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Friday words #233

By mike_words | August 21, 2020
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Encountering a “dolos” (both the word and the thing); why “sports” carry us away

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Friday words #232

By mike_words | August 14, 2020
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“Cleek’s Law” might explain why we’re opposed to that; the origins of the Quonset hut

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Friday words #231

By mike_words | August 7, 2020
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“Randonauting” to unknown locations; the detective’s “clue” and a ball of yarn

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Friday words #230

By mike_words | July 31, 2020
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Language and politics are at odds in “irredenta”; where we got “hammock” from.

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Friday words #229

By mike_words | July 24, 2020
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Trying to remember the Ebbinghaus curve, and the “elsewhere” of “alibi”

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Friday words #228

By mike_words | July 17, 2020
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What is “bardcore,” and where did “scurvy” come from?

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Friday words #227

By mike_words | July 10, 2020
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Examining the “WEIRD problem” and the origins of “ear (of corn)”

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Friday words #226

By mike_words | July 3, 2020
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Examining the word “smize” and the origins of the word “garlic.”

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