A gowk and his gowd are soon parted.
► Photos of the Week:
► Photos of the Week:
⚛ Units of the Week
Gopik: a monetary unit of Azerbaijan
Gourde: a monetary unit of Haiti
Gram/gramme: a unit of mass and weight
Granule: a small particle
Grapheme: a unit of a writing system
Graviton: a hypothetical particle
Groat: an old English coin
Groschen: a formerly used Austrian coin
Grosz: a Polish coin
Guarani: a monetary unit of Paraguay
Guilder: a monetary unit of the Netherlands
Guinea: a formerly used British coin
Hadron: an elementary particle
Haet: a small amount
Halala: a Saudi Arabian coin
Haler: a coin of the Czech Republic
Hantle: a large amount
Hao: a monetary unit of Vietnam
Note: obviously I'm a little biased and inconsistent when it comes to these units. I like physics more than chemistry, so I'm listing all of the particles while skipping most of the elements. I'm also not including terms of the family unit (gramps, for example). You gotta draw the line somewhere, but the way we organize systems and ascribe is pretty darn fascinating.
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Goral: a goat antelope
Gorgon: an ugly woman (hey, what about an ugly man!)
Gowd: gold
Gowk: a fool
Gox: gaseous oxygen
Gracioso: a clown in Spanish comedy (not to be confused with grazioso: graceful in style)
Graymail: pressure on an official to reveal sensitive information
Gremmie: an inexperienced surfer
Grody: sleazy (brought back memories from the ’90s)
Grok: to understand intuitively (“Don’t worry, I grok it.”)
Groyne: a structure built to protect a shore from erosion (A funny word for a really important structure that landowners in the Marshall Islands can use to preserve what little land they have—I edited and typeset a brochure on coral preservation once, so I know more about groynes than I ever thought I would)
Gruntle: to put in a good humor (hench, when one is disgruntled . . .)
Gudgeon: to dupe
Gular: of or pertaining to the throat
Gulfy: full of whirlpools
Gulosity: gluttony
Guy: to ridicule
Gynandry: the condition of having both male and female sexual organs (I object to the notion that we all fit in pink or blue boxes for many reasons, one of which is that there are too many cases where attempting to do so is harmful for certain people)
Hafiz: a Muslim who knows the Koran by heart
Hagride: to harass (Hagrid hagrides?)
Haint: a ghost
Hallux: the big toe
Hansom: a light carriage (gotta have the usual antelope and carriage showing)
Hapax: a word that occurs only once
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Gossipry: the practice of gossiping
Gourmand: one who loves to eat
Graduand: one who is about to graduate
Gramercy: an expression of gratitude
Grizzle: to complain
Grue: a shudder of fear
Guttler: one that guttles (eats rapidly)
Gybe: to shift from side to side while sailing
Gyre: to move in a circle or spiral
Hadal: pertaining to deep parts of the ocean
Hafter: one that hafts
Hamartia: a defect of character
Gopik: a monetary unit of Azerbaijan
Gourde: a monetary unit of Haiti
Gram/gramme: a unit of mass and weight
Granule: a small particle
Grapheme: a unit of a writing system
Graviton: a hypothetical particle
Groat: an old English coin
Groschen: a formerly used Austrian coin
Grosz: a Polish coin
Guarani: a monetary unit of Paraguay
Guilder: a monetary unit of the Netherlands
Guinea: a formerly used British coin
Hadron: an elementary particle
Haet: a small amount
Halala: a Saudi Arabian coin
Haler: a coin of the Czech Republic
Hantle: a large amount
Hao: a monetary unit of Vietnam
Note: obviously I'm a little biased and inconsistent when it comes to these units. I like physics more than chemistry, so I'm listing all of the particles while skipping most of the elements. I'm also not including terms of the family unit (gramps, for example). You gotta draw the line somewhere, but the way we organize systems and ascribe is pretty darn fascinating.
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week
Goral: a goat antelope
Gorgon: an ugly woman (hey, what about an ugly man!)
Gowd: gold
Gowk: a fool
Gox: gaseous oxygen
Gracioso: a clown in Spanish comedy (not to be confused with grazioso: graceful in style)
Graymail: pressure on an official to reveal sensitive information
Gremmie: an inexperienced surfer
Grody: sleazy (brought back memories from the ’90s)
Grok: to understand intuitively (“Don’t worry, I grok it.”)
Groyne: a structure built to protect a shore from erosion (A funny word for a really important structure that landowners in the Marshall Islands can use to preserve what little land they have—I edited and typeset a brochure on coral preservation once, so I know more about groynes than I ever thought I would)
Gruntle: to put in a good humor (hench, when one is disgruntled . . .)
Gudgeon: to dupe
Gular: of or pertaining to the throat
Gulfy: full of whirlpools
Gulosity: gluttony
Guy: to ridicule
Gynandry: the condition of having both male and female sexual organs (I object to the notion that we all fit in pink or blue boxes for many reasons, one of which is that there are too many cases where attempting to do so is harmful for certain people)
Hafiz: a Muslim who knows the Koran by heart
Hagride: to harass (Hagrid hagrides?)
Haint: a ghost
Hallux: the big toe
Hansom: a light carriage (gotta have the usual antelope and carriage showing)
Hapax: a word that occurs only once
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Gossipry: the practice of gossiping
Gourmand: one who loves to eat
Graduand: one who is about to graduate
Gramercy: an expression of gratitude
Grizzle: to complain
Grue: a shudder of fear
Guttler: one that guttles (eats rapidly)
Gybe: to shift from side to side while sailing
Gyre: to move in a circle or spiral
Hadal: pertaining to deep parts of the ocean
Hafter: one that hafts
Hamartia: a defect of character
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