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Aug 27, 2021
This week’s themeBlend words This week’s words grum meld splurge greige rumption This week’s comments AWADmail 1000 Next week’s theme Words with unusual pronunciations ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Gargrumption
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
noun: An uproar or commotion.
ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps a blend of rumpus + ruction. Earliest documented use: 1802.
USAGE:
“Come down off your high ropes, Gus, and tell me what all this rumption is about!” Maggie MacKeever; Our Tabby; Fawcett; 1987. 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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