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  1. 1 hour ago

    📈 'Sine qua non' has been in our top lookups all day.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    “English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.” Thank you, Denis Johnson, for your words.

    6 replies 183 retweets 636 likes
  3. 6 hours ago

    Good morning! Today's is ‘concatenate'

    63 replies 498 retweets 1,226 likes
  4. 14 hours ago

    Let's just reboot the whole thing.

    4 replies 36 retweets 125 likes
  5. 18 hours ago
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    Example sentence: We should 'torpedo' that tweet for not including the link to the Word Of The Day.

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  6. 18 hours ago

    Today's is 'torpedo'

    18 replies 185 retweets 578 likes
  7. 21 hours ago

    An M-W editor predicted the prefix 'meta-' would take off as a standalone word in all the way back in 1989.

    9 replies 101 retweets 274 likes
  8. 24 hours ago

    We looked into the origin of the term 'body slam'.

    8 replies 108 retweets 271 likes
  9. May 26

    Makes sense, it isn't in your native. . .'tung'.

    Replying to @MerriamWebster
    I tried this yesterday and failed miserably. 😳
    5 replies 7 retweets 71 likes
  10. May 26

    You: I was the best speller in the whole 4th grade! Us: Oh yeah? Try this quiz.

    33 replies 50 retweets 135 likes
  11. May 26

    There is overwhelming lexicographical consensus that the word 'climate' has changed.

    3 replies 126 retweets 316 likes
  12. May 26

    Good morning! Today's is ‘torpedo'

    18 replies 116 retweets 231 likes
  13. May 25

    Many people object to the use of decimate to mean destroy, pointing to the original meaning. But words change.

    19 replies 80 retweets 271 likes
  14. May 25

    When you hear of someone "catching flack" you're hearing a figurative extension of a term used for antiaircraft guns

    6 replies 69 retweets 224 likes
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    May 25

    If it's books, it's not hoarding.

    60 replies 1,920 retweets 4,245 likes
  16. May 25

    'Author' as a verb: it doesn't just mean "to write."

    9 replies 82 retweets 204 likes
  17. May 25

    Today's is 'inanition'

    16 replies 187 retweets 568 likes
  18. May 25

    flak : 🚫✈️ antiaircraft guns flack : 💁📰 an agent who gives publicity Usually...

    8 replies 103 retweets 309 likes
  19. May 25

    For , here's the vocab quiz equivalent of a midi-chlorian blood test:

    14 replies 84 retweets 133 likes
  20. May 25

    Today's is 'inanition.' Remember to stay hydrated.

    24 replies 463 retweets 878 likes

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