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Aug 27, 2026
This week’s themeThere’s a word for it This week’s words hyperphagia ophidiophobia obganiate
Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962
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with Anu Gargobganiate
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
verb tr.: To annoy someone by repeatedly saying the same thing. verb intr.: To repeat oneself tediously. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obgannire or oggannire (to yelp or growl at). Earliest
documented use: 1623.
USAGE:
“The way Tony Abbott continues to obganiate is bloody irritating,
bloody irritating.” Stan Wills; Letters to the Editor; The Australian (Canberra); Dec 10, 2014. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion. -Georg
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, philosopher (27 Aug 1770-1831)
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