12/31/25 - Hogmanay
Hogmanay is not a pig resort but a Scottish festivity celebrated on the last day of the year. Children traditionally stroll about the neighborhood on this day asking for presents. Today's Good Word also refers to the gifts given or received on Hogmanay. More recently it has become a raucous New Year's Eve party in many Scottish cities at which revelers sometimes do behave a bit swinishly.
5/17/25 - legerdemain
1. Magic, sleight of hand. 2. Trickery, deceitful cleverness.
1/26/25 - notoriety
1. Famous, well-known or widely known, often in a negative or PEJORATIVE sense. 2. A famous or widely known person, a notorious personality, as a show with several guest notorieties.
12/22/23 - superfluous
Excessive, more than is necessary, extra and unnecessary.
11/2/14 - egregious
Flagrantly bad, outrageously offensive.