Monday, January 30, 2012

Word of the Day

The Word of the Day for Monday, January 30th 2012 is cacophony:

ca·coph·o·ny

noun, plural -nies.
1. harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails.
2. a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds: the cacophony produced by city traffic at midday.
3. Music . frequent use of discords of a harshness and relationship difficult to understand.

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