Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Oddball Word of the Day

vox barbara (VOKS BAR-ber-uh) a questionable word formation or usage, esp. of pseudo-classical elements, as a Neo-Latin scientific term

(from the guide to MMMW, edited by Laurence Urdang)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oooh, boy, wait 'til Barbara sees this one!