Archaic word of the day:

caboose - a kitchen on a ship’s deck; ship's galley (First recorded in 1740; early modern Dutch cabūse meaning ship's galley, storeroom)

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This one's in the book! (Unflubbify Your Writing: Bite-Sized Lessons to Improve Your Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar, available at Unflubbify dot com.)
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Hodge the cat lived with Samuel Johnson while he wrote the great English dictionary. Listen to the story of Dr Johnson and his “very fine cat” in our History of Cats podcast: tinyurl.com/3nbvs34b #history #cats #cat #caterday #literature #englishlanguage #pets #animals

Archaic word of the day:

buss - a kiss (First recorded in 1560; either from French baiser, German Kuss both words for a kiss, or the Scottish word bus, meaning cheek, lip, or mouth)

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There are 2,241 synonyms for 'drunk.' See 200 so far in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/words-for-dr.... Can you add more? ( #drunk, #drunken, #English, #language, #EnglishLanguage, #alcoholic, #alcoholism, #synonyms, #writing, #authoring)

Archaic word of the day:

burgess - a full citizen or free man of a town or borough (First recorded between 1175–1225; from Middle English burgeis; Old French burg city)

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Archaic word of the day:

bumper - a generous glass of an alcoholic drink; a cup or glass filled to the brim (First recorded in 1750)

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Archaic word of the day:

buck - a fashionable, spirited and daring young man (Middle English bukke, Old English bucca, meaning he-goat or bucc meaning male deer; cognate with Dutch bok and German Bock)

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When did "... about it ..." become "... aboudit ..."?

[Also, when did the 'oo' sound become 'ee'?]

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Archaic word of the day:

bruit - a report or rumour (noun); to spread a rumour (verb) e.g. The news was bruited through the village (First reported in the 15th century from old French word bruire – to roar)

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Archaic word of the day:

brimstone – an archaic word for sulphur; a scolding nagging woman (From Middle English brinston and late Old English brynstān)

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Archaic word of the day:

bridewell - a prison or reform school for petty offenders (First recorded in 1545; named after a prison that formerly stood near the church of St. Bride in London)

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Hull’s School was thrilled to have Clare Haviland from Pearson Edexcel give an International GCSE English Language Examination Student Feedback presentation to our students. #hullsschoolofficial #PearsonEdexcel #IGCSEs #EnglishLanguage

How Does Mohammed Hanif’s Rebel English Academy Reimagine The Ruins Of Authority? By relocating rebellion from the cockpit and the hospital ward to the classroom, he redefines the terrain of dissent

Mohammed Hanif’s Rebel English Academy explores how language, satire, and education become tools of subtle rebellion in Pakistan’s political landscape.
By Dr Aftab Husain

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Mar-2026/...

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Archaic word of the day:

breech - a person’s buttocks (Middle English breeche, Old English brēc)

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So is "narcissist" REALLY the other 'n-word'? When did that happen? How does it make any sense?

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Is that lie 'bald-faced' or 'bold-faced'? And what about 'barefaced'?

Bald-faced lie is the most common phrasing in current published, edited prose, although bold-faced lie is also sometimes found. Barefaced lie is the oldest of the three, but is very infrequently used today.

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Archaic word of the day:

brabble - loud dumb argument; noisy, quarrelsome chatter (first recorded in 1490, from Dutch brabbelen meaning to quarrel or jabber)

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Why do so many young folk pronounce the word "ASK" as if the 'S' & 'K' were switched? Incapability or a Gen Z affectation? Arks-ing for a friend. #GenZ #EnglishLanguage #YoofSpeak

Setting aside the obviously serious topic of a meme I just saw...

The consecutive mentions of:
Greed,
Pedophilia (aka Paedophilia, or even Pædophilia), and
Treason

Just made me smile at the wonderful irregularity of English (and American).

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Archaic word of the day:

bodkin - a dagger (first recorded in the second half of the 14th century)

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Archaic word of the day:

blackguard - a scoundrel; a contemptible person (first recorded in 1525)

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My niece Sami (17y) was putting in her contacts and my youngest niece Elaina (5y) was watching her. She asked Sami, "Sami are those your eyetacts?"

Writing that into my personal dictionary as a new word.

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