Word of Day

Thanks dictionary.com for supplying new words to build my vocab. I decided I should start expanding my lexicon and this little online tool is going to help me do it. I'm starting out small....with one new word a day. Today the lucky word is.....

akimbo

  \ uh-KIM-boh \  , adjective;

1.

With hand on hip and elbow bent outward.

Don't know how to pronounce it? Oh. Just click the little speaker icon. Seriously, how sweet is that!

I was going to attempt to show off my new knowledge by creating several sentences but it's harder than I imagined. Attempt 1: "With arms akimbo, I will search for motivation to attend the last few classes of the semester." It's pretty bad....I know. So I asked Jeeves, "how to use akimbo in a sentence." Don't judge. Apparently you can have arms or legs or turkey akimbo (who knew?). You can also 'choose the best weapon to akimbo on' or 'wait patiently with arms akimbo.' I'm sure it's more information than one ever wanted to know about the word 'akimbo' but maybe it will come in handy one day :)