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dobber
Pronounced: DOB-uhr, noun Notes: A new word for me, as far as I can remember Yesterday’s word The word duckboard is “a boardwalk or slatted flooring laid on a wet, muddy, or cold surface” (usually used in the plural form) First usage Our word came into English in the 1910s Background / Comments Our word…
duckboard
Pronounced: DUCK-board, noun Notes: I think I’ve heard the word, but could not define it properly Yesterday’s phrase The phrase Hawthorne effect means “an improvement in workers’ performance attributed to the special attention they received when singled out for a study” First usage Our phrase came into English in the 1950s Background / Comments The…
Hawthorne effect
Pronounced: HAW-thorn ih-FEKT, noun Notes: I had not heard of this word Yesterday’s word The word threnody is “a song of lamentation for the dead; elegy” First usage Our word came into English in the early 1600s Background / Comments I said yesterday that the word stirred a faint memory, but that I couldn’t remember…
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