Thursday, April 19, 2018

Today's words

From a cool Words at Play post (all pronunciations and definitions are informed guesses, since none of these words are listed on the site):

grawlix /ˈgrȯl-iks/ - a series of unpronounceable characters used to represent a vulgarity, commonly in comics

briffit /ˈbri-fit/ - in a comic, the cloud of dust left when a character or object makes a quick departure

plewds /ˈplüds/ - drops of sweat that are shown in a comic when a character is under stress

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