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Oct 16, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by pedigojr
Interesting idea from a Book, “Fuzz when nature breaks the law” Concerning so called ‘pests,’ “Rodents are a good bellwether. If people can be less cruel to rats if it even crossed their minds to be less cruel to a rat, then things are ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Oct 15, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by pedigojr
This item has a plural basis: palpebral: eyelid. From the Mary Roach book, “Fuzz when nature breaks the law.” ”Some part of me hopes the animal has been set free. Here Grant is trying to look round the side of the head and touch the side of ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Oct 11, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by pedigojr
And a laugh crepuscular: From a new book by the fun writer, Mary Roach titled “Fuzz – when nature breaks the law.” ”Deer are crepuscular, a word born for dermatology but in fact meaning ‘active at dawn or dusk.” ”In 2002, a North ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Oct 3, 2024Oct 2024

Posted by pedigojr
Two with the same meaning, stot and pronking: stott stotted; stotting intransitive verb : to bound with a stiff-legged gait From one of my favorite authors, Mary Roach in her latest book: “Fuzz – when nature breaks the law.” ”To spend a ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Sep 25, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by pedigojr
Valetudinarian: noun • 1. a person who is unduly anxious about their health. Sounds like me but not sure the word ‘unduly’ applies. From, of course Alexander McCall Smith’s book “Emma, a modern retelling.” ”My son, said his mother ...
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Uncommon words and their meanings.
Sep 20, 2024Sep 2024

Posted by pedigojr
Zeugma: A zeugma is a figure of speech in which one "governing" word or phrase modifies two distinct parts of a sentence. Often, the governing word will mean something different when applied to each part, as in the sentence, "He took his coat and his...
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