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06.03.2026 21:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 707 ๐Ÿ” 120 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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The Words of the Week - Mar. 6 Dictionary lookups from Iran, Florida, and college basketball

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06.03.2026 20:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 227 ๐Ÿ” 36 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

It began as a stylistic โ€˜swashโ€™ variant of the letter 'I' to represent a consonant sound.

This is the reason โ€˜Jโ€™ was placed directly after โ€˜I.โ€™

05.03.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 348 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

โ€˜Jโ€™ is the most recent letter added to the alphabet.

05.03.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 518 ๐Ÿ” 84 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

During the Renaissance, people in Venice would vote by dropping little balls into an urn.

The Italian word for โ€œlittle ballโ€ is โ€˜ballotta.โ€™

Now any kind of secret voting, by ball, piece of paper, or voting machine, is called a โ€˜ballot.โ€™

03.03.2026 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 988 ๐Ÿ” 152 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

pole = ๐Ÿ’ˆ

poll = ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ

03.03.2026 13:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 586 ๐Ÿ” 77 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

'June' is also a verb meaning "to drive briskly."

So please june responsibly.

02.03.2026 19:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 436 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

March is the only month that is also a verb wait no we forgot about May never mind as you were

02.03.2026 18:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 943 ๐Ÿ” 128 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

'Oโ€™clockโ€™ is a contraction of "of the clock."

โ€˜Clockโ€™ comes from the Medieval Latin โ€˜clocca,โ€™ which meant โ€œbell.โ€

Church towers would ring bells to mark the passing hours.

โ€˜Cloakโ€™ also comes from โ€˜cloccaโ€™ as the garment takes a bell-like shape around the body.

26.02.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 745 ๐Ÿ” 115 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
MW Top lookups right now: 
1. 800-pound gorilla
2. bootylicious

MW Top lookups right now: 1. 800-pound gorilla 2. bootylicious

Sure.

25.02.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 505 ๐Ÿ” 83 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

due = โŒ›๏ธ

do = ๐Ÿ’‡โ€โ™€๏ธ

dew = ๐Ÿž๏ธ

doo = ๐Ÿ’ฉ

deux = 2๏ธโƒฃ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da = ๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿ‘ฎโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ

25.02.2026 14:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 882 ๐Ÿ” 170 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 28

youโ€™re welcome, Big Zaddy Jennings.

24.02.2026 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 346 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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FWIW: we currently don't include 'deliverable' as a noun but don't tell that to your manager.

24.02.2026 14:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 742 ๐Ÿ” 107 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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'Apricity' and Other Rare Wintry Words 'Hiemal,' 'brumation,' & other rare wintry words

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23.02.2026 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 138 ๐Ÿ” 18 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

โ€˜Snowicaneโ€™ is a new one for us, too.

23.02.2026 14:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 757 ๐Ÿ” 112 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Great game, Canada!

It was an honor/honour to
play against such fantastic neighbors/ neighbours.

22.02.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2795 ๐Ÿ” 372 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

gold | noun | a medal awarded as the first prize in a competition

22.02.2026 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 459 ๐Ÿ” 53 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

sudden death | noun | extra play to break a tie in a sports contest in which the first to score or gain the lead wins

22.02.2026 15:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 584 ๐Ÿ” 111 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

We had nothing to do with the construction of the pyramids.

21.02.2026 20:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 61 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

21.02.2026 15:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1884 ๐Ÿ” 466 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 50
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20.02.2026 14:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 175 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

discrete = separate

discreet = unobtrusive

The E's are SEPARATED by the T in 'discrete.'

20.02.2026 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 847 ๐Ÿ” 148 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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19.02.2026 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 316 ๐Ÿ” 27 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

meatier = ๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅฉ

meteor = โ˜„๏ธ

19.02.2026 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 709 ๐Ÿ” 164 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

The โ€˜belโ€™ in โ€˜decibelโ€™ is for Alexander Graham Bell.

Since the โ€˜Bโ€™ in 'dB' is a name-derived unit, it is capitalized when abbreviated.

16.02.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1162 ๐Ÿ” 182 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30 ๐Ÿ“Œ 42

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*you're

14.02.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1665 ๐Ÿ” 313 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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14.02.2026 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 6197 ๐Ÿ” 817 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 225 ๐Ÿ“Œ 179
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The Words of the Week - Feb. 13 Dictionary lookups from the Winter Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the Epstein files

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Boricua
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13.02.2026 18:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 309 ๐Ÿ” 51 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

'Lead' and 'read' rhyme.

Unless you're saying 'lead' and 'read.'

But also 'lead' and 'read' rhyme.

13.02.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1003 ๐Ÿ” 181 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44 ๐Ÿ“Œ 37