January 2011
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the royal anagrammer
IF you are hopping mad that your tax dollars are funding some idiotic study on ugly little shrews in nevada that nobody cares about OR a permanent exhibit on adversity at the museum of woes and anguish THEN you will instantly sympathise with the good people of france who watched in frustration as their king established the position of royal anagrammer.
In the reign of Louis XIII, we find mention...
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today in intriguing german loanwords:
according to jimmy wales, gemütlichkeit means »
… “coziness”; however, rather than merely describing a place that is compact, well-heated and nicely furnished (a cozy room, a cozy flat), Gemütlichkeit connotes the notion of belonging, social acceptance, cheerfulness, the absence of anything hectic and the opportunity to spend quality time.
i’ve been searching for a word...
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get a hot load of this word
aread (verb)
to divine the meaning of obscure words, interpret a dream, (or) solve a riddle or enigma.
these are my three favourite activities! if only aread also described working out on a nordicflex, i wouldn’t need to use another verb again ever.
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source: the oh ee dee
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tulip & turban
when maury povich handed out english’s paternity results, few in the audience were surprised to learn that the language was the bastard child of german and latin parents (with an occasional ménage à trois with the french maid). but what maury never told you, indeed what the lamestream news media refuses to report—is how many words of persian origin that speakers of the...
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a telegraphic tight-rope
A very novel use has been made of the electric telegraph in the United States. A celebrated dancer turned it into a tight-rope and danced upon it over one of the rivers to the delight of a dense multitude.
from the london anecdotes (1848).
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