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PETRICHOR
PRONUNCIATION:
(PET-ri-kuhr)
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noun: The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
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Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas in 1964, from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that supposedly flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Earliest documented use: 1964.
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TETRICHOR - a vocal work for four mixed voices
PENTRICHOR - ...make that five mixed voices
PATRICHOR - a barber-shop group made up exclusively of Irish tenors
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OMPHALOSKEPSIS
PRONUNCIATION: (om-fuh-lo-SKEP-sis)
MEANING: noun:
1. Contemplation of one’s navel.
2. Complacent self-indulgent introspection.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek omphalos (navel) + skepsis (act of looking, examination). Ultimately from the Indo-European root spek- (to observe), which also gave us suspect, spectrum, bishop (literally, overseer), despise, espionage, telescope, spectator, and spectacles. Earliest documented use: 1925.
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OOMPHALOSKEPSIS - I'm not sure I have enough energy to get up today
EMPHALOSKEPSIS - uncertainty about the correctness of making one thing more prominent than another
OOP-HALO-SKEPSIS - i refuse to believe this Cro-Magnon with an aura is really a saint.
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UPCYCLING
PRONUNCIATION: (UHP-sy-kling)
MEANING: noun: The conversion of a discarded object into something of even higher value.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of up + recycling. Earliest documented use: 1994.
NOTES: Some examples of upcycling are turning old tires/tyres into a bench, old shoes into flower pots, and so on. The ultimate in upcycling is turning an old airplane into a house or a hotel.
Reduce, reuse, recycle is the mantra for the modern times where people are called “consumers”. Recycling is good. Upcycling is better. Bicycling is best. What about upcycling a bicycle?
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UNCYCLING - throwing away your old Schwinn
UPCYCLINE - brand name for that new antibiotic whose generic name is "pentacycline"
UMPCYCLING - the baseball officials rotate around the bases, changing each inning
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SELFIE
PRONUNCIATION:
(SEL-fee)
MEANING:
noun: A self-portrait, typically taken with a phone camera.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old English self. Earliest documented use: 2002.
NOTES:
A photograph taken by a cell phone is called a selfie, not cellfie (or cellphie), though that would make sense too. The selfie craze has spread widely. Our fellow creatures on this planet have gotten into the game as well, though it’s not known whether they post those pictures on their Instagram (and make a living as an influencer).
Robots too have caught the selfie bug (see the usage example above)! Not sure about other robots, but let’s not be too hard on InSight, the Mars lander. If I traveled 300 million miles to reach some place, I too might take a selfie or two.
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SELF-IRE - anger turned inward, one definition of depression
SELFIRE - arsonist for hire
SHELFIE - a small knick-knack
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MANSPLAINPRONUNCIATION: (MAN-splayn) MEANING: verb tr.: To explain something, especially to a woman, in a condescending manner assuming ignorance on the part of the person spoken to, while the reverse is often true. ETYMOLOGY: A blend of man + explain, from Latin explanare (to make level), from ex- (intensive prefix) + planus (level, flat, plain). Earliest documented use: 2008. NOTES: Mansplaining brings to mind what Bertrand Russell once said: “The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” The canonical example of mansplaining is when, at a party, a man learns that a woman has written a book on the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. He cuts her short and starts explaining to her about an important book that came out on the photographer that year, not knowing that he was talking to the author of that very book. _________________________ MARSPLAIN - Elysium PlanitiaOMAN'S PLAIN - the steppes of southwest Asia MAINSPLAIN - where the rain in Spain stays, mostly
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GAMIFICATION
PRONUNCIATION: (gay-mi-fi-KAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun: The application of game-related elements to an activity to make it more engaging.
ETYMOLOGY: From game, from Old English gaman (entertainment) + -fication (making), from facere (to do or make). Earliest documented use: 2008.
NOTES: Typical elements of gamification include progressively increasing challenges, awarding of points or rewards, adding surprises, etc. Should we offer badges and points to readers who send out gift subscriptions of A.Word.A.Day? Badges or not, please do send it to friends and family. That's the only way the word spreads. Help us in our mission of spreading the joy of words.
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RAMIFICATION - Dodge Motor Company is switching entirely to light trucks
GRAMIFICATION - metric measurements are coming!
GATIFICATION - Second Amendment carried to the extreme
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BINGEABLE
PRONUNCIATION: (BIN-juh-buhl)
MEANING: adjective: Able to be consumed in rapid succession; typically said of entertainment, such as movies, television, streaming video, etc.
ETYMOLOGY: From English dialect binge (to soak). Earliest documented use: 2013. The term binge-watching has been around since 1996.
NOTES: GoT bingeable? An example of something bingeable could be a television show with multiple episodes that can be watched one after another, especially on a streaming video service. Better to snack than binge, if you ask me.
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SINGEABLE - you'll burn that if you're not careful
INGEABLE - easily re-written as a play about a solitary protagonist with strained sexual relations
BINGOABLE - a seven-tile rack that can be placed on a Scrabble® board in its entirety, getting a bonus of fifty extra points
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REVEILLE
PRONUNCIATION: (REV-uh-lee, ri-VAL-ee)
MEANING: noun:
1. A signal to wake up in the morning, using a bugle, trumpet, etc., at military installations.
2. Any signal to get out of bed.
3. The hour at which a wake-up signal is sounded.
ETYMOLOGY: From French réveillez (wake up!), from réveiller (to awaken), from re- (again) + eveiller (to rouse), from Latin exvigilare (to keep watch), from ex- (out) + vigilare (to be awake or keep watch), from vigil (awake). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weg- (to be strong or lively), which also gave us vegetable, vigor, velocity, watch, vigilante, vedette, vegete, and velitation. Earliest documented use: 1633.
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REVE ISLE - the island of your dreams, right here in the Seine
PREVEILLE - the day before the evening before a holiday
RE-VIEILLE - second dotage
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FACIES
PRONUNCIATION: (FAY-shee-eez, -sheez)
MEANING: noun:
1. General appearance.
2. In medicine, a distinctive appearance associated with a pathological condition.
3. In geology, a body of rock with specific characteristics.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin facies (face). Earliest documented use: 1398.
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FARIES - leprechauns and sprites and the like, who come from distant places
FAQIES - cute little questions that everybody asks
FARCIES - comic stage works using buffoonery and horseplay, typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations, written in Persian
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MYTHOPEIC
PRONUNCIATION: (mith-uh-PEE-ik), also mythopoetic (-po-ET-ik)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to the making of myths.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mythos (myth) + poiein (to make). Earliest documented use: 1846.
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MYTHOGEIC - telling epic stories about Mother Earth
MATHOPEIC - possessing original quantitative skills
MYTHOPIC , also MYTHOPTIC - fabricating results for your eye test
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