This Week In Words (10-22-06)
Casket >n. a small ornamental box or chest for holding jewels, letters, or other valuable objects.
2. a coffin.
Gradulations >n. a joyful or happy exuberance of feeling as passed from one person to another. A congratulatory salutation which has associated meaning of the individuals having moved on or progressed to a new sphere. (From the dictionary of impromtu words as concocted in the Warr household.)
Hyperbole >n. exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Sesquipedalian >adj. formal (of a word); polysyllabic; long: sesquipedalian surnames.
2. characterized by long words; long-winded: the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals.
