Friday, September 19, 2008

Word of the Day for Friday, September 19, 2008

misprize \mis-PRYZ\, transitive verb:

  1. To hold in contempt.
  2. To undervalue.
Misprize comes from Middle French mesprisier, from mes-, "amiss, wrong" + prisier, "to appraise."
gaybie

  • the child of a gay couple. plain and simple.
"Have you had the chance to see Dan & Terry's gaybie? He is absolutely fabulous and cute as a button!"
Trivia
What is the second half of the phrase that most of us know in shortened form as "happy as a clam"?
  • “. . . at high tide”—although some say “at high water.”
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