the real ones? On its own, definitely not. But eBooks have other benefits. For one, they allow one to live in a bit more of minimalistic manner. That is a plus and something I would benefit from - but for non-holy grail books that is. Say my Steven Brust collection? Hmm, I think I am hanging onto that ad infinitum. So over the last week or so, three words came up that I needed to reference. They were;

I can relate, with both my boys being quite obstreperous on a frequent basis. It's not the kind of word one would use when admonishing such behaviour though - perhaps it could be used in an email to HR to describe a disruptive employee? Haha! That one I found in a self-help book called 4,000 Weeks. The next two came from the recently finished King short story book I mentioned in another post:

This is a useful word to know! Being a student of good English, I am aware of many words that have silent letters, for a variety of reasons. To now know that to elide consonants means to not pronounce them when speaking, is a nice little bit of learning for me.

This is also a useful word, which I can employ to describe a few people I know, without being insulting about how they approach life. 

I'm not sure if I'll continue this series or not, but I think it's pretty cool. It would actually make for a good YT Shorts series, come to think of it. Am I ever going to try to make my own vids? I am a good writer and speaker, so who knows? Mayhap I'll put it on the To Do list and give it a go sometime...