The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two

From the creator of the popular A.Word.A.Day e-mail newsletter   A collection of some of the most interesting stories and fascinating origins behind more than 300 words, names, and terms by the founder of WordSmith.org.  Did you know: There’s a word for the pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell?  Petrichor , combining  petros  (Greek for  stone ) and  ichor  (the fluid that flows in the veins of Greek gods).  An  illeis