Word of the Day

[HPNFlyGirl]

I think we should have a word of the day.


Mollycoddle - n - A person who is pampered and over protected.

The child did not get to go on the airplane ride since he was mollycoddled by his mother.

 

[poadeleted1]

Sure, but why not obscure words that we rarely hear, instead of the words your addlepated great aunt might use, like mollycoddle. That's not so uncommon.


Try: syzygy Pronunciation: 'si-z&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -gies
Etymology: Late Latin syzygia conjunction, from Greek, from syzygos yoked together, from syn- + zygon yoke -- more at [size=-1]YOKE[/size]
: the nearly straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies (as the sun, moon, and earth during a solar or lunar eclipse) in a gravitational system