Monday, March 30, 2015

Today's words

amphibology \am-fuh-BAH-luh-jee\ - a sentence or phrase that can be interpreted in more than one way
A lovely new word. I will be using this one!
persiflage \PER-suh-flahzh\ - frivolous bantering talk : light raillery
I doubt I'll use this word when "small talk" or "banter" will usually suffice without having such lofty aspirations. But I should at least recognize it by context in the future. Remembering the French pronunciation will be a different matter entirely.

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