So I am trying to boost my vocabulary with the whole Word of the Day thing. I thought I'd share them with my HM forum peeps, too.

Today's word is...

Pother
Noun. A state of confusion, disturbance or fuss.

In a sentence:

Controversial threads create a pother on the HM forums.

I've created a pother with plaster and sandpaper.

Luke, I am your pother....

manumit \man-yuh-MIT\, transitive verb:
To free from slavery or servitude.

I am going to Manumit myself from this board......someday.

Yoss!

Verruca
Noun. A firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin, caused by a virus. A wart.

In a sentence:

At first I thought the bump on my butt was a verruca, but it turned out to be a really ugly pimple.

Paragon
Noun. A model of excellence or perfection of a kind; a peerless example

In a sentence:

Yoss is a paragon among moderators.