Friday, October 28, 2011

Word of the week

I came across the same lovely new word three times in as many days. What are the odds? Will Self used it in an article about social mobility and then I spotted it in Edmund de Waal's The Hare with Amber Eyes and then I saw it again on YouTube (but this version by Grangemouth's finest is much better). 


Word of the week is empyrean


I don't know how I managed to get to this age and level of education without encountering this word, but now I plan to make up for lost time by weaving it into conversations and possibly even blog posts.

2 comments:

Macy said...

Empyrean?

Timorous Beastie said...

Oh, Macy. How awful. Corporate bastards, ruining my word.