Word of the Day
Yesterday's winner for their use of writhe in a sentence:
ShelliRae:
Listening to my boys fight at the kitchen table makes me writhe in irritation! (really- it does!)
Congratulations, Shelli! (And thanks for posting a sentence!) I think we can all understand!
The word: Deify (D-if-eye)
The challenge: Use five times today. Oh. and post a sentence using it as a comment on this blog.
The reward: Your friends will think you more intelligent and (more importantly) you will feel more intelligent. After all what greater reward is there than internal reward?! And. the best sentence will be posted and commemorated tomorrow morning with the next word of the day.
Deify: (definition from thefreedictionary.com)
tr.v. dei·fied, dei·fy·ing, dei·fies
1. To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god.
2. To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader.
3. To idealize; exalt: deifying success.
dei·fier n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights
And now... my sentence! I practically deify any man that does not see spending time with his children as 'babysitting'.
Remember: Post a sentence using the word deify as a comment. We will pick the best sentence and commemorate on this blog forever the person with the best. The winner will be posted tomorrow morning along with the new word of the day.
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