Word of the day (decade?): Oculogyrism

It means eye-rolling.

With thanks to Dr. Joseph Loscalzo, whose word skills have bolstered the Bee for a couple of years now, as a judge and as a word contributor.

Now, who can come up with an emoticon for eye-rolling? We have ;-) for a wink and >:-( for a scowl. How do we roll the eyes using the keyboard? Teenagers everywhere want to know....as do their parents, surely.

National Spelling Bee on TONIGHT

They're trying to spell lapies...

Here's a good article on the etymology of the word BEE

from noted etymology guru and word maven Charles Hodgson:

http://podictionary.com/?p=2101

If you have any interest in words for the sake of words, you will find podictionary.com worth a closer look. You can subscribe via RSS feed, which makes it quite easy (and keeps the entries organized and in their own neat little file--not your inbox).