A great-grandmother who designed a portrait of her daughter’s dog from fur left on the carpet said it was too nice to use in the compost.
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The word for today is… deepfake (noun) - : a digital image, video, voice, etc. that has been convincingly generated or altered to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The old maxim "things aren’t always as they seem&
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The word for today is… puerile (adjective) - 1: juvenile 2: childish, silly Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Puerile may call to mind qualities of youth and immaturity, but the term itself is no spring chicken. On the contrary, it's been around for more than three centuries, and its predecessors
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The word for today is… avarice (noun) - : excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or profit : greediness, cupidity Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : A more formal synonym for greed, avarice has a long if uncomplicated history in English. Chaucer in his 14th-century The Parson's Tale compared avarice with covetise,
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The word for today is… whelm (verb) - 1: to turn (something, such as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something : cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect 2: to overcome in thought or feeling : overwhelm Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : In the film comedy Ten Things I
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Philip Polkinghorne got a call midway through from his friend, defence lawyer Tony Bouchier, who told him his house was a crime scene and he was likely a suspect. Police had not told him that, he said.
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The word for today is… deepfake (noun) - : a digital image, video, voice, etc. that has been convincingly generated or altered to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually done or said Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The old maxim "things aren’t always as they seem&
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Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.