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Dictionary Word Meanings & Language Subject: The manipulation of word meaning by the wealthy used against the masses, with particular emphasis on religion-related words. The consequences of the 1980s 'war' between proponents of ...

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This video explores the multiple layers of meaning hidden within a single word: 'missing'. It's not always what one thinks. Sometimes it reveals more than it hides. #WordMeanings #Philosophy #AlternativeThinking #Linguistics

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Tonight I am #CrossAtWords that are obscure or use alternate spellings in #crosswords.

ern - a sea eagle which is usually spelled erne
viand - archaic English for food, but my francophonic brain wants a final E again
anele - obsolete for anoint

This word is cool though:
adit - horizontal […]

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Today the only clue deserving #CrossAtWords was a spelled out letter S. But I do want to commemorate my new vocabulary from today's post-breakfast crossword puzzle:

sarod - Indian guitar
stere - cubic meter (!?)
ret - soak flax/hemp
tret - obscure shipping term for a waste allowance
eft - a […]

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My tweet from July 23, 2016:
Learned what "Tartle" means.

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Another #UberFacts tweet from August 30, 2014:

The word " #bride" comes from an old proto-germanic word meaning "to cook."

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An #UberFacts tweet from August 10, 2014:

During the late 13th century, the word “nice” actually meant “stupid” and “foolish.”

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I am not cross at all these words (some I am even glad to learn!) but a few earned an angry face drawn next to the clue.

smew - a small duck I am unlikely to ever see myself 😢
amah - nursemaid in India
erose - eaten away (suspiciously thin entry in Wiktionary)
sloe - aka blackthorn, a wild […]

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Just finished a crossword. These are the answers to the clues I am "cross" about. That is, obscure (to me) words. So new hashtag: #CrossAtWords

olio - a stew
olla - a jug
brocket - type of deer
sera - crazy plural for serum
transom - crossbar of a doorway or window (in addition to many other […]

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Help please? Any lexicographers out there? What on earth is fabulousness? Apart from being my new most hated word moving moist from top spot, sumptuous/ness from second. I mean what is it? Really?Apparently it was first mentioned in 1587 but a few days ago was the first I heard of it. #wordmeanings