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risogimento

Pronounced: ree-ZAHR-jih-MEN-toe, noun Notes: Another new word to me (note that this word may be capitalized) Yesterday’s word The word dobber means First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1800s Background / Comments Our word has different origins; the first two definitions come from the word dob (to inform; to put down; to…

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…

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