from A.Word.A.Day

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

Sometime later this year the population of the world is going to surpass seven billion (see 1, 2). This many people on the face of the earth has experts concerned about the demand for food, the effect on the environment, and more. But here at Wordsmith.org we are worried about something else.

As someone once said, we are all unique, just like everyone else. So where do you find words to describe all these people? We do our part in helping solve this problem. This week we’ll feature five words to describe various people.

You don’t need many words to describe them all because with just 33 words one can make 8.59 billion unique combinations.