English has many synonyms for the word “big”. New words are added regularly to common usage. Of course, the well-known words are: large, huge, giant, great, enormous, jumbo But other words include: massive, ginormous (a combination of giant and enormous), …
Never heard the word “dongle” before? Actually, if you are reading this at home then it is likely that you can see several dongles if you look around the room. Have you heard the word dongle used on TV or …
As it’s now the time when many people go to see the cherry blossom at the Osaka Mint, here are some related words: Mint is a place where money is made. So, we sometimes use the word relating “lots of …
There is an expression: “Mind your Ps and Qs!” said angrily by someone when they feel the other person has not been polite or respectful. The ‘P’ refers to ‘please’ and the ‘Q’ refers to ‘thank you’. Why ‘Q’? Well, …
The word “whatnot” is used to mean “and other related things”, or simply “etc”. It can also mean “miscellaneous items”; and synonyms for this include “bric-a-brac”, “knicknack” (countable) and “knicknackery” (uncountable). Here is an example I saw today from somebody’s …
Like my previous word, unpresidented, this is an invented word based on an existing word. This time, there is not meaningful connection between the existing word, summarized (UK summarised) and the new word, summerized. Well, it means to prepare for …
The words “unprecedented”, meaning never to have happened previously, has been morphed into a new word “unpresidented”, meaning that a president acts in a way that no president has ever done before. It was used to describe Trump’s outbursts on …