William told me about A Word A Day at Wordsmith.org. A new word (and its definition) is sent via email each morning for incorporation into your vocabulary.
Here are my efforts from the past two days:
My day at work can be very banausic, but I have yet to become an automaton.
America's and France's efforts at rapprochement were destroyed by America's lactose intolerance and France's insistence at offering cheese at every diplomatic function.