Sybil's Big-A Word

Sybil’s Big-A Word this week is Amaxophobia. As usual Tom and Guy guessed wrong, like not even close to being correct. Tom guessed it’s a fear of IMAX movies, and Guy thought it was why Trump is trying to build the wall. But, it’s actually a noun meaning,”the fear of being or riding in a […]

Today’s word is one that Sybil says most of us will never use in regular conversation. The word is usufruct, and it has nothing to do with freckles or fraternities. Usufruct is a legal term meaning “the right to enjoy the use and advantages of another’s property short of the destruction or waste of its […]

This weeks word was taken from “the book of Huggy Lowdown,” after he stumbled over it. The word is degradation. It’s not the “undoing” of segregation, it actually has nothing to do with segregation. Sybil says a lot of people of high regard and character view rap music as the “degradation” or the decline of […]

This week’s word is cynosure. Though it may sound like it, it is not a medication and it has nothing to do with your sinuses. So, as usual both Tom and Guy were wrong! Cynosure is a noun and it is a person or thing that’s the center of attention or adoration. For example, Tyler Perry […]

Sybil’s word this week is funambulism. The word has nothing to do with football fumbles but Guy thought it might be what the Rams did yesterday with all of their fumbles. The word funambulism is a noun meaning a show especially of mental agility. Sybil says that the TJMS comedians demonstrate the art of funambulism.

This week’s word is Coulrophobia. Tom is pretty confident that it’s someone who wants to be cool. But, Guy thinks it’s someone who is intimidating because they’re so cool. But, it’s a noun describing someone with an abnormal fear of clowns. Sybil insists that she didn’t pick this word because of what’s going on in […]

This weeks word is Quagmire. Once again both Guy and Tom are way off with their guesses. Tom thinks it’s “when you admire a quag,” and Guy guesses it’s “Oscar Meyer’s sister.” It’s a noun that means “something mixed up or a troubled situation.” Sybil’s example is that “The Trump administration is a Quagmire.”  

This week’s word came to Sybil while she was watching the Brian Banks movie. The word is, Pertinacious. Guy guesses that it means being nervous to meet or speak with someone, but that’s not it. Tom however, guesses correctly; he guesses that it means being tenacious. Pertinacious is an adjective meaning “holding firmly to an […]

Today’s Big-A Word is, excoriate. Tom’s guess is that it’s similar to getting a facial, “you go to the spa and get excoriated,” he says. Guy believes it describes a woman who dated a man named Cory but then made him her ex. Shockingly they’re both on the right track. Excoriate is a verb meaning, […]

Today’s Big-A Word is very relevant to today’s climate. The word is Xenophobia has nothing to do with fear of the warrior princess. The word goes back to the ancient Greeks and it is the fear or hatred of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange. For example, Donald Trump exhibits xenophobia. HEAD […]

This weeks word is a big one that you’ve probably never heard in casual conversation. The word is zeitgeist. Tom guesses that it’s a nasty disease that smells bad when it gets bad. Roy Wood Jr feels like a zeitgeist is “a person who studies the art of Ziety,” but he doesn’t know what Ziety […]

Sybil picked this weeks word with the Fourth of July and the Essence Festival in New Orleans in mind. This weeks word is lagniappe. Guy thinks it’s a lanyard for your lap…he was wrong. A lagniappe is, “a bonus or an extra gift.” For example, if you buy a dozen donuts and you get one […]