Participation of NaJoWrimo

After my failure in JuNoWrimo, I signed up for NaJoWrimo, it’s a 30-day journal writing task. You can use any medium, pen-paper or any online journal or digital apps. For me I guess WordPress would be good enough. The idea is to write 15000 words in 30 days (500 a day). It starts 1st October, 2015. I have got exams, so I dunno how I’m gonna do but still I signed up, let’s see how well can I multi task. Wish me luck 😇 Continue reading Participation of NaJoWrimo

Word of the week (WOW) 27th September, 2015

Word of the Week is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to learn new words every week. To participate just make a post with your word and leave the link as a comment to Heena’s WOW post. Logophile /noun/ log-uh-fyl 1. A lover of words 2. A person who enjoys having an expansive vocabulary. 3. A person who loves the way words interact with each other to create sentences. First use: 1923 Origin: logo- + -phile For more new words check out Heena’s page Word Treasure Continue reading Word of the week (WOW) 27th September, 2015

Phobia-shobia

Like most of us, I too have some phobias. Most prevalent was my fear of darkness. This fear was unknowingly instilled in me. As a kid, whenever there would be a power cut, I would wander around house in the dark. Controlling me would be difficult, so our landlord’s sister used to scare me with stories of monsters that linger in the dark. From then on I was scared of darkness. As I grew up I realised there’s nothing called monsters but still there was this fear lingering around my psyche. I needed night lamps while sleeping. Even I’m in deep … Continue reading Phobia-shobia

Word of the Week (WOW) 13th September, 2015

Word of the Week is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to learn new words every week. To participate just make a post with your word and leave the link as a comment to Heena’s WOW post. Orenda /noun/ or-en-da extraordinary invisible power believed by the Iroquois Indians to pervade in varying degrees all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of its possessor  Origin early 20th century: coined in English as the supposed Huron form of a Mohawk word. Examples 1. a … Continue reading Word of the Week (WOW) 13th September, 2015

Word of the week (WOW) 6th September, 2015

Word of the Week is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to learn new words every week. To participate just make a post with your word and leave the link as a comment to Heena’s WOW post. Dalliance /noun/ plural noun: dalliances 1. a casual romantic or sexual relationship. 2. an action that is not serious First use: 14th century Synonyms play, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, recreation, relaxation, rollicking,sport Example “Jack was not averse to an occasional dalliance with a pretty girl” a period of brief or casual involvement with something. “Berkeley was my last dalliance with the education system” Origin Middle … Continue reading Word of the week (WOW) 6th September, 2015