The word for today is… maudlin (adjective): 1: drunk enough to be emotionally silly 2: weakly and effusively sentimental Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The history of maudlin is connected both to the Bible and the barroom. The biblical Mary Magdalene is often (though some say mistakenly) identified with the weeping
The word for today is… promulgate (verb) 1: to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim 2a: to make known or public the terms of (a proposed law) b: to put (a law or rule) into action or force Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The
The word for today is… engender (verb): 1: beget, procreate 2: to cause to exist or to develop : produce Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Like its synonym generate, engender comes from the Latin verb generare, meaning “to generate” or “to beget,” and when the word was first used in the 14th
Why yes. Yes it is. You probably know that Mark “The Zuck” Zuckerberg has decided to take on Elon Musk and has released a Twitter rival called “Threads”. Here’s why I think it’s going to be a big fail. Unless you can use leverage (as Zuckerberg has done)
Cat Williams particle.scitech.org.au They save our animals from extinction but ‘safe havens’ also have a major drawback. The last remnant populations of woylie – a critically endangered native mammal – remain in southwest Western Australia. There are other woylie populations across Australia. However, they’re all in conservation areas
The word for today is… fluorescence (noun): : luminescence that is caused by the absorption of radiation at one wavelength followed by nearly immediate reradiation usually at a different wavelength and that ceases almost at once when the incident radiation stops Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : 1852, “property of glowing in
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The word for today is… word florescence (noun): : a state or period of flourishing Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The flowering of botany as a science in the 18th century produced a garden of English words, mostly adapted from Latin. Florescence is a radiant example, picked from the Latin florescentia, meaning
The word for today is… cordial (adjective, noun): adjective 1a: showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval b: sincerely or deeply felt 2: tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate 3 obsolete : of or relating to the heart noun 1: liqueur 2: a stimulating medicine or
The word for today is… aftermath (noun): 1: a second-growth crop (called also rowen) 2: consequence, result 3: the period immediately following a usually ruinous event Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : At first glance, one might calculate aftermath to be closely related to mathematics and its cropped form maths. But the
The word for today is… laden (adjective): : carrying a load or burden Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Something that is laden seems to be, or actually is, weighed down by the large amount of whatever it’s carrying: tree branches laden with fruit bend toward the ground; newspaper articles laden with
The word for today is… unctuous (adjective): 1: having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality 2a: fatty, oily b: smooth and greasy in texture or appearance 3: plastic Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Nowadays, unctuous usually has a negative connotation, but it originated as a
Rebekah Barnett brownstone.org ‘30 minutes of truth bombs’ is how one Twitter user described Liberal Democrat John Ruddick’s maiden speech to the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament, last Wednesday 28 June. Indeed, Ruddick, who left the Liberal Party in 2021 after public disagreements over the Party’s handling
Katherine Johnson offered $50 on Facebook if a truck driver would take her son Oliver for a ride for his birthday. But Hart Haulage CEO Barry Hart decided to arrange a truck convoy. Hart put a call out on social media and 64 drivers turned up for Ollie’s birthday
The word for today is… satiate (adjective, verb): adjective : filled to satiety verb : to satisfy (a need, a desire, etc.) fully or to excess Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Both satiate and sad are related to the Latin adjective satis, meaning “enough.” When we say our desire, thirst, curiosity, etc. has
The word for today is… fulcrum (noun): 1a: prop – specifically the support about which a lever turns b: one that supplies capability for action 2: a part of an animal that serves as a hinge or support Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Fulcrum, which means “bedpost” in Latin, comes from the
