Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Daft/sensible

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Daft/sensible: antonyms

Daft: adjective - meek, mild, humble, silly; lacking intelligence; stupid; reckless or wild; of unsound mind; crazy; madly playful; giddy.

Sensible: adjective - having, displaying, or deriving from good sense or practical wisdom; reasonable, judicious; of clothing and footwear: practical instead of attractive or fashionable; functional, serviceable.

'Danny was daft as a brush; he wore ballet pumps to do the gardening and wellington boots in bed.'

'Selina was daft about Michael and would wear anything he demanded of her; even her skin, in public.'

'Jeremy, on the other hand, was always to be seen in sensible attire; his sports jacket and brogues labelling him as less than adventurous in the fashion arena.'

'Oh, do be sensible, Patricia: you can't possibly climb the mountain carrying a sack of coal on your back.'

4^th December 1619 - America's first Thanksgiving Day took place.

4^th December 1791 - The Observer, the oldest Sunday newspaper in world, was first published in Britain.

Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Xenophobia

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Xenophobia: noun - a deep aversion to foreigners and foreign things.

'Your xenophobia informs everything you do, Robert. You see threats everywhere you look.'

'There are some political parties that, with their leaders, actively promote xenophobia in the hope of spreading their message of hatred of everything that isn't native to their own country.'

'Xenophobia, in common will all irrational fears, makes the sufferer more of a fool than the subject of the fear and hatred.'

24 Nov 2011 - ThanksgivingDay.