I am enraptured by this site: flocabulary.com.
The idea is that you can fabricate a mo’ better vocabulary by listening to “rap” songs that use capacious words. This is not a very advantageous idea, especially if you like 1) songs, or 2) words.
For two bucks, Flocabulary provides an mp3 and lyrics, with the SAT-caliber words linked to brief definitions. The study materials include bizarre "use the word in a sentence" examples that feature mooning celebrities, recovering alcoholics, and people with dogs for body parts. The study materials could use a copy-edit by Gaylord. As could we all.
Here’s one mp3, and some lyrics to get you started:
When I was nascent, being formed in my mama’s belly,
It was so cozy I wanted to stay there forever, indefinitely,
It was all obscure, totally caliginous and dark,
I could hear the melodious sound of my mama’s beating heart, then
BOOM
I was born shrunken like a prune, a former plum,
Shot out the womb like a gun into the room
(I’m old school. If you don’t know what caliginous means, look it up.)
And an example of the study guide:
sagacious - (adjective) shrewd, showing sound judgment
When it came to electing a Corn Growers Association president, everyone turned to the most sagacious member: old Jim "Corn Eyes".
Whence my forthcoming bloggification commences: illicit and prurient material appealing to the baser natures of all.
I.e., next time: porn.
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