Fish in a barrel
Word of the day
Term of the day
Yo se bien que estoy afuera
100

There's an elephant in the room

There is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about.


When a spontaneous conversation about swollen eyelids came up, nobody wanted to talk to Seb and address the elephant in the room

100

Daze

Make (someone) unable to think or react properly


After hitting my head this morning I was walking around in a daze.

100

Route

a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination.


There's no way you guys don't know what route means. How did this get in the list?

100

Noche

Night


Buenos noches

200

Scraping the bottom of the barrel

The use the worst people or things because that is all that is available.


With the dwindling supply of figures of speech and words of the day, Seb really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to put this together

200

Toxic

Relating to or caused by poison.


Every once in awhile, Seb fills Shiva's head with toxic ideas of Indian lumberjacks.

200

Inertia

A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. According to Newton's first law of motion, an object with a given velocity maintains that velocity unless acted on by an external force.


After a long, relaxing vacation, the B2E team had a hard time overcoming inertia and getting back to work. 

200

clima

Weather

300

Moving the goalposts

Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course.


We were having a contest to see who could do 15 pushups faster, but Murthy moved the goalposts and made it 20!

300

Myriad

a countless or extremely great number ("networks connecting a myriad of computers")


There were a myriad of better examples I could have used. But I chose this one.

300

Ruckus

A disturbance or commotion.


Wondering what all the ruckus was coming from the quiet room, the facilities staff found the B2E team doing push ups.

300

guajolote

Turkey


el guajolote es muy delicioso

400

Modus Operandi

A particular way or method of doing something, especially one that is characteristic or well-established.


When Vijay was in bachelor mode, it was his Modus Operandi to eat lemon rice at lunch

400

Placate

Make someone less angry or hostile (pacify, calm)


In an attempt to placate Murthy in his rage, Viswa started singing a famous telugu song

400

Incriminate

Make (someone) appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing; strongly imply the guilty of (someone).


In order to incriminate Vijay, Kousalya left the empty jar of peanuts in front of his computer.

400

miedo

Fear

500

Out of whack

Out of order; not working at full capacity.


At last Monday's team meeting everyone seemed out of whack because the room was so cold.

500

Mesmerize

Hold the attention of (someone) to the exclusion of all else or so as to transfix them.


Brie likes to mesmerize Seb with the ham shirt.

500

Tangent

A completely different line of thought or action.


Giving a presentation is difficult when someone constantly interrupts and goes off on a tangent.

500

empalagar

Some sweet food is too rich