|
| If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|||||||
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
May 23rd 08, 07:14 PM
posted to rec.crafts.textiles.yarn
|
|||
|
|||
ot Friday May 23rd, 2008 Vocabulary
Today's Word "bombast"
bombast \BOM-bast\ (noun) - Pompous or pretentious speech or writing. "Sain Flint decided not to run Amelia Lowell's bombast on the front page. Instead, he put it on page three." -- Richard S. Wheeler, 'Flint's Truth' Bombast comes from Medieval French bombace, "cotton, hance padding," from Late Latin bombax, " 
|
| Ads |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| ot Friday May 23rd, 2008 Vocabulary | angel_crafter | Needlework | 0 | May 23rd 08 07:12 PM |
| ot Thurs May 22, 2008 Vocabulary | angel_crafter | Needlework | 1 | May 23rd 08 06:31 AM |
| ot Thurs May 22, 2008 Vocabulary | angel_crafter | Yarn | 0 | May 22nd 08 11:50 PM |
| 05/20/2008, Vocabulary | angel_crafter | Yarn | 1 | May 21st 08 04:25 AM |
| ot 05/20/2008, Vocabulary | angel_crafter | Needlework | 1 | May 20th 08 11:04 PM |
Linear Mode
