Open up a dictionary, and you'll find the history of human behaviour, the key to your own psychological state, and a lot of fun words about cats.
Dictionary.com's Renae Hurlbutt and Jane Solomon lead the way.
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You’ll be interested in Jane Solomon’s blog about words, Lexical Items.
This is a simple summary of the Defenestrations of Prague. There’s a lot going on with the Defenestrations of Prague.
Why does the internet love cats so much? (I do not. If there’s a plugin that’ll block pictures of cats from my Facebook and Instagram feeds, please tell me.)
There's a transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/transcripts/word-of-the-day.
RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:
misprision
CREDITS:
Renae Hurlbutt writes and curates Dictionary.com's Word of the Day, which is often edited by lexicographer Jane Solomon.
This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman, with music by Martin Austwick.
See you again in two weeks, fellow gapeseeds,
