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July 17, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Lobster The word lobster is a descriptive term...
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July 10, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: July The month of July was named to...
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July 3, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: COVID We have all added this new word...
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June 27, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Solstice The summer solstice this year occurred on...
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June 12, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Fiasco A fiasco is both a complete failure...
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June 5, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Malapropism A malapropism, of just a malaprop, is...
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May 22, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Vaccination If you’ve gotten a vaccination recently, you...
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May 15, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Rebarbative A recent book used the word “rebarbative”...
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May 8, 2021
By Barbara McAlister Word of the Day: Sarcasm “Sarcasm” refers to using words to mean...
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May 1, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Gargoyle Gargoyles are those grotesque figures seen especially...
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April 24, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Echo The word “echo” is from a Greek...
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April 17, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Groggy Groggy is an adjective used to describe...
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April 10, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Beserk The word “beserk” is from the Old...
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April 3, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Genuine Genuine means “true” or “authentic,” from the...
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March 27, 2021
By Barbara McAllister Word of the Day: Recuse A couple of years ago, “recuse” was...




