Tuesday 29 November 2016

DISPATCH it, now!

Our Double-clue variety reflects the versatility of the English language as well as the fun in dealing with words that have diverse meanings depending on their usage. Here is one of the Triple-clue variety - DISPATCH. The popular usage points to sending away of some object hurriedly either as a mail or courier. One can use it even to mean sending off a group of soldiers. Dispatch's use in commerce pertains to a method of effecting a fast delivery of goods or money. 



Dispatch also refers to a piece of news that's come in as in 'Our war correspondent has sent this interesting dispatch from the war zone'. 

DISPATCH is our word of the week.

Wednesday 2 November 2016

Strife - Reflection of times we live in

The newspapers and the electronic media was agog with news of the internal strife in a leading political party. Strife smuggles its way to the headlines often and is commonly used in the body copy - its repeated usage reflecting the times we live in.
Strife refers to a discord but the range of this discord can be wide. From a quarrel to even the other extreme of having a bitter conflict or even a clash. In the corporate world strife refers to competition or rivalry. Strife is our word of this week. Those fond of gaming would be using this word often.