Month: June 2020

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day & week – June 19

    Word of the day whodunit divagate bellwether null harangue conflate stalwart Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: pundit dot remake meanders spirited briskly lair deck contempt dues alike loquacious cornerback retort accentuated serviceable twigs sundry beak pliable wedged Words of the week classified Juneteenth Originalist Arbitrary and capricious…

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day & week – June 12

    Word of the day capricious advocate gest lissome troubadour vilipend fictitious Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: caprice whim shudder hedgehog spine overlord climax stout ballad lithe nimble supple dazed cheapie courtly love folk music mystique damsel charger meister raspy heartland bard contemn dictum feigned in one’s tracks…

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day & week – June 5

    Word of the day gamut palmy stiction eolian compunction posture rendition Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: lowdown solmization bass staff dead load hard-boiled stick torque stanchions nitride stroke Aeolus sandstone bedforms twinge rut bucks antlers rift rendering stud clam chowder Words of the week Original article festoon…

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day – May 29

    The words: shaggy-dog xeriscape instigate homonymous longueur empirical assail Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: long-drawn-out circumstantial inconsequential punch line crisscrossing waltz mulch xerophilous perennial stalks tubular hummingbirds goad hoodlums dubious underhanded foment designation sack tabbed raider woful hiccups lapses sally quarrelsome infelicitous par citizenry so malarkey debonair

  • Upgrade PHP from 7.0 to 7.4 — WordPress

    WordPress kept telling me that my version of PHP was too old, so I upgraded. I basically followed this tutorial: Upgrade/Installation guide for PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu and Debian. Here is the summary: However, I ran into a couple of issues. First, Apache didn’t pick up the new version automatically (duh!). I fixed it by…

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day – May 22

    The words: bodacious malapropism exiguous disabuse neoteric cowcatcher preen Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: jousting horseback cockney strumming buttocks buttresses scanty petty skimpy obituaries revile newfangled smirk outfitted boxcar mashup lumbered barbs barbules uropygial hatched primping plume unorthodox orthodoxically quinolone arthritis erythematosus

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day – May 15

    The words: decoupage indomitable aggrandize flotsam pelagic refulgence stymie Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: lacquer varnish coach yearning bent castaway seaborne buoy merganser cormorant bait fish school juncture offshore peep faintyhearted burgeoning Poinsettia bracts hue vexing corridor bout crippled communicable variola smoulder fistic stressor

  • Merriam-Webster’s Word of the day – May 8

    The words: gratuitous politesse collimate lorn quintessence truckle verboten Other words I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about its meaning or pronunciation: legalese abstruse rife pen (verb) bereft shrill expound forebear s’more garner obsequious countrymen pulp sardonic worldly divorcee (pronunciation) illicit plea of yore effects spindly askew ruminant wrought racy alkalies bitumens