This week’s word is Perfidious. Tom guesses that it is used to describe someone who is “uppity,” Guy thinks it’s a small fit person. However, if someone describes you as perfidious it’s far from a compliment. The word is used to describe horrible people. Someone who is perfidious is untrustworthy and deceitful. HEAD BACK TO […]
This word just appeared in Sybil’s head over the weekend when she was driving and listening to the radio. The word is cacophony, and it has nothing to do with coffee. The word means “a harsh or jarring sound” or “an incongruous or chaotic mixture, a striking combination.” Basically a group of sounds that sound unpleasant together. […]
This weeks word is cernuous, it was one of the words that was used in the National Spelling Bee. The word is used to describe a plant that is inclining, nodding or drooping. The cause of a cernuous plant is often when it has a head that is too big and heavy for the stem […]
This week’s word isn’t that big of a word but it’s an old fashioned word. The word is, Fealty. It has nothing to do with baseball, strippers or having a clean room. It’s a noun which is an acknowledgement of loyalty. Tom says the Tom Joyner Morning Show has fealty fans! HEAD BACK TO THE […]
This weeks word is, bucolic. No, it has nothing to do with a colicky baby or a beer addict. The word bucolic means rural or pastoral views. For example, “a ride in the country often enjoyed for it’s bucolic setting.” Try using it in a sentence this week. Or, visit bucolic scenery. HEAD BACK TO […]
Today’s word is gasconade. If you’re like Tom you may think this has something to do with your tummy not agreeing with that Mexican food you ate but thankfully, it’s not that. It’s also not similar to a grenade. Gasconade means “extravagant boasting,” like what Donald Trump does all of the time. HEAD BACK TO […]
This week’s word is a big one! It’s exuviate…and no it is not the same as exfoliate…but it’s very close. Guy and Tom were so close to getting it right that it’s scary. It means “to shed, cast off, to peel.” Animals like snakes exuviate their skin. Can you use exuviate in a sentence? HEAD […]
This weeks Big-A Word comes as a result of Jordan Peele’s Us. The word is, doppelgänger. Tom and Guy don’t even have a guess at what this word means; do you? The word doppelgänger means “a non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person.” Guy suggests that he and Morris Chestnut are doppelgängers…but he’s the […]
This week’s word is ectomorphic and it has nothing to do with eggs or ego waffles. The word means “someone who is skinny,” someone who doesn’t have very much body fat at all. Like Avant, who people have been pointing out he’s looking really thin. Are you ectomorphic or the opposite? HEAD BACK TO THE […]
This week’s word is a word that can be used to describe the Tom Joyner Morning show. The word is amalgam and it means a mixture or blend. One could say that the TJMS is an amalgam of talent. Guy gave another example, “Modern Family,” is an amalgam. Try to use it this week! HEAD […]
This is a huge word, does anyone know what the word abnegation means? To abnegate something is to give something up for the good of others. Monks tend to practice abnegation because of their religious beliefs. Sybil says we should all practice abnegation in our daily lives, it’ll help us become more giving. HEAD BACK […]
Today Sybil’s Big-A Word, is epistolary. What would you guess epistolary means? An epistolary is defined as a body of work in the form of letters. For example, in The Color Purple Ms. Celie and her sister had an epistolary relationship, because they wrote letters. Another example in pen pals, when you and a friend write letters back and […]
