Tag: Words

Premier is the first in order or importance or position which is fitting for the first day of the year. Not to be confused with Premiere, which is the first performance of a play or a piece of music or anything theatrical. If you think life is one long performance, I suppose you could say…

HYPERBOLE Pronounced High-per-boh-lee for some reason. Hyperbole is guff – stuff that advertising agents and politicians produce to dazzle us and make us think something is what it isn’t. The more current word, Hype, is a shortening of the word. A load of exaggeration that is not really meant to be taken literally, but often…

Macerate Macerate means to soften something or break it up by soaking it in liquid. You can soak bread in milk and macerate it with a fork or you can macerate potato in gravy. There is a machine called a macerator which can be attached to sinks and toilets that mash all the waste into…