Guest post by Adam Broughton What comes to mind when you think of vocabulary? Words, right? But what are words exactly? We often think of words only as nouns, verbs, adjectives and so on. Or the very things you are reading right now and the...
cloak-and-dagger (almost always before noun) cloak-and-dagger activities are secret and mysterious, sometimes in a way that people think is unnecessary or ridiculous Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Cloak-and-Dagger’ 😏: These...
kibitz (informal) (usually either disapproving or humorous) to watch other people doing something and make comments or give advice about it, often in an annoying way Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Kibitz’ 🙂: What did you do with...
mouser a cat that catches mice Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Mouser’ 😉: Pincy isn’t just a pretty face, by the way. She is a mouser par excellence. 😍: And a logophile! Who ever heard of a logophile cat?! Pincy really is the...
flagrant (of an action) shocking because it is done in a very obvious way and shows no respect for laws, people in authority, etc. Two Example Dialogues Using ‘Flagrant’ 🙄: Chill out, lady. It’s not like I killed someone....
