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noun | a reference source containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, and etymologies
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Joined December 2009
This is what peak/peek/pique performance looks like.
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For all the emo kids (and adults) out there, here is a timeline of the major poetry movements:
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Here are some more contronyms ⬇️ - sanction - dust - drop - ravel - fast - bolt Get it together, English.
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‘Oversight’ can mean “watchful care or supervision” and also “errors of omission.” Peruse - skim - to read carefully. Clip - to attach something - to cut off
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‘Cleave’ can refer to splitting something apart. ‘Cleave’ can also refer to the uniting of two things. …what? A word that is also its own opposite is called a ‘contronym.’
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We just had an illuminating realization that tomorrow is the Epiphany.
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Well, it’s complicated. The bank robbery and hostage capture that inspired the term “Stockholm syndrome” took place in Stockholm, Sweden, in August 1973. It introduced the world to the widely used psychological term, but there is complexity to the story. 🧵⬇️
hey you guys know that stockholm syndrome isn't real right? it is very important to me that you know that stockholm syndrome was originally coined to cover up the incompetence and recklessness of the stockholm police department.
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Look at Tweet, Michael!
I think one of Arrested Development's best bits is the occasional dropping of articles
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‘Cancel’ comes from a Latin word meaning “to make like a lattice.” When people needed to annul or void a document, they sometimes would mark it with crosshatches XXXXX which resembled a lattice. So the document became ‘canceled.’ ...we hope this post doesn’t get us that.
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.
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Loons feed mainly on fish, crustaceans, and insects, which you could say are their heated rivals.
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