Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Words

  • The Etymologicon

    As read by Hugh Dennis on Radio 4! I caught the last episode over Christmas and it was funny, and available for 99p for my new kindle, so I bought…


  • I learnt a new word

    I love new words. Especially when I’ve been looking for them for a long time. For ages I been trying to think of a way to describe those little phrases…


  • Online Etymology Dictionary

    Under the category of things that I love is the Online Etymology Dictionary. It tells you where words come from and when they were first used. With words that have…


  • Words: Ruth

    I use the word ruthless quite a bit and the other day I was wondering whether there was such a word as ruth, so that one could be absent of…


  • Overused words and extending your vocabulary

    Starting in the year I was born, Lake Superior State University has been compiling a list of words that should be banished from use. I feel there must be some…


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