The other day I signed up for the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day email, thinking that these would be some seriously erudite daily words, words with seven or even eight syllables if necessary.
Thursday's WOTD was "hella" (Very, exceedingly; in an extraordinary or impressive manner. Also occas. as adj.: much, a lot of. ; first citation 1987), and today it's "skank" ( A person (esp. a woman) regarded as unattractive, sleazy, sexually promiscuous, or immoral. ; first citation 1964).
Posted by cradle at May 30, 2004 12:24 AMWhen these words start appearing in the SAT, you will eat your, um, words.