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April 13, 2015

Word of the Day – Gloaming

Gloaming (noun) (literary) glow-ming (the gloaming) Twilight: Dusk. I first encountered 'The Gloaming' reading a…

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April 11, 2015

Word of the Day – Overmorrow

Overmorrow (noun) (obs) (archaic) (biblical) o-ver-mor-row The day after tomorrow. This archaic and now obsolete…

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Discussion and Recommendations Word of the Day

April 10, 2015

26 of your Favourite Words

Over on Facebook last week I asked everyone to tell us what their favourite word…

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Language Word of the Day

March 30, 2015

Word of the Day – Tmesis

Tmesis (noun) t-mi-sis The separation of parts of a compound word by an intervening word…

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March 28, 2015

Word of the Day – Cwts

Cwts (accepted anglicised cwtch/cwtsh)(noun)(Welsh) koo-ch A small safe storage space/a hug. Originally cwt, a gap;…

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March 21, 2015

Word of the Day – Vellichor

Vellichor (noun) (literary) vell-ik-or The strange wistfulness of a used bookshop. Bookshops are somehow infused…

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March 15, 2015

Word of the Day – Miasma

Miasma (noun) (literary) Me-azma An unpleasant or unhealthy odour or vapour, or more metaphorically an…

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March 13, 2015

Word of the Day: Triskaidekaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia (noun) tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh With the second Friday 13th in as many months, this is a…

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March 11, 2015

Word of the Day: Paraprosdokian

Paraprosdokian (noun) pa-re-prahz-dok-i-en A way of speaking where the second half of a sentence changes…

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March 7, 2015

Word of the Day – Weltschmerz

Weltschmerz (noun) (German) velt-shmurts From German, translates literally as 'World Pain' (more…)

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