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Early football fields were marked in a grid pattern rather than parallel lines, which led to the nickname 'gridiron' (previously a type of grill grate used for torture).https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/football-super-bowl-words/gridiron …
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#WordOfTheDay is 'prognosticate' https://s.m-w.com/37kDgBL pic.twitter.com/cHz4mmiMYw
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Folks, these were your words of the week.https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-words-of-the-week-january-31-2020 …
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#WordOfTheDay is 'fissile' https://s.m-w.com/2Qapo7w pic.twitter.com/C3K1zzNH0l
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'Perfidy': the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treacheryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/schumer-it-is-a-perfidy-20200131 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
'Drunkery' (essentially meaning “place where one gets drunk”) has been in use since the early 19th century.https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/even-more-drinking-words/drunkery …
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'Cheeseparer' - a skinflint 'Quakebuttock' - a coward 'Bumblepuppist' - a bad whist playerhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/noun-plus-verb-rare-obscure-insult-generator/ …
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"If you're partial to flat adverbs, you can take comfort in the fact that history—and the dictionary—is on your side. You may even decide to ignore the competing -ly versions entire."https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/drive-safe-or-safely …
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calumny blindside rube pandemic A look at the words from this last week of January:https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/the-words-of-the-week-january-31-2020 …
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Halo Aureole Moon dog On nature's light show:https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/history-of-words-on-natural-lights/ …
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We're running a 2-for-1 special on words today: 'Misologist' - one given to misology (a hatred of argument, reasoning, or enlightenment)https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/words-for-that-certain-person/misologist …
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#WordOfTheDay is 'macabre' https://s.m-w.com/2pbnFnZ pic.twitter.com/ElN7jKjsBG
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'Throttlebottom' (an innocuously inept and futile person in public office) comes from the name of a character in the 1931 musical 'Of Thee I Sing.'https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/people-who-are-bad-at-what-they-do/throttlebottom …
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Happy 100th birthday to these words! (Or, from the English language's perspective, these *children*.)https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-from-the-1920s/1920-2014-screenplay …
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How well do you remember all the words of 2020 thus far?https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-games/january-2020-words-of-the-day-quiz …
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A nice term for a cold time: 'Apricity' - the warmth of the sun in winterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/winter-words/apricity …
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Searches are spiking today for 'l'état, c'est moi,' meaning "I myself am the nation."https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/letat-cest-moi-20200130 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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