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gregarious
Pronounced: grih-GER-ee-uhs, adj Notes: I keep thinking this word means “talkative”, but that’s not right Yesterday’s word The word tammany means “relating to political corruption” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1800s Background / Comments Originally, Tammany (also Tamanend) was a wise and peaceful Delaware Indian chief; he became known as the…
tammany
Pronounced: TAM-uh-nee, adj Notes: The word was slightly familiar to me, but I did not know the definition Yesterday’s word The word sclaff means “to scrape the ground instead of hitting the ball cleanly on a golf stroke” First usage Our word came into English in the late 1800s Background / Comments Those of you…
sclaff
Pronounced: sklaf, verb Notes: Many people may know this word; I didn’t — do you? Yesterday’s word The word extrality is “exemption from local laws: the privilege of living in a foreign country, but subject only to the home country’s jurisdiction” First usage Our word came into English in the 1920s Background / Comments Our…
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