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videlicet
Pronounced: vuh-DEH-luh-set (alt: vigh-DEH-luh-set), adverb Notes: Most people know the (surprising) abbreviation of our word Yesterday’s word The word rheology means “the study of the deformation and flow of matter” First usage Our word came into English in the 1920s Background / Comments Our word was coined by Eugene C Bingham, a professor of chemistry,…
rheology
Pronounced: ree-OL-uh-jee, noun Notes: Clearly this word is the study of something Yesterday’s word The word word apophasis is “the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments An example of apophasis is saying something like “I will not bring…
apophasis
Pronounced: uh-PAH-fuh-suhs, noun Notes: I knew this thing, but not this word for it Yesterday’s word The word spuddle means, as a verb, “to work feebly”. As a noun, it means “a feeble action or movement”. First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments It turns out that our word…
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