Word of the day: Execrate

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Execrate: Feel or express great loathing for. Curse; swear. 
From: The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity.
I’m not sure how I’ve missed The Unwritten comic series by Mike Carey up to this point, but I’m very glad…

Word of the day: Execrate

December 09 Comments Off on Word of the day: Execrate Category: Feed, Tumblr

Execrate: Feel or express great loathing for. Curse; swear. 
From: The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity.
I’m not sure how I’ve missed The Unwritten comic series by Mike Carey up to this point, but I’m very glad…

Word of the day: monomachy

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Monomachy, from the New Yorker review of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning.
Defined as: A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat.
Amusingly, to get the complete definition from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary…

Anamorphosis: a distorted projection or perspective requiring…

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Anamorphosis:

a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to use special devices or occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image. The word “anamorphosis” is derived from the Greek prefix ana-, meaning back or again, and…