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I like to learn new words. I recently learned this one:
gri·moire
ɡrimˈwär/
noun
a book of magic spells and invocations.
gri·moire
ɡrimˈwär/
noun
a book of magic spells and invocations.
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oh nice. this will be good.
i learned one on monday
fac·to·tum
\fak-ˈtō-təm\
a person whose job involves doing many different types of work
i learned one on monday
fac·to·tum
\fak-ˈtō-təm\
a person whose job involves doing many different types of work
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ed·i·fy·ing
adjective
adjective: edifying
providing moral or intellectual instruction.
adjective
adjective: edifying
providing moral or intellectual instruction.
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Can someone tell me what the **** a "trigger warning" or "microagression" are?
I swear, if PCU were released today it would be a documentary.
I swear, if PCU were released today it would be a documentary.
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Come on man
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I used this one recently and loved it.
reprove
re-prove
[ree-proov]
to criticize or correct, especially gently
reprove
re-prove
[ree-proov]
to criticize or correct, especially gently
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Wrong thread?Can someone tell me what the **** a "trigger warning" or "microagression" are?
I swear, if PCU were released today it would be a documentary.
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I'd say. He didn't learn those words, so take it to the Grinds My Gears thread.
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My favorite word that I learned was from O'Henry.
Philoprogenitiveness - adj.
1. Tending to produce offspring
Or
2. Love of offspring
Philoprogenitiveness - adj.
1. Tending to produce offspring
Or
2. Love of offspring
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I've heard this word before but thought it was just a synonym for "factoid"oh nice. this will be good.
i learned one on monday
fac·to·tum
\fak-ˈtō-təm\
a person whose job involves doing many different types of work
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You people need to read more Bukowski.
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You people need to read more.
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That is never a bad idea.
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You people need to read more Bukowski.
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waddy
noun wad·dy \ˈwä-dē\
plural waddies
Australian
: club 1a
waddy2
[wod-ee]
noun, plural waddies.
1.
Cowboy Slang, Western U.S. a cowboy.
noun wad·dy \ˈwä-dē\
plural waddies
Australian
: club 1a
waddy2
[wod-ee]
noun, plural waddies.
1.
Cowboy Slang, Western U.S. a cowboy.
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Not a new word for me, but I've always found Headline News' misuse of the word "factoid" to be both hilarious and sad. Hilarious because one would think a news organization would use words properly; sad because their misuse of the word has spurred many others to misuse it as well.
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mumpsimus /ˈməmpsiməs/ muhmp-suh-muhs
1. An obstinate adherent of old ways, in spite of clear evidence of their error; an ignorant or bigoted opponent of reform
2. A traditional custom or notion obstinately adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.
The story behind this word, which the Oxford English Dictionary dates to the 16th century, was that a certain old medieval monk habitually misrecited the Latin Eucharist. Where the official text called for quod in ōre sumpsimus (“which we have taken into the mouth”), this monk would always say mumpsimus. After a time, his fellow monks corralled him, showed him the prayer book, and informed him of his error. The monk—who was illiterate and recited his prayers from memory—refused to believe his brethren or their fancy book and supposedly told them “I’m not trading in your new sumpsimus for my old mumpsimus.” That crotchety old monk gave mumpsimus its definition: an action by a person, or the person himself or herself, who adheres to a routine, idea, custom, set of beliefs, or a certain use of language even after a irrefutable demonstration that it is unreasonable or incorrect.
1. An obstinate adherent of old ways, in spite of clear evidence of their error; an ignorant or bigoted opponent of reform
2. A traditional custom or notion obstinately adhered to although shown to be unreasonable.
The story behind this word, which the Oxford English Dictionary dates to the 16th century, was that a certain old medieval monk habitually misrecited the Latin Eucharist. Where the official text called for quod in ōre sumpsimus (“which we have taken into the mouth”), this monk would always say mumpsimus. After a time, his fellow monks corralled him, showed him the prayer book, and informed him of his error. The monk—who was illiterate and recited his prayers from memory—refused to believe his brethren or their fancy book and supposedly told them “I’m not trading in your new sumpsimus for my old mumpsimus.” That crotchety old monk gave mumpsimus its definition: an action by a person, or the person himself or herself, who adheres to a routine, idea, custom, set of beliefs, or a certain use of language even after a irrefutable demonstration that it is unreasonable or incorrect.
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Oh man thats a great one.
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There were lots of mumpsimi at the old site.
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Here too.There were lots of mumpsimi at the old site.
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I am convinced this whole thread is a ploy for slappy to laugh at us plebs and our limited vocabularies.
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Had to read this doozy of a word today...
inchoate [ inˈkō-it, -āt ]
ADJECTIVE
Just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary:
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bier
ˈbir/
noun
a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave.
ˈbir/
noun
a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave.
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Or the German word for "beer".
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*burp*