Okay, admit it. The winter holidays have some of the most fun and interesting words in the English language. Yule. Dreidel. Mistletoe. Kinara. Advent. Eggnog. You can hardly say them without a smile coming to your face. I don’t know if it is because they aren’t “worn out” like the words we use for twelve [...]
One of the most fun parts of teaching English to students is by letting them discover figurative language. Figurative language is any speech that is not meant to be taken literally. Students in traditional classrooms and ESL classrooms will enjoy learning about three of the most interesting types of figurative language in English: idioms, oxymorons, [...]
Here is a little quiz for you: which word could be described by the following two meanings?? 1. A piece of open land used for recreational purposes 2. To maneuver a vehicle into a particular space If you guessed “PARK”, you would be correct! A word with two or more meanings is called a homograph. [...]
Triple A Words. Have you ever thought about them? In my opinion, they are often some of the most difficult words to spell. Probably because they don’t always follow traditional rules of English (which are hardly traditional, and made to be broken, it would seem). But words with three A’s in them are some of [...]
The last ten years have done quite a number on the English language, haven’t they? We started out by having to learn “blogging” and all the associated vocabulary (blogosphere, pinging, trolls,feeding, tags). Then we were on to texting, and this one REALLY blew our minds because we not only had to learn what SMS stands [...]
We English speakers like our words. Sometimes a little TOO much. What are some of your favorite redundant (and repetitive!) phrases? Here are a few of mine: I personally mutual agreement added bonus honest truth filled to capacity Feel free to share yours in the comments or via Twitter to @Vocabulary_Fun
Huh? Aren’t these words synonyms? Or are they?? You can play around with these and other synonyms by choosing “Opposites and Synonyms” in your next vocabulary game at Vocabulary.co.il
