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Fancy Word of the Day: Petrichor
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Fancy Word of the Day: Petrichor

petrichor |ˈpeˌtrīkôr| noun a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather. other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all.
26 May 2016
Fancy Word of the Day - Manchette
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Fancy Word of the Day - Manchette

Manchettes are the paper frills that cover the ends of a rack of ribs in a crown roast. https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/5328798255
19 Apr 2016
Fancy-sounding term of the day: Semantic satiation
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Fancy-sounding term of the day: Semantic satiation

Ever have those days where you write or speak a word and the longer you stare at it or repeat it the less real it feels? There happens to be a term for that feeling - Semantic satiation. Definition: [ source ] Semantic satiationsemantic saturationverbal satiation The concept of semantic satiation was
13 Nov 2015 1 min read
Fancy-sounding word of the day: Neologism
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Fancy-sounding word of the day: Neologism

neologism |nēˈäləˌjizəm| noun * a newly coined word or expression. * the coining or use of new words.
29 Oct 2015
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