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Word of the day is ‘circumlocutionist’: one who consistently speaks in a roundabout way in order to avoid addressing a question directly.
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Hee!
In 1895 the New York World published a “list of don’ts” for women cyclists, including “Don’t go without a needle and thread”, “Don’t ask ‘what do you think of my bloomers?’ and ‘Don’t scream if you meet a cow.’”
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Word of the Day: BLATHERSKITE - a person that talks nonsense. -
Two adjectives from the historical dictionary for possible morning states:
panurgic (19th century): ready for anything.
ramfeezled (18th century): exhausted, befuddled, and overcome
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Word of the day: SLOOM (Scots) - a fitful, restless sleep
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From Dan Rather on Twitter:
I heard this Twitter thing wasn’t working for some people. Just came here to check... and it seems to be working for me. Oh well.
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Word of the day is ‘malace’ (17th century): a dead calm; an absence of wind.
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It really is thrill to hear him say your name. He called me during a concert and said hi Linda! I was a goner from that moment on!
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I really liked the podcast. A little bit scary at times but very informative. Though clays sponsor (a vpn provider)was a little badly timed
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It’s good! Aaand ny daughter got an appointment fora vaccine shot next week.
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Word of the day is 'ochlocracy': mob rule.
Other -cracies:
kakistocracy: government by the worst of citizens.
aristocracy: (originally) government by the best of citizens; later by the elite.
idiocracy: government by idiots.
democracy: government by the people- 1
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Word of the day is 'uhtceare' [uht-kay-ara, the 'h' as in the German 'ach']: Old English for 'sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worry.
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So sad!
Word of the day is 'sequaciousness' (17th century): the blinkered, unreasoning, and slavish following of another, no matter where it leads.
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Word of the day: TAISTER (19th century Scots) - to dodge work, to be lazy - as on the first day back from holiday
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Word of the day is ‘crambazzled’: 19th-century Yorkshire dialect for looking prematurely aged from excess drinking
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KALOPSIA
Seldom found in any dictionary, kalopsia fills a gap on such occasions as New Year’s Eve, Put simply, it is the state in which everything, and everyone, looks beautiful.
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Word of the day is ‘lucifugous’ [loose-IF-ew-gus]: ‘light-avoiding’. A useful adjective for all creatures of darkness and those diving back under the duvet in the morning.
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Word of the day: SNUDGE (18th century) - to lie snug and quiet
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QUAFFTIDE
A 16th-century word signifying that it was time for a restorative drink in which ‘quaff’ nicely imitates the sound of a long, deep draught.
It is defined simply in the Oxford English Dictionary as ‘the season for drinking’.
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A good one for today:
NEPENTHE
The drug in Homer’s Odyssey that banished all worries from the mind. In modern usage, it refers to any concoction that sends us to a happier place.
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Merryneum: the days that straddle Christmas and New Year,
this twilight period may seem to go on and on.
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