First Word of the Day for 2016: First-foot

Happy New Year! I awoke to a wonderful, appropriate new word in my inbox (from dictionary.com): First-foot the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New Year’s Day. the first person met after starting out on the day of an important occasion. Quote: Custom held that the most fortunate “firstfoot” on a…

Perfect New Year’s Eve Pasttime

Well, the word of the day is most interesting today, and certainly meant to coincide with New Year’s Eve. Flapdragon FLAP-drag-uhn\ noun 1. an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them. 2. the object so caught and eaten. Quotes Thou art easier swallowed than a…