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The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Edition Deep Dive.
New paper dictionary arrives 11/18!
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New paper dictionary arrives 11/18!
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The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Edition Deep Dive.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary 12th Edition Deep Dive.
New paper dictionary arrives 11/18!
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New paper dictionary arrives 11/18!
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The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
November 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The 'lady' in 'ladybugs' refers to the Virgin Mary.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
First of all, there are over 5,000 varieties of ladybugs.
However, the first type of these beetles to be called a 'ladybug' had 7 spots which were thought to symbolize the 7 sorrows she suffered.
based | adjective | unconcerned with what others think
The slang use of ‘based’ is widely credited to Berkeley, California rapper Lil B, whose 2007 album with hip-hop group The Pack was titled “Based Boys,” and who counts “The BasedGod” among his aliases.
The slang use of ‘based’ is widely credited to Berkeley, California rapper Lil B, whose 2007 album with hip-hop group The Pack was titled “Based Boys,” and who counts “The BasedGod” among his aliases.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
based | adjective | unconcerned with what others think
The slang use of ‘based’ is widely credited to Berkeley, California rapper Lil B, whose 2007 album with hip-hop group The Pack was titled “Based Boys,” and who counts “The BasedGod” among his aliases.
The slang use of ‘based’ is widely credited to Berkeley, California rapper Lil B, whose 2007 album with hip-hop group The Pack was titled “Based Boys,” and who counts “The BasedGod” among his aliases.
We been here for years (1828).
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We been here for years (1828).
Bees??
The Middle English word ‘bede’ meant “prayer.”
People started to keep track of their prayers with a string of little balls.
We now call those little balls “beads.”
The Middle English word ‘bede’ meant “prayer.”
People started to keep track of their prayers with a string of little balls.
We now call those little balls “beads.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Bees??
The Middle English word ‘bede’ meant “prayer.”
People started to keep track of their prayers with a string of little balls.
We now call those little balls “beads.”
The Middle English word ‘bede’ meant “prayer.”
People started to keep track of their prayers with a string of little balls.
We now call those little balls “beads.”
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“I did not kill the president. The doctors did that. I merely shot him.”
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“I did not kill the president. The doctors did that. I merely shot him.”
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
—Charles J. Guiteau, charged with the death of President James A. Garfield, 1882
Let’s get into it. 🧵⬇️
‘Vacant’ means open or free.
‘Vacation’ means freedom from work.
Ok, time for a break.
‘Vacation’ means freedom from work.
Ok, time for a break.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
‘Vacant’ means open or free.
‘Vacation’ means freedom from work.
Ok, time for a break.
‘Vacation’ means freedom from work.
Ok, time for a break.
Angeln is a peninsula in Germany.
It is thought that a group of Germans called ‘The Angles’ left that area to settle in Great Britain.
People started calling the place they settled ‘Angle-land.’
This morphed into ‘England.’
We now speak ‘English.’
It is thought that a group of Germans called ‘The Angles’ left that area to settle in Great Britain.
People started calling the place they settled ‘Angle-land.’
This morphed into ‘England.’
We now speak ‘English.’
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Angeln is a peninsula in Germany.
It is thought that a group of Germans called ‘The Angles’ left that area to settle in Great Britain.
People started calling the place they settled ‘Angle-land.’
This morphed into ‘England.’
We now speak ‘English.’
It is thought that a group of Germans called ‘The Angles’ left that area to settle in Great Britain.
People started calling the place they settled ‘Angle-land.’
This morphed into ‘England.’
We now speak ‘English.’
Heads up: if you are describing a fox, there’s like a 99% chance that you will use the adjective ‘sly.’
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Heads up: if you are describing a fox, there’s like a 99% chance that you will use the adjective ‘sly.’
You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
November 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
The word is a vampire.
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The word is a vampire.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You didn’t hear this from us, but the Old English word 'sibb' meant “related by blood.”
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
This is where we get the 'sibling.'
And 'godsibb' essentially meant “godparent.”
Over time, it came to mean "close friend."
Now it is something we share w/ close friends...
'gossip.'
art | noun | the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
art | noun | the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects
which = 🤷♀️
witch = 🧙♀️
witch = 🧙♀️
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
which = 🤷♀️
witch = 🧙♀️
witch = 🧙♀️
The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
October 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
'Astronomers' is an anagram for 'moon starers.'
These are your words of the week
heist
brazen
facade
protest
hodiernal
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heist
brazen
facade
protest
hodiernal
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The Words of the Week - Oct. 24
Dictionary lookups from Paris, the White House, and our day and age
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October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
These are your words of the week
heist
brazen
facade
protest
hodiernal
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heist
brazen
facade
protest
hodiernal
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Technically, this is a book of spells.
October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Technically, this is a book of spells.
October is the 10th month.
‘October’ means “8th month.”
In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December.
The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.
‘October’ means “8th month.”
In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December.
The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
October is the 10th month.
‘October’ means “8th month.”
In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December.
The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.
‘October’ means “8th month.”
In the first calendar used in ancient Rome, the year had only ten months, starting in March and ending in December.
The extra period between December and March was not considered part of the series of months.
‘Cornucopia’ comes from ‘cornu copiae,’ which translates literally as “horn of plenty.”
And we all remember the “Fruit of the Loom” logo having a horn of plenty, right?
Right??
And we all remember the “Fruit of the Loom” logo having a horn of plenty, right?
Right??
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
‘Cornucopia’ comes from ‘cornu copiae,’ which translates literally as “horn of plenty.”
And we all remember the “Fruit of the Loom” logo having a horn of plenty, right?
Right??
And we all remember the “Fruit of the Loom” logo having a horn of plenty, right?
Right??
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The etymology of ‘turtle’ is interesting as shell.
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
'Turtle' comes from the French 'tortue,' which in turn comes from the Late Latin 'tartarucha.'
‘Tartarucha’ was short for the phrase ‘bestia tartarucha’ which means "infernal beast" or "beast of the nether regions."
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We won't tell our actual founders, Andrew Bell and Colin Macfarquhar, about Joan and Brian.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We won't tell our actual founders, Andrew Bell and Colin Macfarquhar, about Joan and Brian.
Tuesdays are a battlefield.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tuesdays are a battlefield.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.
Mars was the Roman god of war.
The Germanic equivalent was Tīw or Tiu (Norse = Tyr).
This is why today is called ‘Tuesday.’
And why it’s mardi/martes/martedì in the Romance Languages.