Today's word of the day: bruit
bruit \BROOT\, transitive verb:
To report; to noise abroad.
Used in a sentence:
The NY Times has yet to bruit anything that says Joesph Wilson lied about the involvement of his wife in sending him to Africa.
Today's Word of the Day: loquacious
loquacious \loh-KWAY-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Very talkative.
2. Full of excessive talk; wordy.
The juror on the Grand Jury for Congressman Delay's charge was loquacious when talking about the case to a local radio personality and said he had already made up his mind before he had even heard any evidence.
Today's Word of the Day is: toscin
tocsin \TOCK-sin\, noun:
1. An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm.
2. A warning.
Use in sentence:
President Bush should listen to these conservative's tocsin about the nomination of Harriett Miers.
Time to start a new category based on the word of the day from Dictionary.com.
Today's word: Pelf
pelf \PELF\, noun:
Money; riches; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten.
Maybe that's what Ronnie Earle used in argument to convince a Grand Jury to bring an indictment against Tom Delay, without any proof whatsoever.