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Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise. BERTRAND RUSSELL
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Word of the Day: VOCABLES - words that convey sound, such as ‘lalala’ or ‘dum-de-dum’, or meanings that make sense within a particular culture, such as ‘uh-huh’ or ‘uh-oh’.
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Churchill’s wartime plan to raise public morale by importing a platypus (named ‘Winston’) was foiled by a German submarine strike – vibrations from the explosion are thought to have overwhelmed the electrosensors in the animal’s bill and it died.
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Word of the day: BARAGOUINER (French) - to speak a language extremely badly
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A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
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It seems to come around sooner every year! twitter.com/qikipedia/stat…
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Word of the day: EEDLE-DODDLE - someone who shows no initiative in a crisis.
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Word of the Day: CLINCHPOOP — someone lacking in ‘gentlemanly breeding’, a boor.
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Word of the day: CLATTERFART - a talkative person.
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Word of the Day: MULLIGRUBS — low spirits, bad temper.
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"We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual." DOUGLAS ADAMS
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What's the favourite tool of a lesbian builder? 🔨
Sandi has the answer. 🤣
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When correctly viewed, everything is lewd. TOM LEHRER
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For every degree of global heating, there is a 12% increase in lightning strikes.
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The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. TOM WAITS
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Word of the day: UHTCEARU, n. anxiety before dawn (Old English) – pronounced ‘oot-key-are-oo’.
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The more you *think* you definitely understand more than the experts on a particular issue, the more likely you are to be wrong.
(Paper: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…)
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Word of the day: ROCAMBOLESQUE - too bizarre to be believable
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"Are we living a life that is safe from harm?
Of course not. We never are. But that’s not the right question. The question is are we living a life that is worth the harm?" JOSEPH FINK and JEFFREY CRANOR
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In 1974, Oliver Postgate made a special episode of the Clangers called ‘Vote for Froglet’ as a satirical response to the political process which he thought ‘completely buggered by inter-party squabbling.’
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The Disney film ‘Bambi’ is based on Felix Salten’s novel written in 1923. In the 1930s, it was banned by the Nazis as a political allegory on the treatment of Jews in Europe, and many copies of the novel were burned.
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Word of the day: LOVE-DARG (19th century Scots) - a task you do for someone, not because you want to, but because you love them
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Word of the day: CHERUBIMICAL (16th century) - describes a happy-drunk, the person who after four drinks is telling their friends how much they love them
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"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy." DOROTHY PARKER
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Word of the Day: CAGADUBTES (Catalan slang) — literally: ‘someone who shits doubts’; a person who has a hard time making decisions.
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