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An #etymology #podcast where 2 word nerds dissect their current favourite words, each & every episode. https://xitter.cf/t.co/N4R44UYoCm Tweets by @PRyanPaulsen

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It's New Episode Day! Today we're exploring the #etymology of #rudimentary and #rival, getting back to basics and trying to find the difference between a river and its banks! lexitecture.com/2024/03/27/e… #language #podcast #linguistics #podcasts
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The OED (@OED) profile pictureThe OED@OED31 Jan 2025
OED #WordOfTheDay: omniverbivorous, adj. Having a large or inexhaustible appetite for words. View the entry: oxford.ly/4giZozC
The OED definition of 'omniverbivorous', today's word of the day

ALT The OED definition of 'omniverbivorous', today's word of the day

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One of my favourite parts of researching a word is getting to find and peruse digital copies of original sources cited by the @OED, including this little nugget from a 1552 British law about woolen cloth, the relevance of which you'll have to wait for an upcoming episode for!
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In the meantime, for people here who don't yet follow us on Bluesky, we have a new episode out (!!) wherein we dive into the #etymology of #destroy and #present, talking about tiny prefixes and the relationship between time and gifts! lexitecture.com/2025/01/26/e…
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Seeing as how Twitter is well on the road to becoming a Nazi bar, we're officially active over at 🟦☁️, so please do pop over and give us a follow over there! bsky.app/profile/lexitecture… #linguistics #WordNerds #etymology #podcast #podcasts
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It's New Episode Day!!! Today we're exploring the #etymology of #road and #scavenger, discovering the infuriating addition of a random (IT CAN'T BE RANDOM) "n" into a bunch of words, and get another reminder about how important horses are to history! lexitecture.com/2024/08/07/e…
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Alright folks - looking for a collective noun for a group of socks. Let's hear 'em!
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This *can't* be purely coincidence, right? Can't be.
Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) profile pictureMerriam-Webster
@MerriamWebster27 Mar 2024
kakorrhaphiophobia | noun | abnormal fear of failure We have an abnormal fear of failing to pronounce this word correctly.
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It's only remotely fair if you switch it up (A-Z then Z-A) routinely and regularly.
Betsy Sneller BLACK LIVES MATTER (@betsysneller) profile pictureBetsy Sneller BLACK LIVES MATTER@betsysneller28 Mar 2024
Hot take from 2nd grade me that I still fully stand by: Alphabetical order is never fair. It's just a way to codify making the same people always last.
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@susie_dent28 Mar 2024
Etymology of the day is an important one. The root of ‘compassion’ is a Latin word meaning ‘suffer with’.
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@susie_dent27 Mar 2024
I’m writing something about the famous field of nominative determinism and would love your best examples. Mine (so far) is the consultant urologist Mr Burns-Cox.
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People who speak, but don't speak languages... Languages that both exist and travel between and into countries without anyone speaking them... Blatant racism aside, is this the stupidest thing Trump has ever said?
Acyn (@Acyn) profile pictureAcyn
@Acyn29 Feb 2024
Trump: People who don't speak languages. We have languages coming in to our country, nobody that speaks those languages. They're truly foreign languages. Nobody speaks them
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Look at that! A new episode! This time we're looking at the #etymology of #between and #object, figuring out the basics of being one among two and throwing things down all over the place! #liguistics #podcast #language #podcasts lexitecture.com/2024/02/17/e…
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I like the sounds of this project. Might try to learn some Inuktitut! cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl…
Ever wanted to learn Inuktitut? Try this | CBC News

Ever wanted to learn Inuktitut? Try this | CBC News

Atelihai, pronounced ahh-tee-lee-hi, is the Inuktitut word for "hello" or "welcome." It’s one of the more than 150 words and phrases the Let’s Speak Inuktitut project, or UKâlalautta Inuttitut, has...

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It's New Episode Day, and what a fine day it is! We're delving into the #etymology of #film and #fine, talking about skin, tongues, death and French cinema (but not in the way you might think)! Hope you enjoy it! lexitecture.com/2024/01/12/e… #linguistics #podcast #language #podcasts
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To pre-emptively correct a thing that comes up in the new episode (!!!!) I'm currently editing, the book is Synonym's Discriminated, by the Rev. Charles John Smith, and it was written in 1871.
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"Log" is used to describe a detailed record (particularly of travel or shipping) because in the age of sail, information about a ship's speed was gleaned by throwing an actual log out a porthole with knots tied at regular intervals, and the info was record in the log book.
Guillaume Huin (@HuinGuillaume) profile pictureGuillaume Huin
@HuinGuillaume29 Dec 2023
In ancient Rome, salt was used to preserve food, making it a valuable resource. So valuable salt was often used as wages for soldiers - called Salarium. Salarium turned into the French word Salaire, and later, Salary in English. Go be brillant at diner tonight.
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Yes or BS? (@Yes_or_BS) profile pictureYes or BS?@Yes_or_BS2 Dec 2023
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Well that's certainly something cool! #34 on the @GoodpodsHQ charts for indie educational podcasts! (#96 in the overall educational category)!
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Asked and answered! Thanks Adam!
Adam Schembri (@AdamCSchembri) profile pictureAdam Schembri@AdamCSchembri20 Nov 2023
Replying to @RobDrummond @lexitecture
Yes, there are regional differences in sign languages, including ASL, but they tend to be lexical rather than accent differences. However, there clearly are other kinds of accent differences, so it's often clear if someone is an L1 or L2 signer, for example.
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