@DPD_ We're just trying to tell you that the world is going to roll you.
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Merriam-Webster
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Merriam-Webster
@MerriamWebster
noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
Springfield, MA Katılım Aralık 2009
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it’s not that I want you guys to go back to tweeting “fascism (noun)” every day but seriously WHAT is this
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster
shrekking | noun | purposefully dating someone considered unattractive
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You're preaching to the choir.
This is a map of the world from the “Geography” entry in our first edition publication, 1768.
Now imagine looking at it WITH the old book smell.
the little seamstress 🪡📚@wren_and_paper
I always appreciate a good map in a book 🧭🔥
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Other famous ‘rheas’ ⬇️
rhi·nor·rhea
: excessive mucous secretion from the nose
graph·or·rhea
: a symptom of motor excitement consisting in continual and incoherent writing
log·or·rhea
: pathologically excessive and often incoherent talkativeness
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Marie-Antoinette never said "Let them eat cake!"
In fact, no one did.
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No. More. Numbers.
Chris Fore@chriscfore
Name an education opinion that’ll have you like this…
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If there was a Word Draft, and you had the #1 pick...
Which word would YOU draft first overall?
ESPN@espn
Welcome to the Windy City! 🙌 The Chicago White Sox select UCLA's Roch Cholowsky with the first overall pick in the 2026 MLB draft‼️
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shrekking | noun | purposefully dating someone considered unattractive
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@MerriamWebster another word that can totally throw me off kilter in spelling is 'lieutenant'; is that another gift from the Italians or French?
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When the Italian word 'colonello' was taken into French, it became 'coronel,' and the English borrowed the word from the French.
'Colonel' later became the spelling to reflect its Italian origin, but by then, the pronunciation with 'r' was well established.
Noah Kahan@NoahKahan
If colonel is pronounced colonel then why isn’t coroner pronounced coroner
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@MediaF0rensics As in, they were free to fight for the highest bidder.
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Underestimate freelancers at your own peril.
Originally, ‘freelance’ referred to a medieval mercenary who would fight for whichever nation or person paid them the most.
Those tax forms must’ve been nuts to fill out.
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