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@OpussDailyChallenge Ok my name is Molly, it's origin strange. Suits me to the bone. Christians view it as pet form of Mary and that she also turned the kettle off so no one had tea.
So, there's been a brief word-of-the-week hiatus, for no entirely good reason.
Does anybody on here read the Radio Times. Well, the "singer" Plan B had an article a couple of weeks back telling people not to call him a chav, because it's an acronym for Council House And...
exception, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.
Sourced primarily from Wikipedia. Humpty Dumpty was originally written as a riddle when it was first published in 1803.
It's word of the day day again-yay. Today's word is: 'Flapdoodle' Which is a word originating from 1878 which means 'foolish talk' or 'nonsense'.
I love cooking and holding dinner parties. At one point in my university I was cooking dinner for some friends. A modest meal by todays standards:- Spaghetti Bolognese.
Well we all know the police have a number of slang names, some include: Rozzers, Bobbies, Fuzz, 5-0, Filth and Pigs, to name a few. Well it's one of these that has always bugged me.
There is a two letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two letter word – it’s “UP.” It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we waken in...