Word of the day...and a half

sesquipedalian - ah, the illustration of irony. The definition: someone who uses long words.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sesquipedalian


I particularly appreciate the origin. From a word etymology site, Etymonline.com:

1615, from L. sesquipedalia verba "words a foot-and-a-half long," in
Horace's "Ars Poetica" (97), nicely illustrating the thing he is criticizing,
from sesqui- "half as much again" (see sesquicentennial)
+ pes "foot" (see foot)

Chicago Summer Festivals

Check the Metromix 2007 Festival Guide for things to do in Chicago this summer:

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/events/festivals/summer/mmx-festivalguidefront,1,2491012.htmlstory?coll=mmx-ctmmx


You could also visit the Garfield Park Conservatory for one of the Flower Shows or the Garfield Market Place. Although I've lived in the Garfield Park area for almost five years, I haven't been inside the Conservatory, but I have been to the market.