Watercolor and ink illustration of Meera, an older South Asian woman with silver-streaked hair, dancing playfully and barefoot in her living room. She wears a sage-green wrap over a dark blouse, with one arm raised enthusiastically. The Pinterest headline reads “5 Delightfully Odd Words Worth Knowing,” with the subheadline “Including a word for dancing badly!”

Some Words Are Too Wonderful to Leave Unused

At some point, everyday conversation begins to sound like a meeting of the household maintenance committee. We discuss appointments, groceries, passwords, bills, and whether the washing machine is making that noise again. Useful subjects, certainly, but hardly cause to reach […]