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  1. 3 uur geleden

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

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  2. 8 uur geleden

    Good morning! Today's is 'cachinnate'

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  3. 22 uur geleden

    ‘Zoomorphic’ is the

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  4. 9 dec.

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

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    9 dec.

    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.

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  6. 9 dec.

    Good morning! Today's is 'zoomorphic'

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  7. 9 dec.

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

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  8. 9 dec.

    Stephen's right.

    A hot dog is not a sandwich according to Judge , vehemently disagrees.
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  9. 9 dec.

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

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  10. 8 dec.

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

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  11. 8 dec.

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

    When is the word of the year being announced?!
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  12. 8 dec.

    'Wend' is the

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    8 dec.

    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?])
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  14. 8 dec.

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

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  15. 8 dec.

    Good morning! Today's is 'wend'

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  16. 8 dec.

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

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  17. 7 dec.

    For your party-planning needs this season.

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  18. 7 dec.

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

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  19. 7 dec.

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

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  20. 7 dec.

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

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