“… will be of great interest to web developers and programmers interested in geolocating data, but completely abstruse to everyone else.”
—The Map Room: Yahoo’s Internet Location Platform
“Abstruse” is a word? I could have sworn it was “obtuse”. Turns out the word is abstruse and I’m obtuse (check out the Word Tutor section of that last link).
“Abstruse” is a word? I could have sworn it was “obtuse”. Turns out the word is abstruse and I’m obtuse (check out the Word Tutor section of that last link).
interregnum
n : the time between two reigns, governments, etc.
I generally link to the Word of the Day from definr because of a good quote but this time I just think it’s an interesting word. There’s a period between the end of one two-year session of the California Legislature and the beginning of the next that there is technically no legislature. That there’s an interregnum.
“Primary schoolchildren spoilt at home can disrupt classes with behaviour such as tantrums, a report says.”
—BBC World News
I have two comments about this:
1. Duh.
2. “Spoilt” is a great word.
I have two comments about this:
1. Duh.
2. “Spoilt” is a great word.