
I've always been a bit of a word geek. I'm addicted to cryptic crosswords, I love a bad pun or spoonerism, and I subscribe to Word-A-Day. I think it all started with my dad reading strange random words from the dictionary and telling us the definitions when I was a kid. For instance, next time you call someone a 'cretin' be aware that the specific meaning is 'deformed idiot of a kind found esp. in Alpine valleys'. So, be sure you're in an Alpine valley next time you use that one.
In any case, Polly M. Law, an artist in New York, has taken a handful of obscure words and made some quirky illustrations out of them. You can check them out here.