Monthly Archives: January 2014

My New York Times Word of the Day: Obdurate

Posted on January 30, 2014 by msvoss

Headed to my dictionary today to look up “obdurate” used in a direct quote from Liz Diller, the poor architect who had to defend demolishing the American Folk Art Museum building before a crowd of 650 people, many of them … Continue reading →

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My New York Times Word of the Day: Forfend

Posted on January 8, 2014 by msvoss

                                         Nick Briggs/Carnival Film & Television for Masterpiece Gotta love Maureen Dowd for her vocabulary. She frequently sends me to the dictionary. And she did it again today with “forfend.” One can grasp the meaning from the context of the … Continue reading →

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