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Word of the Day - New words, and what they mean!

Stoner4Life

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Fester
festered; festering.
Merriam Webster's 3rd definition applies here:
3 a : to cause increasing poisoning, irritation, or bitterness : Rankle dissent festered unchecked. His resentment festered for years.


 

ohimaria

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Republic

Republic

Republic

A system of government ran by ellected officials. Not a rare system of government at all. Republic by definition does not imply a concern for human rights or an inclusive democratic system. It just means that a governing body (aristocracy, military, general population, etc) ellected a head of state. Republics are by no means rare and are not necsessarily short lived. In fact, of the almost 200 currently existing soverign states in the world currently, roughly half of them are republics. And the republic of San Marino has had a life span of roughly 1700 years.

Today in Italy is the Republic Day 02 june 1946

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festa_della_Repubblica

:thank you: all...
 

PhenoMenal

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feckless (adj.) lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.
eg. "My daughter Ivanka isn't feckless, she's so full of feck, more feck than anyone I know, believe me"
 

ohimaria

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Oligarchy

Oligarchy

Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos), meaning 'few', and ἄρχω (arkho), meaning 'to rule or to command') is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may be distinguished by nobility, wealth, family ties, education or corporate, religious or military control. Such states are often controlled by families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next, but inheritance is not a necessary condition for the application of this term.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy

:thank you: all
 

Stoner4Life

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flawsome: (adj)
an individual who embraces their flaws, and
knows that they are awesome regardless.

 

PhenoMenal

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nepotism (noun) the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
 

xet

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disclination - a line defect in which rotational symmetry is violated. In analogy with dislocations in crystals, the term, disinclination, for liquid crystals first used by Frederick Charles Frank and since then has been modified to its current usage, disclination.
 

PhenoMenal

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DISCOMBOBULATION!
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIALDISCOMBOBULATION.

btw: strange but true, it's the forum software inserting that space after 30 chars which is ruining my attempt at a new Guinness World Record for longest made-up non-Welsh word (which is Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch also without the space) :)
 

Gry

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Kakistocracy definition, government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.
 
Tumescence,
Usually refers to the normal engorgement with blood (vascular congestion) of the erectile tissues, marking sexual excitation, and possible readiness for sexual activity
 

Brother Nature

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'catawampus'

adjective Dialectal askew; awry



"Catawampus means “askew,” “awry,” or “crooked.” We do know the word has been around for more than a century and is spelled many different ways, such as cattywampus and caddywampus. It may derive from the Scots word wampish, meaning to “wriggle,” “twist,” or “swerve.”"
 

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