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Tag: Word Wednesday

March 31, 2021 Word Wednesday

The Poetry Fox

Welcome to Word Wednesday. I know I usually give you a “word of the day”, but today, I give you

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October 12, 2017 Editor Notes / Language / Word Wednesday / Words

Thursday Word of the Day: Lemma

lemma [lem-uh] noun In morphology and lexicography, a lemma (plural lemmas or lemmata) is the canonical form, dictionary form, or

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September 21, 2016 Word Wednesday / Word(Less) Wednesday

Word & Word(Less) Wednesday: Tsundoku

September 14, 2016 Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: Finifugal

Finifugal Pronunciation adjective | [fan’ee-fyoo-gal] Definition Hating endings; of someone who tries to avoid or prolong the final moment of a

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June 20, 2016 From The Editor's Desk

Where in the World is the Editor?

I’m going to be traveling this week, so the usual Monday Musings and Word Wednesday posts may be delayed. (I

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June 8, 2016 Books / Chained Libraries

The Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral

As a history major in undergrad, and a book lover for more years than I care to count, finding the

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June 3, 2016 Friday Fun / Literary Arts Series

James Thurber Cartoon: “I’m So Glad You’re a Writer…”

While doing research for the Give A Lick: Literary Postage Stamps – Humorists Ogden Nash and James Thurber post,  I wanted

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May 25, 2016 Grammar / Word(Less) Wednesday

Word(Less) Wednesday: Affect vs. Effect

May 18, 2016 Language / Word Wednesday / Writing

Word Wednesday: Words Spied

acroname n. A name that is the acronym of a longer name. [Deseret News] ambidisastrous adj. Equally ruinous or calamitous in two ways or

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May 11, 2016 Language / Science / Word Wednesday / Writing

Word Wednesday: Dord, the mysterious ghost word

The Mysterious “Dord”   In 1934, the word “Dord“ appeared in the Second Edition of Webster’s New International Dictionary on page 771, between “dorcopsis”

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May 4, 2016 Language / Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: Qualtagh

Qualtagh Pronunciation noun | Kwol-tog Definition The first person one meets (either leaving or entering their house) after the start of

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April 27, 2016 From The Editor's Desk / Language / Word Wednesday

Guinness World Records Words

Guinness World Records Words   Note From the Editor’s Desk: I enjoyed researching this so much that I decided to give

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April 27, 2016 Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: Sesquipedalian

Sesquipedalian Pronunciation adjective | ses·qui·pe·da·lian \ˌses-kwə-pə-ˈdāl-yən\ Definition Having many syllables given to, or characterized by the use of long words  Etymology mid

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April 20, 2016 Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis   Editor’s Note: This is the follow up to last week’s Word Wednesday, where I mentioned pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis beat out

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April 13, 2016 Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: Floccinaucinihilipilification

Floccinaucinihilipilification Pronunciation noun |FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn /ˌfläksəˌnôsəˌnīˌhiləˌpiləfiˈkāSHən/ Definition Estimating something as worthless. Etymology Mid 18th century: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words

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