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TRIUMVIRATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com TRIUMVIRATE definition: the office or magistracy of a triumvir. See examples of triumvirate used in a sentence.

Trump, Rubio, Hegseth:
Today's triumvirate.

(oh, and... uh... Vance)

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#triumvirate
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
www.dictionary.com/browse/trium...

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JUVENESCENT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com JUVENESCENT definition: being or becoming youthful; young. See examples of juvenescent used in a sentence.

Don't misinterpretentia

My juvenescentia

For dementia

I'm just having fun!

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#juvenescent
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#aging
#havingfun

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EIDOLON Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com EIDOLON definition: a phantom; apparition. See examples of eidolon used in a sentence.

I don't do ghosties
But thought I'd test my limits.

When the eidolon appeared
I forwarded to the terminus.

Ah ha!

I knew, knew, KNEW it!
Rewind sans fearfulness!

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#eidolon
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry

www.dictionary.com/browse/eidolon

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utopia (noun) imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

utopia, n. โ–ธ imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: ship Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Unusual bracketed antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "ship", a spaceship, fr the first English translation of Lucian in 1663! But refers to a nautical ship caught in a whirlwind & then traveling the stars.

Also updated the entry.

sfdictionary.com/view/1389/ship

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Unusual bracketed antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "ship", a spaceship, fr the first English translation of Lucian of Samosata in 1663! But refers to a nautical ship caught in a whirlwind & then traveling the stars.

Also updated the entry [โ€ฆ]

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He's one of the founder & decent rich white ;) Google is otherwise s good tool - #dictionary. And why would you take anyone here or anywhere seriously??

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nirvana (noun) ideal or idyllic state or place

nirvana, n. โ–ธ ideal or idyllic state or place

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Today's extremely trivial antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "COA", a change of address (in fanzine contexts), from 1961 to 1959.

https://sfdictionary.com/view/427/coa

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: COA Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Today's extremely trivial antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "COA", a change of address (in fanzine contexts), from 1961 to 1959.

sfdictionary.com/view/427/coa

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aged hope, hear my cry,
allow creativity inhere
til death do we part

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#inhere
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#aging
#creativity

www.dictionary.com/browse/inhere

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@qbi Monty Python strikes again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao

#dictionaryAttack #dirtyDictionary #dictionary

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A #Dutch #Dictionary coloring book. Yes, please. #booksky

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Shangri-La (noun) place regarded as an earthly paradise

Shangri-La, n. โ–ธ place regarded as an earthly paradise

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If released from Trump,
would they speak with candor?
Or would we get more and/or?

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#candor
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#Trump
#Republicans
#Democrats
#ichoosetheriptide

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paradisiacal (adjective) (of place or state) ideal or idyllic

paradisiacal, adj. โ–ธ (of place or state) ideal or idyllic

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New entries for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "stim", for a (chemical) stimulant, and its derivatives "stim pill" and "stimtab". 1950s onwards, famous authors.

https://sfdictionary.com/view/1427/stim
https://sfdictionary.com/view/1428/stim-pill [โ€ฆ]

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: stim Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

New entries for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "stim", for a (chemical) stimulant, and its derivatives "stim pill" and "stimtab". 1950s onwards, famous authors.

sfdictionary.com/view/1427/stim
sfdictionary.com/view/1428/st...
sfdictionary.com/view/3082/st...

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effulgent orb,
burn off mist
of mind moors

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#effulgent
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry

www.dictionary.com/browse/efful...

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Edenic (adjective) unspoiled and idyllic

Edenic, adj. โ–ธ unspoiled and idyllic

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: apazine Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Today's antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: the fan term "apazine" 'an individual fanzine distributed by an APA', from 1953 to 1948 (plus a [1942] in the form "fapazine"). Also, tweaked the defs of this and "APA".

https://sfdictionary.com/view/426/apazine

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: apazine Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction

Today's antedating for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: the fan term "apazine" 'an individual fanzine distributed by an APA', from 1953 to 1948 (plus a [1942] in the form "fapazine"). Also, tweaked the defs of this and "APA".

sfdictionary.com/view/426/apa...

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Look at the #gemsbok antlers!

#wordoftheday #dictionary #wordnerd #edutainment @spejampar.bsky.social

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MUZZ Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com MUZZ definition: to study intensely; grind. See examples of muzz used in a sentence.

I muzzed my muse
meandering, mulling
midnight oil flaming
mourn my muzzy mind

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#muzz #muzzy
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#study

www.dictionary.com/browse/muzz

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My niece Sami (17y) was putting in her contacts and my youngest niece Elaina (5y) was watching her. She asked Sami, "Sami are those your eyetacts?"

Writing that into my personal dictionary as a new word.

#language #englishlanguage #dictionary @merriam-webster.com

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PERSPICACIOUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com PERSPICACIOUS definition: having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning. See examples of perspicacious used in a sentence.

Perspicacious, you?

No, I don't sweat too much. You?

That's notโ€ฆnever mind.

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#perspicacious
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
www.dictionary.com/browse/persp...

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a wee pizzetta
is enougha
on a dietta
with a salada
built for fivah

or skip the dietta
eatta the fivah
largah slicesah
save the salada
for tomorrah

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#dictionary
#wordoftheday
#pizzetta
#havenspark
#poetry
#folkpoetry
#pizza

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Ha! She used it again. Way to drive it home. Made slightly more fun cause I looked it up. #Dictionary #igotthevocab

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WORD MAN: MENDICANT Learn English Words - MENDICANT - Meaning, Vocabulary with Pictures and Examples I just found the word MENDICANT in the John D. McDonald ...

#words WORD MAN: MENDICANT #mendicant #pedantic #arroyo #silicosis #wordman #dictionary #definitions #meanings #dictionaries
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Antedating o'the day for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "RealSoonNow", fannish = "eventually", from 1959 (glossarial) to [1953], 1958. (The '53 example, while fannish, seems to be literal.) Also updated the def to clarify the irony. From Jeff Prucher [โ€ฆ]

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