Word Of The Day

[gioflowers]

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chatoyant

that's a gem!

 

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Folivorous

eating leaves

I like this one because Merriam Webster says it's not a word in the dictionary

“folivorous”​

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[Slaphappygamer]

Herbivores do a lot of folivorousing?

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[gioflowers]

As a dedicated Philocalist, I look to these things to save the world.

 

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As a dedicated Philocalist, I look to these things to save the world.

If the shoe fits, you probably have a good cordwainer.

 

[Slaphappygamer]

Check out all these beautiful logophiles. You all are awesome.

 

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Fluff

duff

 

[Slaphappygamer]

Phluphph

English is fun.

 

[gioflowers]

The news came -
swift rakuyou
to freeze the bone

 

[duggie]

fish supper euph. chauvinistic Carnival knowledge (qv) to which, by rights, a husband is entitled at the end of the day. See also get up them stairs.

 

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anticlastic

1. (of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
2. (mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points

A Pringles chip is a classic anticlastic structure

 

[Slaphappygamer]

pringle​

verb
prin·gle | \ ˈpriŋgəl \
-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of pringle​

intransitive verb
: to tingle persistently or annoyingly
transitive verb
: to cause a tingling in

 

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tringle​

[ tring-guhl

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noun
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.

 

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sequacious - inclined to follow without question, easily influenced.
https://www.rgvconcretestain.com/garage-flooring

Thank you. That is a most apposite word for the times.

 

[Cassy0110]

Titivate means "to make (someone or something) neater or more attractive,"

 

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Titivate means "to make (someone or something) neater or more attractive,"

Thank you! You titivated the thread.

 

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Pentalemma

This one isn't tough to figure out, but it just never occurred to me that you could have any number in a lemma

 

[Slaphappygamer]

usurp​

verb

\ yu̇-ˈsərp also -ˈzərp \
usurped; usurping; usurps

Definition of usurp​

transitive verb
1a: to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without rightusurp a throne
b: to take or make use of without rightusurped the rights to her life story
2: to take the place of by or as if by force : SUPPLANTmust not let stock responses based on inherited prejudice usurpcareful judgment
intransitive verb
: to seize or exercise authority or possession wrongfully

 

[dodgeman]

I always thought usurp was when you ate your pancakes dry.