Word of Today - Word of The Day

Thank you @anon67686978 and thank you so much @SoulStar33 for this gesture :pray:t2:
I wasn’t expecting this … I just wrote the longest word I knew which ironically happens to be my diagnosis. Yes you have my permission … thank you

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I learned this from Dr House lol

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dactyloscopy - identification by comparison of fingerprints
centuplicate - to make 100 times as many
widdershins - moving counter-clockwise or moving in the wrong direction (any potterites recognize this one?)

Willy Widdershins was a British wizard known for engaging in Muggle-baiting pranks. Some of his pranks included enchanting toilets in Muggle areas to regurgitate. Due to his actions, he was arrested by the Ministry of Magic but he made a deal with the Ministry to spy on Harry Potter and his friends in exchange for his release. Willy Widdershins was involved in reporting the organizational meeting of the D.A. (Dumbledore’s Army) to Professor Umbridge.

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That’s Quite the collection. :grin:

Let’s hope some Potter fans come with some other gems.:grinning:

Quite a few works of fiction have Amazing made up words, Buffy verse/Whedonverse has some interesting and unique words (cant come up with anything right now, maybe later).

Edit:

Didn’t know the word. Thank You.:gun: :sweat_smile:

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Squibs

----Not the Harry Potter ones, the ones that can wreck your hardware
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Oh wow, I didn’t know it was called that. Thanks!

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Xertz - eating food quickly and/or greedily

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Oh no, it’s me!

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Kismet—a synonym for fate but one used by people with a better sense of humor.

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Wow! That’s a Great Word.

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Pathogen(s)

I can use it more often,

Since I often use Microorganisms as a substitute, when I mention viruses, bacteria, etc.

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Word of the Day: Titivate

  1. Make small enhancing alterations to something.
  2. (Titivate oneself) Make oneself look attractive.
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Introvert

derives from latin words ‘intro’ - meaning inward,
and vertere - meaning to turn

A person who feels most comfortable focusing on their inner thoughts and ideas, rather than what’s happening externally.

focused more on psychic content rather than external object

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Word of the Day: Eudaemonism

A system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood that good actions will produce happiness.

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How about a German word of the day?

Erwartungshorizont
Literally: horizon of expectation

Can have a few meanings:

In an examination scenario, it’s the expected performance

The amount of what is desired or expected

And it can also mean the expectations or assumptions about the contents of a literary text

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Stimmungskanone =

life of the party, barrel of laughs

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That’s actually a really good one.
We use that sarcastically for people who really shouldn’t be at parties :tada:

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What a word

Makes me think of possible German words that would sound like it, and how would it rhyme

How to flow in that direction, I think saying it slowly in sections and faster in otherswould allow for a proper break down

And all that good stuff … I would like to know and be able to rap in all the languages of the world

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I think English rap will forever be the coolest. But there are some select German rappers who are really good imo

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