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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… bower (noun, verb, noun): noun 1: an attractive dwelling or retreat 2: a lady’s private apartment in a medieval hall or castle 3: a shelter (as in a garden) made with tree boughs or vines twined together verb : embower, enclose noun nautical : an anchor

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… gamut (noun): 1: the whole series of recognized musical notes 2: an entire range or series Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : With the song “Do-Re-Mi,” the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music (adapted from the 1958 stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein) introduced millions of

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… telegenic (adjective): : well-suited to the medium of television Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Telegenic debuted in the 1930s, a melding of television with photogenic, “suitable for being photographed especially because of visual appeal.” The word photogenic had other, more technical meanings before it developed that one

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… paparazzo (noun): : a freelance photographer who aggressively pursues celebrities for the purpose of taking candid photographs Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : 1961, from Italian Paparazzo (plural paparazzi) surname of the freelance photographer in Federico Fellini’s 1959 film “La Dolce Vita.” The surname itself is

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… censure (noun, verb): noun 1: a judgment involving condemnation 2: the act of blaming or condemning sternly 3: an official reprimand 4 archaic : opinion, judgment verb 1a: to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy b: to formally reprimand (someone) : to express official censure of

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… zephyr (noun): 1a: a breeze from the west b: a gentle breeze 2: any of various lightweight fabrics and articles of clothing Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : To build on a classic lyric by Bob Dylan, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… rarefied (adjective): 1: being less dense 2: of, relating to, or interesting to a select group : esoteric 3: very high Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the upper reaches of Chomolungma, known more familiarly as Mount Everest, the air is so rarefied—so much less dense

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

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

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

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

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

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

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Is Threads the Most Boring App…

Is Threads the Most Boring App…

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)

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The Illusion of a Woylie Successful Conservation

The Illusion of a Woylie Successful Conservation

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

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

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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Water Cremation What Is It?

Andy Corbley Andy Corbley is the founder and editor of World At Large, a small environment, travel, and lifestyle focused journal that stresses integrity, nuance, and honesty which launched in early March 2019. worldatlarge.news goodnewsnetwork.org In the UK, the nation’s largest end-of-life service provider is now going

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

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

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

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

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