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  1. Appropriate for all of you enjoying a lazy Sunday -- "odd-come-short": an idle moment; an unspecified day or time. [Chiefly Sth, S Midl] about 15 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. It's Superlative Saturday! Wishing you the "outdoingest" weekend imaginable! -- most remarkable, most extraordinary. [Esp SMidl] 8:00 AM Jun 2nd via HootSuite
  3. Starting today, @wordsallover welcomes @eweary as the new @darewords tweeter! And thanks to just-graduated James Adams, Erin's predecessor. 10:45 AM Jun 1st via web
  4. Here's one to add to your repertoire of regional insults -- "cultus": bad, worthless. [Chinook Jargon] [Pacific NW] 9:30 AM Jun 1st via HootSuite
  5. We recommend the buddy system… “turkey-tail”: To fan out; to divide and head in various directions [sAppalachians] 6:00 AM May 31st via HootSuite
  6. Hoping for a bad harvest… “Winter potato”: A stone that is heaved to the surface of a field by freezing and thawing of the ground [WI] 6:01 AM May 30th via HootSuite
  7. leader: A downspout; also a roof gutter [chiefly NY, NJ] 6:01 AM May 29th via HootSuite
  8. Ever try one? “Stage plank”: A gingerbread cake or cookie [chiefly Gulf States, esp LA] 6:01 AM May 28th via HootSuite
  9. Losing motivation as the weekend approaches? … “kitty”: Not to care at all; “Go ahead – I don’t give a kitty” [esp KY, MD, VA] 6:01 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  10. Any of our followers used this type of yo-yo?... “Yo-yo”: a grass or weed cutter; hence v yo-yo, to cut (grass or weeds) [chiefly TX, OK] 6:01 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  11. Fans of @HistoryChannel’s Ax Men should know this one… “bucker”: One who saws felled trees into logs [Nthn logging areas, esp Pacific NW] 6:01 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  12. Chief Editor Joan Houston Hall, @wordsallover, gave the 2012 commencement address at her alma mater @CollegeofIdaho: youtube.com/watch?v=FCd4PT… 10:46 AM May 22nd via web
  13. They do spend a lot of time there… “knee baby”: a toddler [Sth, S Midl, esp NC] 6:01 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  14. For your Monday morning commute… “cowboy”: A reckless driver; an inexperienced driver (also “cowboy driver”) [chiefly NEast] 6:01 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  15. No, not that kind of bark (but, it’s related to that kind of bark)… “tree bark”: The bark of a hunting dog when it has treed its quarry 6:01 AM May 18th via HootSuite
  16. Streak of rust: a little-used or poorly maintained railway line (also, two streaks of rust) 6:01 AM May 17th via HootSuite
  17. Procrastinating at work? Trying to kill some time?… “Pestle around”: to putter around, fuss about [esp VT] 6:01 AM May 16th via HootSuite
  18. DARE is a… “Crackerjack”: Something that is exceptionally fine; someone who is especially expert or skillful [scattered, but chiefly Nth] 6:01 AM May 15th via HootSuite
  19. Happy Monday! Don’t pour that 2% on your cereal just yet… “Blue John”: Skim milk [chiefly Sth, St Midl] 6:01 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  20. Best wishes to our communications intern, James Adams, who is graduating from @UWMadison next week! 10:20 AM May 11th via web
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  • Bio The Dictionary of American Regional English. DARE has been housed @UWMadison since 1962. Vol V coming March 2012 by @Harvard_Press.
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