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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s a typo, Isaac.

Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 8

Today's Word of the Day is hadal.

Learn more about this word: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/hadal-2023-06-08/

hadal | Word of the Day | June 8, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 8

We’re new to this app and didn’t realize it already supported alt text. Cut us some slack. We’ll do better going forward.

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 8

Learning new vocabulary should be tax-deductible. You learned 100 new words last year? Here’s a $100 tax credit. You learned 500 new words last year? Here’s a $500 tax credit. And so forth.

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 7

Today's Word of the Day is écossaise.

Learn more about this word:

écossaise | Word of the Day | June 7, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 5

"Babe, are you paying attention? You're not looking up words in the dictionary while we're talking, are you?"

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 2

Today's Word of the Day, animalcule, isn't bite-sized. But you might say it's mite-sized. 🔬

We partnered with our friends at the Boston Museum of Science to bring you this Science Word of the Week:

animalcule | Science Word of the Week | June 2, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy Pride Month! Today's Word of the Day is prismatic. 🌈

Learn more about this word: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/prismatic-2023-06-01/

prismatic | Word of the Day | June 1, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 31

Today's tasty Word of the Day is tzatziki.

Grab a spoon (or a cracker), and learn more about this word: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/tzatziki-2023-05-31/

tzatziki | Word of the Day | May 31, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 31

7.8 billion people in the world. ONE of them has to be named “Dictionary,” right?

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 30

Today's Word of the Day is gazetteer. Yep, there are different types of dictionaries!

Learn more about this word:

gazetteer | Word of the Day | May 30, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 29

Happy Memorial Day, Bluesky! Today's Word of the Day is anamnesis.

Learn more: https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/anamnesis-2023-05-29/

anamnesis | Word of the Day | May 29, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 29

The word "shiv" is a noun, meaning "an improvised or homemade weapon for cutting or stabbing."

Definition of shiv | Dictionary.com

Shiv definition, a knife, especially a switchblade. See more.

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 29

What new vocabulary words have you learned from Succession? We’ll go first:

@#$%&!
%#*£€ #@*%&*@!%$
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$&*@! !%&
!@&$%
#&!% !$%@*&
@*&$!%

and of course
%@!&%* $%!#^%#

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 26

Today's Word of the Day, and Science Word of the Week, is courtesy of our friends at the Boston Museum of Science. It's xerophyte.

The Boston Museum of Science is not on Bluesky yet, because we have 0 invite codes.

xerophyte | Science Word of the Week | May 26, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 25

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 25

There's no reason to be scared of today's Word of the Day. It's just a word.

Learn more here:

skrik | Word of the Day | May 25, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 24

Best is an adjective, meaning "of the highest quality, excellence, or standing."

Here it is in a sentence: "Tina Turner was simply the best."

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 24

Happy Hump Day, fellow logophiles! Today's Word of the Day is première danseuse.

Learn more about this word:

première danseuse | Word of the Day | May 24, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 23

Yes, HBO Max is dropping "HBO" from their name, and no, we are not dropping "tionary.com" from our name.

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 23

Today's Word of the Day is chelonian. It means "turtle stuff," more or less.

Learn more about this word:

chelonian | Word of the Day | May 23, 2023

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 23

If we had shared a Word of the Day every single day since Dictionary.com launched on May 14th, 1995, today would have been our 10,245th Word of the Day.

But we haven’t, so it’s not.

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 22

Trying to remember to manually post the new Word of the Day is a whole thing.

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Dictionary.com @dictionarycom.bsky.social · May 22

Happy Monday, Bluesky! We took a few days off, but we're back with a new Word of the Day!

Today's Word of the Day is jarabe tapatío. Learn more:

jarabe tapatío | Word of the Day | May 22, 2023

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