Some dandy words
I caught up on some AWAD emails. Be sure to play with the random word page.
skeuomorph: a design feature copied from a similar artifact in another material, even when not functionally necessary. For example, the click sound of a shutter in an analog camera that is now reproduced in a digital camera by playing a sound clip.
hypergelast: one who laughs excessively.
petrichor: the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
quidnunc: a nosy or gossipy person. (derives from Latin quid nunc, “what now”, i.e. “what’s new?”.
limpet: any of various low conical-shelled marine mollusks that adhere tightly to rocks; hence, one that clings stubbornly.
