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WORD OF THE WEEK: Proctor’s Bulldog
, 1 November 2019
(n.) someone tasked with maintaining rules and keeping order
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Necromorphous
, 25 October 2019
(adj.) appearing dead, but actually alive
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Scowth
, 11 October 2019
scowth (n.) a period of time off from work; scope or freedom to focus on other things
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WORD OF THE WEEK: public house bargain
, 4 October 2019
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WORD OF THE WEEK: seagull manager
, 20 September 2019
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Scofflaw
, 13 September 2019
(n.) someone who treats the law with contempt; someone who deliberately flouts rules that are difficult to enforce
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WORD OF THE WEEK: zivilcourage
, 6 September 2019
(n.) the courage to stand up for what you believe is right
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WORD OF THE WEEK: toad-eater
, 16 August 2019
(n.) someone who supports a liar, or helps propagate their untruths
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WORD OF THE WEEK: polemomania
, 2 August 2019
(n.) an obsession with war or warlike imagery
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WORD OF THE WEEK: demonagerie
, 26 July 2019
(n.) a demonic menagerie
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WORD OF THE WEEK: eye-servant
, 19 July 2019
(n.) a worker who only busies themselves when they’re being observed
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WORD OF THE WEEK: corbie-messenger
, 12 July 2019
(n.) a messenger who arrives too late to be of use, or not at all
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WORD OF THE WEEK: involution
, 5 July 2019
(n.) the act of turning round or back; degeneration, the act of making worse
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Bloviate
, 28 June 2019
(v.) to talk boastfully or pompously; to talk without actually saying anything meaningful
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WORD OF THE WEEK: Whipmegmorum
, 21 June 2019
(n.) a noisy quarrel about politics
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WORD OF THE WEEK: aberglaube
, 14 June 2019
aberglaube (n.) belief in things beyond the rational or verifiable.
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