#Webster's New College Dictionary (3rd Edition)
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Geologic time noun. The time covering the physical formation and development of the earth, esp. Prior to human history.
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Petition to bring back the archaic word "fere" as a gender neutral* term for a companion/mate/spouse. It has roots from the Old English word "gefera" roughly meaning "one who goes with another" and is pronounced "feer" which sounds like "Dear" which is already a term of endearment and is homophonous with "fear" so you can sound like an oxymoronic gay vampire or smth ("Hello my Fere >:)")
*the word "fere" was gender-neutral in English but has evolved into male-gendered words like "fuhrer" and "frere" in German and French respectively
#dolphin noises#guess who's been reading the dictionary for fun again :D#not cover to cover that'd be boring just flipping through looking for cool stuff#I did this a lot in high school bc I had no friends but I learned a lot about absinthe 😌#Dictionary.com feeds me ads but Webster's New World College Dictionary 3rd Edition (c. 1996) would never 💜#I'm less of a linguistics person like my sister and more just like increasing my vocabulary with very specific and unusual words#I love that English has words for throwing stones (lapidation) and also throwing someone through a window (defenestration)#have you heard of lithobraking that one's too new to be in my dictionary but I find it hilarious. To slow down by crashing on purpose 😂#alas my sesquipedalian tendencies can sadly not be sated in my more recent writing bc that would be 2hcb1#3rd person limited POV from Asbel? Probably not gonna break out the word 'compunction' even if it DOES perfectly fit chapter 2 😩#Also the word 'abseil' it means to descend by rapelling which he does multiple times! And it looks like his name! BUT HE WOULD NOT SAY THAT#I guess I need to write more Richard or Hubert POV so i can write in my own voice 😅 or update my old zesty fic Mikleo likes big words too 😁
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hyperbole (hī-pûr'bə-lē) noun. [Lat. Hyperbole< Gk. Huperbolē < huperballein, to exceed: huper, beyond + ballein, to throw] an exaggeration or extravagant statement used as a figure of of speech, e.g., I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
I can’t stand people that don’t let me speak hyperbolically. If I can’t respond to a minor inconvenience that someone should get shot in the fucking head for it then what’s the point of it all.
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Manganese dioxide noun. A black crystalline compound, MnO2, used as a depolarizer of dry-cell batteries and in Textile dyeing.
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Gay (gă) adj. -er,-est [ME gai < OFr. Of Germanic orig.] 1 of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex. 2. Showing or marked by exuberance or happy excitement: merry. 3. Bright, esp. In color. 4. Full of or given to social pleasures. 5. Dissolute. --noun. 1. A person whose main sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex. 2. A man whose sexual orientation is to men <an alliance of gays and lesbians> --gay adv. --gay'ness noun.
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Rigel (rī'jəl) noun. [Ar. rijl, foot.] A bright double star in the constellation Orion
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Yes (yĕs) adv. [ME < OE gese.] It is so: as you say or ask. --used to express affirmation, agreement, positive confirmation, or consent.
"kamala harris doesn't even have any kids, she can't lead the country" i'm sorry is this fucking warrior cats
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purse seine (sān) noun. A fishing seine pursed or drawn into the shape of a bag to enclose the catch.
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Communism (kŏm'yə-nīz'əm) noun. [Fr. Communisme < commun, common < OFr. Commune.] 1. A social system marked by the common ownership of the means of production and common sharing of labor and products
2a. A system of government in which the state controls the means of production and a single party holds power with the intention of establishing a social order in which all goods are shared equally
b. The Marxist-Leninist version of communist doctrine that provided the basis for the system of government in the former Soviet Union
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Opah (ō'pə) noun. [Of West African origin] a large brightly colored marine fish, Lampris regius, with edible red flesh.
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Hecuba (hĕk'yə-bə) noun. [Lat. < Gk. Hekabē] Gk. myth. The wife of Priam in Homer's Iliad
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Flapdoodle (flăp'dōōd'l) noun. [Orig. Unknown] /slang./ nonsense
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Birthday (bûrth'dā') noun. 1. The day of one's birth. 2. The anniversary of one's birth.
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Cheese (chēz) noun. [ME. Chese < OE. Cyse < Lat. Caseus.] 1a. A solid food made from the pressed curd of milk, often seasoned and aged. B. A molded mass of this substance. 2. Something resembling this substance.
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Foci (fō'sī') noun. Var. Pl. Of focus
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Treason (trē'zən) noun. [ME <AN treson <Lat. Traditio, surrender. -see tradition] 1. Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign, esp. the betrayal of one's own country by wagong war against it or by consciously and purposely acting to aid it's enemies. 2. Betrayal of confidence or trust
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