Word of the Week: Chiefing

Our word of the week for 2/13/12 to 2/17/12 is chiefing.

The (urban) dictionary definition of chiefing is "A form of hogging or not passing something, for example, tree."  As we discussed in class, chiefing is a slang word that is mostly used in reference to illegal drugs.  However, we also discussed that the meaning seems to be broader, and that the word could refer to hogging other things, like food.

The sentence we created in class to practice the word chiefing is:

Man, stop chiefing and pass the greens over here.

Another sentence that was posted to our blog during class was:

When you spend your time chiefing, you are also killing brain cells!

Miocene period, Glass Castle, pg:60

potemkin. i see it on the wall in school every day.

Word of the Week: Anesthetize

Our word of the week for 2/6/12 to 2/10/12 is anesthetize.

The dictionary definition of anesthetize is "to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic."  As we discussed in class, an anesthetic is a (legal) drug that anesthesiologists use to anesthetize patients.  We didn't go over this in class, but anesthetize is a verb.

The sentence we created in class to practice the word anesthetize is:

The victim was shot, so he was taken to the hospital and anesthetized for surgery.

Another sentence that was posted to our blog during class was:

When I have to have surgery, I want to be anesthetized.

anyone hear any great new words during the Superbowl?

Trappin: when a person or a group of boys are posted anywhere

Word of the Week: Labyrinthine

Our word of the week for 1/31/12 to 2/3/12 is labyrinthine.

The dictionary definition of labyrinthine is "complicated or tortuous."  As we discussed in class, tortuous means full of twists and turns.

The sentence we created in class to practice the word labyrinthine is:

The road I was driving on yesterday was labyrinthine.

Another sentence that was posted to our blog during class was:

The directions for the test were labyrinthine.

Contemptuous, I saw it online

Addled. Page 27 in The Glass Castle: "...everyone thought she was addled except for Mom..."

Inimical. In a book I'm reading.... "The area was as cruel as any place the gods had made, and as inimical to men."

The Glass Castle map

Here is a link to the map that I made of the Walls family's travels in the Southwest: The Glass Castle Map

welcome

Welcome to our English 11 vocabulary blog! I can't wait for us to start building our vocabulary list together.
.Ms.B.