The word for July 4th is “Ultracrepidarian”.
Pronounciation: uhl-tra-crep-i-dair-ee-an
Meaning: Going beyond one’s proper province; presumptuous; out-of-bounds’. A person who gives opinions beyond his scope of knowledge, experience or expertise. A frequent collocation is “ultracrepidarian critic,” a critic who judges whereof he or she knows not.
Don’t you just hate those people. you know the ones. They come into meetings and [...]

The word for June 27th is “Tatterdemalion”.
Pronounciation: tat-uhr-dih-MAYL-yuhn
Meaning: A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing; a ragamuffin. An urchin; a scarecrow. A ragged fellow, whose clothes hang all in tatters.
Yellowknife, like any other city has its’ fair share of tatterdemalion people wandering the downtown core.
We live downtown and the area is usually pretty quiet but occasionally we [...]

The word for June 20th is “Stop”.
Pronounciation: stŏp
Meaning: A brief halt in a journey. To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end. To prevent the flow or passage of. To cease from, leave off, or discontinue.
Stop. A simple little 4 lettered word. A word we are taught the meaning of very young in life. So [...]

The word for May 23rd is “Rambunctious”.
Pronounciation: ram-BUHNGK-shuhs
Meaning: Boisterous and disorderly. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline. Exuberant; noisily overactive. Loud & energetic.
Rambunctious is a state that Traz goes into when he is really wound up. We have called it the Traz-manian Devil mode. Do you remember seeing “Taz” the tasmanian devil on the “Bugs Bunny” show? How [...]

The word for May 16th is “Quidnunc”.
Pronounciation: KWID-nuhngk
Meaning: One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows or pretends to know all that is going on; a gossip; a busybody; a nosy person. A person given to intruding in other people’s affairs.
Don’t you just hate the way some quidnunc in the office is always spreading rumors and unsubstantiated gossip. [...]

The word for May 9th is “Petrichor”.
Pronounciation: PET-ri-kuhr
Meaning: The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell. It is the scent of rain on dry earth.
Don’t you just love the smell left after a summer rain shower? That petrichor can be intoxicating. It makes you feel calm and relaxed.
Did you know that the [...]

The word for May 2nd is “Oojah”.
Pronounciation: ōō-Juh
Meaning: A thing whose name has been forgotten. A thingamabob, doohickey or whatchamacallit
Have you ever asked someone to hand you something but you couldn’t remember its name? You know, when your spouse turns to you and says “Hey dear, can you hand me that thing.” “The what” you ask. [...]

The word for April 25th is “Ninnyhammer”.
Pronounciation: (ni-nEE-ha-muhr).
Meaning: A simpleton; a silly person; a fool; a blockhead. An imbecilic, dull witted person.
When it comes to global warming, scientists and the American public aren’t talking on the same wavelength.
Most scientists believe that humans and their machines are mainly responsible for the 1.4° Fahrenheit rise in the world’s [...]

The word for April 18th is “Mulligrubs”.
Pronounciation: (MUL-i-grubz).
Meaning: A state of depression of spirits. Low-spirited. An ill-tempered person. Grumpiness.
After the events at Virginia Tech on Monday, the people of Blacksburg, Virginia must be in a state of mulligrub. Not just a dismal feeling, a full blown depression of the spirit. That state of mulligrub will last for [...]

The word for April 11th is “Lollygag”.
Pronounciation: (law-Lee-gahg).
Meaning: To waste time by puttering aimlessly; dawdle. To be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort.
I knew I hated this time of the year. The dogs go out and they get all muddy and make footprints in the house…WHEN they come in. At least Bijou. She [...]