The word of the day is designed to broaden our grammatical horizons. Nothing is more impressive than casually spouting off 5-syllable masterpieces in mid-sentence – except maybe really big boobs… Anyway, every day I’ll post a new word for you to work into daily conversation so that you can wow friends, dazzle coworkers and confuse blonde girls and frat guys, because learning is fun and knowing is half the battle.
 

February 16, 2005

Cacophony

Ca-coph'o-ny: n. "A combination of discordant sounds."

I can't think of a more perfect example of a cacophony than if Ashlee Simpson were to perform a duet with Scott Stapp. I think a distressed killer whale and a fox who just got its leg caught in a trap could produce a better musical arrangement than those two hacks.

Beat it