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Mar 31, 2026
This week’s themeAll vocabulary, no cardio This week’s words slummock
A Decadent Girl, 1899
Art: Ramon Casas Wordsmith Games
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with Anu Gargslummock
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
verb intr.: To idle or loaf.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1877.
USAGE:
“Cashmere socks. Literally nothing is more cosy while slummocking on
the sofa with your hardback books.” Debora Robertson; Your Ultimate Festive Checklist; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Dec 5, 2020. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
But at my back I always hear / Time's winged chariot hurrying near; / And
yonder all before us lie / Deserts of vast eternity. -Andrew Marvell, poet
(31 Mar 1621-1678)
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