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Joined December 2013

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 13

    Blimey! Apparently HH has flown past its 25,000th tweet... Thanks everyone for following along through 25,000 words—here’s to 25,000 more! X

  2. 1 hour ago

    A kitchen that is MEAT-RIFE is full of food or provisions.

  3. 3 hours ago

    In case you missed it... Today’s Word of the Day: DELIRANCY (n.) frenzy, madness

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    5 hours ago
  5. 5 hours ago

    The expression ‘‘That’s Exeter,’ said the old woman when she saw Crediton’ means to think your work is done then find more that needs doing.

  6. 5 hours ago

    Someone who is MEEDLESS is restlessly unruly.

  7. 6 hours ago

    SCANDAL-BROTH was 18th century slang for tea.

  8. 6 hours ago

    ‘A king’s cheese goes half away in parings’ is a 19thC proverb warning that a lavish, pampered lifestyle is often also heedlessly wasteful.

  9. 7 hours ago

    A LATRINOGRAM is a baseless rumour or piece of gossip.

  10. 9 hours ago

    A PIFFLER is someone who talks nonsense.

  11. 11 hours ago

    To DELIRE is to let your mind wander.

  12. 12 hours ago

    A PANSOPHIST is someone who possesses or claims to possess universal knowledge.

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    Mar 13

    CAINOTOPHOBIA is the fear of change.

  14. Retweeted
    Jul 17

    The earliest record of RYE BREAD in the English language is as the surname of a man named ‘Adam Rybred’ in 1326.

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    16 hours ago
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    Jul 16

    Exclamation points were once called "points of admiration". (h/t .)

  17. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    🌤️ And in a reversal of fortune, 'All their swans turn to geese.'

  18. 15 hours ago

    To DISPALATE something is to find it unpleasant.

  19. 15 hours ago

    Word of the Day: DELIRANCY (n.) frenzy, madness

  20. 16 hours ago

    A HEART-SCALD is a bitter disappointment.

  21. 19 hours ago

    To be DISPARADISED is to fall from happiness into misery.

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