Word Of The Day

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Spaghettification

NOUN

The process by which (in some theories) an object would be stretched and ripped apart by gravitational forces on falling into a black hole.

Bit like why Garlic probably won't be putting his hand in his pocket.

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I wonder if anyone has ever called him short arms long pockets ?

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FULMINATE verb (fuhl-muh-neyt)

verb

(1)To issue denunciations or the like (usually followed by against): The minister fulminated against legalized vice.

(2)To explode with a loud noise; detonate.

(3)To cause to explode.

(4)To issue or pronounce with vehement denunciation, condemnation, or the like.

noun

(1)One of a group of unstable, explosive compounds derived from fulminic acid, expecially the mercury alt of fulminic acid, which is a powerful detonating agent.

Quote:

Not a day passed when he did not fulminate against Batista (Tht ox ! That peasant !) or Castro.......
Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, 2007.

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mercenary
ˈməːsɪn(ə)ri/
adjective
1.
primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
"she's nothing but a mercenary little gold-digger"
synonyms: money-oriented, grasping, greedy, acquisitive, avaricious, covetous, rapacious, bribable, venal, materialistic; informalmoney-grubbing
"research suggests that buyers are unashamedly mercenary"


"Snodgrass took the best money offer he could without any regard of which club it was"

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I wonder if anyone has ever called him short arms long pockets ?

Not sure but they are obviously very deep seeing as he can't reach the bottom to get anything out of them.

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Hornswoggle

Hornswoggle means "to trick or hoax." It would be a deception for us to say we know the exact origin of hornswoggle, but its first known appearance in 1829 was in the US.

Now, is foofaraw an actual word, or are you being hornswoggled?

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Discombobulated (Adj.)

As in TEC is, "very confused and disorganised in sorting out these conflicting transfer rumours".

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Discombobulated (Adj.)

As in TEC is, "very confused and disorganised in sorting out these conflicting transfer rumours".

That's one of my favourite words TEC

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SHIVOO noun (shi-voo)

noun

(1) Australian, a boisterous party or celebration.

Quotes:

For the new Year's shivoo the settlers all saved up, and they all dressed up.
D.H. Lawrence, The Boy in the Bush, 1924.

You see, I arranged to give a sort of a shivoo as soon as the cattle got here.
Louis Becke, Tom Gerrard, 1904.

Origin:
Shivoo, like many slang words and colloquialisms, has no solid etymology. It coriginated in Australia at the end of the 19th Century.

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Bloviate - as in Donald Trump!