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    Numinous is an awesome word. I'm going to have to use that one soon.


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    The Word of the Day: Flounder

    Definition:
    1. to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly
    2 : to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

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    1. "The four Royal Air Force pilots ditched their broken bomber and dropped into the North Sea, near Britain. It was February 23, 1942…. Floundering in the frigid water, the pilots released their last hope: a tiny, bedraggled carrier pigeon named Winkie." — Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post, 9 June 2016

    2. "But She-Ra's sales floundered from the start. Roger Sweet, a Mattel toy creator and the author of Mastering the Universe, estimated her total sales at $60 million, an anemic number compared with He-Man ($2 billion) or Barbie ($350 million)." — Maria Teresa Hart, The Atlantic, 16 June 2016
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    The Word of the Day: Littoral

    Definition:
    1. of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea

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    1. The report shows dramatic improvement in the condition of the state's littoral waters since the cleanup effort began.
    "But this project will permanently add new sand to the beach and dune system of Dauphin Island's East End, and the new sand will stay in the littoral system for centuries." — Scott Douglass, The Mobile (Alabama) Register, 6 Mar. 2016
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    The Word of the Day:: Homily

    Definition:
    1 : a usually short sermon
    2 : a lecture or discourse on a moral theme
    3 : an inspirational catchphrase

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    1. The calendar features serene photographs captioned by inspirational proverbs and homilies.
    2. "Deacons are ordained ministers in the Catholic Church but do not have the rank of priest. They can give homilies and preside at weddings, funerals and baptisms, but they cannot celebrate Mass." — Tom Kington, The Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2016
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    The Word of the Day: Kerfuffle

    Definition:
    1. (chiefly British) disturbance, fuss

    Examples:
    1. I didn't mean to start such a kerfuffle when I suggested that we hold the company picnic at a different location this year.
    2. "… there was quite a kerfuffle (in visual-arts circles, anyway) this fall when the Jeff Wall show that was supposed to open the museum was suddenly cancelled by the artist. The works had become unavailable." — Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Ontario), 4 Dec. 2015
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    The Word of the Day: Fletcherize

    Definition:
    1. to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.

    Examples:
    1. ... don't choke down your food. Eat slowly. Fletcherize--chew your food, you know. I know you're nearly famished, but you must gradually accustom yourself to a proper diet.
    - L. Frank Baum, Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West, 1914
    2. Maybe you don't know about Fletcherizing, and you ought to be thankful you don't, but you can't Fletcherize a gizzard, not if you chew all night, and if there's breast enough everybody, I think he'd better have that.
    - Kate Langley Bosher, The Man in Lonely Land, 1913
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    Word of the Day: Vinculum

    Pronunciation: ving-kyuh-luh m

    Definition:
    1. a bond signifying union or unity; tie.
    2. Mathematics. a stroke or bracedrawn over a quantity consisting of several members or terms, as /(a+b), in order to show that they are to be considered together.

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    1. Mr. Bowditch, too, refuses us; so fascinatingis the vinculum of the dulce natale solum. -Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson: Thomas Jefferson

    2.The notion of the vinculum juris, so far as myknowledge extends, is exclusively Roman. -Ancient Law: Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
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    Word of the Day: Panoptic

    Definition:
    1. Being or presenting a comprehensive or panoramic view

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    1. The new security cameras installed in the jewelry store capture panoptic views of the entrance and display cases.

    2. "Interweaving the narratives of an aristocratic uptown family, an underground punk band, a Long Island adolescent, a black gay aspiring writer, and a journalist determined to uncover the obscure connections between them all, the more-than-900-page novel … casts a panoptic lens on 1970s New York City…." — Lauren Christensen, Vanity Fair, October 2015
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    I feel like panoptic is a little harder to work into a sentence naturally BUT I LOVE KERFUFFLE. I didn't know there was an r in there so I used to think it was spelled 'kafuffle' because that's how we pronounce it. The 'er' part seems really odd in there now, haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Suicune's Fire View Post
    I feel like panoptic is a little harder to work into a sentence naturally BUT I LOVE KERFUFFLE. I didn't know there was an r in there so I used to think it was spelled 'kafuffle' because that's how we pronounce it. The 'er' part seems really odd in there now, haha.
    Really? I've always pronounced it with the "R", but then again I never really use it in daily life so it's just one of those things I guess.

    Word of the Day: Hypocorism

    Definition:
    1. A pet name
    2. The use of pet names

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    1. People began to refer to the elusive and mysterious Loch Ness monster by the hypocorism "Nessie" in the 1940s.
    2. "… the use of hypocorisms … is on the decline (only my Aunt Dorothy is still called Toots), and terms of endearment have come under suspicion ('Call me Dollboat or Sweetie-Pie one more time, Mr. Snodgrass, and you've got a harassment suit on your hands')." — William Safire, The New York Times, 27 Sept. 1992
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