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@nceladus2 It does! Check the link.

@MerriamWebster etymology should come standard w definition

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘onus.’ ow.ly/m8pe50YZHmL

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘expedite.’ ow.ly/HFgv50YZ7aA

@someday_deane @user823493247

@MerriamWebster @user823493247 Never fails me

genuinely fuck whoever came up w the dumbass idea to replace THE DICTIONARY BUILT INTO GOOGLE with the ai overview's definitions i hope everything in their life fucking sucks

@abcdentminded @user823493247 Use whatever site you want, no need to name-call.

@MerriamWebster @user823493247 Wiktionary blows you idiots out of the water

disregard | verb | to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice

@v8oholic Well then, please do that word.

@MerriamWebster I think they have fixed that already.

These are your words of the week graduate Ebola virus slush fund Neanderthal edulcorate ow.ly/iuvR50Z3l0N

Next time won’t you sing with us?

"The ABC Song" was first copyrighted in 1835 by Boston music publisher Charles Bradlee under the title (deep breath) "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte."

“The ABC Song”’s melody was first published in a French book of music in 1761. The melody was then used for the French folk song "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman” (“Ah, Mother, If I Could Tell You”). Then it was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's turn... 🧵⬇️

@itmt1077 There are examples in the link!

@MerriamWebster How do use fraught in a sentence

The #WordOfTheDay is ‘fraught.’ ow.ly/HpAT50YZ11s

'Snafu' & 'fubar'

@alfabrk @readhayai

@MerriamWebster @readhayai Aha, yes, true that! Feel like I worked my way to the wrong side of this argument somehow.

‘Spam,’ meaning “unsolicited usually commercial messages,” comes from Monty Python. Well, before that, ‘Spam’ was only a canned meat product. Still is. But in 1970… 🧵⬇️

@alfabrk @readhayai Yes, but it is still not an acronym. Backronyms are not accurate etymology.

@MerriamWebster @readhayai To be fair, I think the poster was saying "spam" is an acronym when applied to junk mail, etc., not the original meat product.