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  1. 3h

    'Dilly' is thought to be a shortening and alteration of 'delightful.'

    15 replies . 79 retweets 269 likes
  2. 8h

    Good morning! Today's is 'cachinnate'

    29 replies . 377 retweets 1,048 likes
  3. 22h

    ‘Zoomorphic’ is the

    5 replies . 66 retweets 259 likes
  4. Dec 9

    Just eight more shopping days until Saturnalia! Are you ready?

    7 replies . 102 retweets 252 likes
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    Dec 9

    If this collection of hundred-year-old cat memes doesn't take Twitter by storm, then I just don't know who you are anymore, internet.

    46 replies . 1,550 retweets 3,199 likes
  6. Dec 9

    Good morning! Today's is 'zoomorphic'

    20 replies . 219 retweets 516 likes
  7. Dec 8

    If you pronounce it 'heighth,' you once would've been in good company. About 200 years ago.

    20 replies . 80 retweets 303 likes
  8. Dec 8

    Stephen's right.

    A hot dog is not a sandwich according to Judge , vehemently disagrees.
    36 replies . 143 retweets 642 likes
  9. Dec 8

    On the history and meaning(s) of 'presidential':

    25 replies . 147 retweets 361 likes
  10. Dec 8

    'Sin' is one of the rare words to enter the language over 1000 years ago (Old English 'syn'), but largely retain its original meaning.

    11 replies . 100 retweets 299 likes
  11. Dec 8

    Big announcement. This Tuesday. The Internet. Be there.

    When is the word of the year being announced?!
    73 replies . 352 retweets 2,090 likes
  12. Dec 8

    'Wend' is the

    3 replies . 41 retweets 144 likes
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    Dec 8

    This edition (the great revision of 1864 of Webster's Unabridged) was the first English dictionary to include engravings.

    Presumably this is illustration is an attempt at the "somewhat dingy" American robin, in R 221 DICTIONARIES WEBSTER 1869 - Webster, The people’s dictionary of the English language (London, [1869?])
    5 replies . 23 retweets 104 likes
  14. Dec 8

    📈 ‘Surrogacy’ is our top lookup after the resignation of Trent Franks.

    5 replies . 47 retweets 182 likes
  15. Dec 8

    Good morning! Today's is 'wend'

    15 replies . 199 retweets 469 likes
  16. Dec 7

    In 'dad bod,' the word 'dad' is technically still a noun. 'Daddest bod,' however, would make it an adjective.

    74 replies . 943 retweets 4,338 likes
  17. Dec 7

    For your party-planning needs this season.

    5 replies . 28 retweets 97 likes
  18. Dec 7

    Tenebrous Umbra Crepuscule Words for the goth in all of us.

    13 replies . 194 retweets 560 likes
  19. Dec 7

    'Graham crackers' are named for a dietary reformer who was twice attacked by butchers “for denouncing meat as sexually arousing.”

    31 replies . 221 retweets 436 likes
  20. Dec 7

    Our word 'skosh' comes from the Japanese 'sukoshi,' which translates as "a tiny bit" or "a small amount."

    19 replies . 259 retweets 605 likes

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