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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Dec 6, 2019Dec 2019

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Spoonerism noun the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Dec 3, 2019Dec 2019

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Benignity noun a good deed or favour; an instance of kindness: benignities born of selfless devotion.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Dec 1, 2019Dec 2019

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Vicissitudes plural noun successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs: They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 year
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 29, 2019Nov 2019

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Corybantic adjective frenzied; agitated; unrestrained. The English adjective corybantic comes from the Greek adjective Korybantikós, a derivative of the noun Korýbās (inflectional stem Korýbant-) “a corybant, a priest of...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 27, 2019Nov 2019

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Postprandial adjective After a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy. The Latin noun prandium means “midday meal, lunch, luncheon”; the verb prandēre “to have breakfast or lunch” is a...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 25, 2019Nov 2019

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Horologium noun a timepiece, as a clock or sundial, or a building supporting or containing a timepiece. Horologium comes from the Latin noun hōrologium “an instrument for showing the time, a dial, sundial, hourglass,...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 24, 2019Nov 2019

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Copacetic adjective Slang. fine; completely satisfactory; OK. Copacetic first appears in the generation before World War II, in 1919 to be exact. It is a thoroughly American piece of slang, and all the citations of the word...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 22, 2019Nov 2019

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Usageaster noun a self-styled authority on language usage. Usageaster is composed of usage and the -aster, which is a “diminutive or pejorative suffix denoting something that imperfectly resembles or mimics the true thing.”
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 19, 2019Nov 2019

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Rhapsodic adjective extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic. Rhapsodic is an adjective form of rhapsody, which historically refers to an epic poem, or part of such a poem, such as a book of Homer’s Iliad, that can be recited at one time. ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 18, 2019Nov 2019

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Oppidan adjective of a town; urban. Oppidan derives from Latin oppidānus “of a town,” from the noun oppidum “town.”
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 17, 2019Nov 2019

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Simony noun the making of profit out of sacred things.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 16, 2019Nov 2019

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Chutzpa noun Slang. audacity; nerve.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 13, 2019Nov 2019

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Lacuna noun a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 12, 2019Nov 2019

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Gallimaufry noun a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley. It was borrowed into English in the mid-1500s from Middle French galimafree, a kind of stew or hash, apparently concocted from a mishmash of ingredients.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 11, 2019Nov 2019

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Devoir noun something for which a person is responsible; duty.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 9, 2019Nov 2019

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Strepitous: adjective boisterous; noisy. Strepitous comes from Latin strepitus “noise,” from strepere “to make noise, rattle, clatter.” .” Obstreperus is the source of a more familiar synonym for strepitous: obstreperous. ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 6, 2019Nov 2019

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Turophobia noun an irrational or disproportionate fear of cheese. As I am allergic to cheese (not lactose intolerant) I wonder if this applies to me.
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 3, 2019Nov 2019

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Obumbrate verb (used with object) to darken, overshadow, or cloud. That solemn interval of time when the gloom of midnight obumbrates the globe ... The Latin root of obumbrate helps clarify this verb meaning “to darken, overshadow, ...
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General & Hellos
Aug 12, 2019Aug 2019

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Happy glorious 12th, just be thankful you're not a grouse.
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Just for Laughs
Feb 23, 2019Feb 2019

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Memes R Us
Jan 18, 2019Jan 2019

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There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't.
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All Things Astronomy
Jan 14, 2019Jan 2019

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This photo was taken from the Glasshouse Mountains lookout, Queensland. Why would you want to live anywhere else?
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Brisbane Australia Hang out
Dec 23, 2018Dec 2018

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To all Brisbanites, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Brisbane Australia Hang out
Dec 2, 2018Dec 2018

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I check this every day to see if anybody has left a message. As usual NOPE. So I'll just say G'day to all you guys and gals, boys and girls Ladies and gentlemen and even those of you who haven't decided yet!
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Sexual Deviants
Nov 20, 2018Nov 2018

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I have just noticed that S. D. has the most members. Does this mean that, in general, we are the normal ones and all the others are the deviant ones?
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Nov 14, 2018Nov 2018

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Indupitably: meaning something that cannot be objected to as it is totally correct. Something that cannot be falsified. (A bit like me really :p )
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Sexual Deviants
Nov 12, 2018Nov 2018

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I wonder what you would consider deviant behaviour?
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