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: Uglify

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Uglify: verb – to make repulsive or ugly in appearance; disfigure.

Sometimes, a word does just what it says on the tin. Uglify is an ugly word that serves its purpose in an exemplary fashion, don't you think?

'Jealous of Devika's apparent attention to her cousin, Girish decided to uglify her by throwing concentrated sulphuric acid into her face. He, of course, used the excuse that he was saving his honour by the action.'

24 October 1861 The Pony Express faced obsolescence due to the first transmission of a transcontinental telegraph in the USA.