Tag: Words

SMIDGEN A smidgen is a small amount of something. You might put a smidgen of salt on your food. Learn a new word every day. Repeat it and remind yourself what it means at least three times in a day. Try to use the word in conversation or writing today. Get a dictionary and look…

CANARD From the french word for duck, a canard is a joke or a hoax. You might refer to the old canard that all Scotsmen wear kilts or that all Englishmen wear bowler hats and drink nothing but tea. Of course it is a canard that all people eat turkey on Christmas Day. Why, some…

FASCIA A Fascia is like a face on something inanimate. It is usually a flat area that can be decorated. When rafters stick out of a building, they are tidied up with a fascia board. The flat board above a shop where the sign is painted is called the Fascia Board. Learn a new word…