Word of the Day

Presented below for your perusal are some previous winners of the Word of the Day competition:

• acquiesce v.
  accept without complaining.
• perturb v.
  disturb greatly; alarm. best used in the phrase: 'I was most pertubed.'
• cup n.
  small bowl-shaped drinking container with a handle.
• cupboard n.
  board to keep cups on.
• badger (1) n.
  nocturnal burrowing mammal with a black and white head. often forced to act as a slave for human beings, such as a butler or a maid or even a chauffeur after sufficient training. a number have broken free and educated themselves and have become successful businessmen.
• badger (2)
  word that can used in place of any other word as long as the meaning of the sentence is still known to the listener. can even be used to replace curse words.
• arse n.
  large growth on the reverse of the human body. often used to excrete bodily waste and to emit humorous gases.
• door n.
  handy opening thing that leads into another room. often mistaken for a jar.
• bob n.
  officially the best name in the world. short for bobbert.
• yomp n.
  hardy trek through nettle and bush. can only be done with a yomping stick.
• mill v.
  move in a confused manner - often put into practice by the WeAreAllBadgers staff.
• pah! n.
  exclamation of sheer disgust.
• mayhap adv.
  old fashioned word seemingly formed out of maybe and perhaps. same meaning. should be used more often, mayhap.
• peruse v.
  read in a careful or leisurely manner. the next word below is available for your perusal.
• afoot adv., adj.
  happening, in operation. best used in the phrase: 'something is afoot.' if there is a WeAreAllBadgers employee in the vicinity then he will answer with: 'a foot.'
• god (1) n.
  dog backwards.
• god (2) n.
  fictional all-powerful entity of no fixed abode.
• ho-hum n.
  much like a sigh - expresses resignation to a certain course of action.
• crapulous (KRAP-yuh-luss) adj.
  sick from excessive indulgence in liquor (not a made-up word btw - comes in handy as it is not technically offensive: feel free to utter this to the queen with no death penalty consequences).
• irk v.
  irritate or annoy. e.g irksome fiend.
• endofpreviouswinnersofthewordofthedaycompetition n.
  ahem, not technically a word...

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