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#newword spuriosity, n. Spuriousness (a rare and indeed spurious synonym) (autological or autonym)
December 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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#newword petiole n. The stalk bit at the bottom of a leaf 🌿
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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#newword patristics n. The theological study of early Christian writers (AKA the Church Fathers).
December 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Today's batch of words is courtesy of Katherine Rundell's bio of John Donne, Super-Infinite. If you're going to write about Donne you'd better be damn sure of your similes, and Rundell nails it. And I didn't want him to die at the end...
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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#newword squinancy, n. (historical) A throat inflammation such as an abscess.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#newword budget, n. A package, envelope or bag full of something (eg "budget of letters").
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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#newword temporize, v. Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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#newword apophthegm, n. Concise saying, maxim, aphorism.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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#newword impossibilitate, v. To make impossible.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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#newword holograph, n. A document written in author's own handwriting.
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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#newword recusancy, n. (historical) The state of refusing to recognise the Church of England
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#newword meldrop, n. A drop of mucus from the nose 🤢🤧🤢
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#newword gamesome, adj. Playful and merry
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Being in a writing group with lots of international flavours of English is very enlightening!
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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#newword Country, n. (Aus) A generic term for the traditional lands of indigenous Australian peoples, and their emotional, social and cultural attitudes towards it.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#newword whipsaw, v. Be subject to opposing pressures at the same time; (Finance) fluctuate in price or level.
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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#newword fussbudget, n. (Canadian and US) A person who fusses or nit-picks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#newword rort, n. (Australian slang) Scam, dishonest practice. Also v., to engage in such.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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#newword geomantic, adj. Relating to geomancy, the art of placing buildings or building features auspiciously.
October 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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#newword steganography, n. The practice of hiding one message inside another, or concealing the message entirely.
October 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#newword pleaching, v. Weaving tree or shrub branches to form a hedge.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#newword apophenic, adj. Tending to perceive connections between unrelated things.
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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#newword Pele's Hair n. Volcanic glasses cooled into strands. (Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes).
October 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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#newword hakapik, n. A club for killing seals.
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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#newword noovirus, n. A mind virus. (Seems to have been coined for SF novella This Is How You Lose The Time War but surely could have wider application).
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM