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Word of the Day

April 24, 2015

Word of the Day – Hiraeth

Hiraeth (noun) (Welsh) Heer-eye-th A deep homesickness; an intense form of longing or nostalgia for…

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April 20, 2015

Word of the Day – Kummerspeck

Kummerspeck (noun) (German) kUm-ir-shpek Excess weight gained due to emotional eating. This went around the…

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April 18, 2015

Word of the Day – Yclept

Yclept (adj) (archaic) i-klept By the name of What a wonderful archaic word, and what…

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April 16, 2015

Word of the Day – Zugzwang

Zugzwang (noun) zug-zvan A situation in which the obligation to make a move is a…

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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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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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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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