Words of the Day

• Accoutrement
  Accoutrement [ac·cou·tre·ment] n. Additional items of dress or equipment, carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity. The General dressed for battle in shining accoutrements.”
• Vernacular
  Vernacular [ver·nac·u·lar] n. The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression. The idiom of a particular trade or profession: “In the legal vernacular.”
• Paradigm
  Paradigm [par·a·digm] n. A typical example or pattern of something; a model. “The economic paradigm was flawed.”