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I apologize for my absence; I was unable to do this post for a while; I hope to start posting again soon.

niddering

Pronounced: NID-uhr-ing, noun Notes: It looks like it might be a verb, but it isn’t Yesterday’s word The word gregarious means First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1600s Background / Comments The word I was confusing our word with was “garrulous”. Our word came from the Latin word gregarius (belonging to a…

gregarious

Pronounced: grih-GER-ee-uhs, adj Notes: I keep thinking this word means “talkative”, but that’s not right Yesterday’s word The word tammany means “relating to political corruption” First usage Our word came into English in the mid-1800s Background / Comments Originally, Tammany (also Tamanend) was a wise and peaceful Delaware Indian chief; he became known as the…

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