word of the day Stories - SB Nation
Your RBR Word of the Day: cosset
cosset \KOSS-it\, transitive verb:1. To treat as a pet; to treat with excessive indulgence; to pamper. noun: 1. A pet, especially a pet lamb. After months of petty back and forth between several SEC...
Your RBR Word of the Day: pejorative
pejorative \pih-JOR-uh-tiv\, adjective: 1. Tending to make or become worse. 2. Tending to disparage or belittle. noun: 1. A belittling or disparaging word or expression. Though "bammer" is typica...
Your RBR Word of the Day: fillip
fillip \FIL-uhp\, noun: 1. A snap of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. 2. Something serving to rouse or excite; a stimulus. 3. A trivial addition; an embellishment. transitive...
Your RBR Word of the Day: satiety
satiety \suh-TY-uh-tee\, noun: The state of being full or gratified to or beyond the point of satisfaction. I think Coach Saban would agree that success must beget success. Wasting time on feeli...
Your RBR Word of the Day: fey
fey \FAY\, adjective: 1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin. 2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant. 3. Appeari...
Your RBR Word of the Day: pernicious
pernicious \pur-NISH-us\, adjective: Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful. While the offense gets settled, the pernicious power of the Alabama front seven will have to help...
Your RBR Word of the Day: exigency
exigency \EK-suh-jun-see; ig-ZIJ-un-see\, noun: 1. The quality or state of requiring immediate aid or action; urgency. 2. A case demanding immediate action or remedy; a pressing or urgent situation. ...
Your RBR Word of the Day: felicitate
fe⋅lic⋅i⋅tate /fɪˈlɪsɪˌteɪt/, verb, -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing, adjective –verb (used with object) 1. to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate. 2. Archaic. to make happy. –adjecti...
Your RBR Word of the Day: apothegm
apothegm \AP-uh-them\ , noun A short, witty, and instructive saying. As the years between actual remembrance and legend grow, memories of Coach Bryant as a grandfatherly personality that's alwa...
Your RBR Word of the Day: panjandrum
panjandrum \pan-JAN-druhm\ , noun: <!-- wotd="panjandrum" --> An important personage or pretentious official. With all the other problems that our government should be concerned with, it's goo...
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