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Five Words from … Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History
12 April 2026 @ 3:42 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five Words From …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this installment, semifinalist in Esquire magazine’s Best Dressed Real Man in America contest and Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford presents in Dress Codes a history of the laws (and customs so strong they might […]
Five Words from … The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
16 February 2026 @ 9:00 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five Words From …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this installment, Roland Allen’s The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper provides a wide-ranging history of how the humble notebook became an indispensable tool for thinking. affordance “Conventional models of perceptual psychology didn’t accurately […]
Five words from … Mood Machine
28 April 2025 @ 11:06 am
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five Words From …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this installment, Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist explains Spotify’s influence on the modern music business, and how it’s reshaped the experience of both listening to […]
Five words from … Braiding Sweetgrass
17 February 2025 @ 4:21 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this installment, we learn from botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Robin Wall Kimmerer the gifts and lessons of living beings—asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass—whose voices she lifts […]
Five Words From … Otter Country
6 January 2025 @ 12:55 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this installment, we follow nature writer Miriam Darlington from her home in Devon, England, through the wilds of Scotland, Wales, the Lake District, and the countryside of Cornwall as she pursues a deeper understanding of […]
Five Words From … What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird
16 December 2024 @ 2:39 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this installment, Sy Montgomery recounts her poultry husbandry journey, showing us that the “chickenverse” is a deeper and more interesting place than we imagined. augury “The word ‘augury’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘bird […]
Five Words From … AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
24 November 2024 @ 8:25 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this book, Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023, explain how AI works (and why it often doesn’t), explore AI’s limits and risks, and outline where AI […]
Five Words From … More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for Enough by Emma Specter
15 September 2024 @ 6:25 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this book, Vogue culture writer Emma Specter writes about her struggles around diet culture, eating disorders, and learning self-acceptance doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Night Eating Syndrome “Night Eating Syndrome (NES) is classified […]
Five Words From … How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World by Deb Chachra
11 August 2024 @ 6:04 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this book, Deb Chachra, Professor of Engineering at Olin College of Engineering, helps us explore the hidden beauty and complexity of the infrastructure we take for granted, and outlines how we can transform and rebuild […]
Five Words From … Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth by Ingrid Robeyns
28 June 2024 @ 7:25 pm
Welcome to the latest installment of “Five words from …” our series which highlights interesting words from interesting books! In this book, Ingrid Robeyns, the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at the Ethics Institute of Utrecht University, outlines the principle she calls limitarianism—the need to limit extreme wealth. stagflation The story that most economics professors […]
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recline
11 June 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (verb) Lean in a comfortable resting position.
Synonyms: recumb, repose.
Usage: After a particularly stressful day at work, Paige was eager to get into pajamas, recline on her couch, and watch TV.
ill-gotten
10 June 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (adjective) Obtained illegally or by improper means.
Synonyms: dirty.
Usage: There is a proverb which says that ill-gotten gains never prosper, and the Prince found that the stolen ring brought him ill-luck after all.
wrapper
9 June 2026 @ 5:00 am
Definition: (noun) A loose dressing gown for women.
Synonyms: housecoat, negligee, peignoir.
Usage: She wore a faded old wrapper, and her gray hair was decidedly untidy.
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Wednesday's slang word of the day: womp womp
20 June 2018 @ 4:36 pm
My sincerest apologies for not choosing a Word of the Day in so long.Today's slang word of the day is womp womp. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.womp wompinterjectionimitation of a sound effect traditionally used in cartoons after something unfortunate happens to a character. The second "womp" is spoken at a lower pitch. Almost always used sarcastically to indicate that the speaker doesn't care. &nb
Friday's slang word of the day: delish
13 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is delish. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.delishadjective"delicious".That dinner was delish. &n
Thursday's slang word of the day: famously
12 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is famously. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.famouslyadverbwell. &
Wednesday's slang word of the day: bra
11 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is bra. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.branounalternate pronunciation of bro.Hey bra! Do you want to go to the store?See more words with the same meaning: friend, friends.See more words with the same meaning:
Tuesday's slang word of the day: cock up
10 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is cock up. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.cock upnouna mistake. Usually hyphenated.
Monday's slang word of the day: cracking to
9 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is cracking to. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.cracking toadjectiveeager to.
Friday's slang word of the day: get a buzz on
6 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is get a buzz on. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.get a buzz onverbto acquire a buzz. &n
Thursday's slang word of the day: get slizzard
5 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is get slizzard. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.get slizzardverbto become slizzard.Tonight I'm about to get slizzard. &nbs
Wednesday's slang word of the day: frosh
4 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is frosh. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.froshnoun - uncountablea freshman. &nbs
Tuesday's slang word of the day: going forward
3 September 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Today's slang word of the day is going forward. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.going forwardotherfrom now, into the future. Usually used in contrast to the near past, as when discussing future corporate plans.