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The role-playing video game #FinalFantasy was first released on this day, 18 December, in 1987.
Cover art for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game “Final Fantasy” (1987). Artist unknown (©; http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/5/522595_28411_front.jpg).
December 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 18 December 2025: “sidequest”—“(video games) a quest given to a player which has no direct bearing on the outcome of the main campaign or story of a video game, but often provides additional rewards; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
The quest selection interface in the video game “Dawn of the Dragons”, each quest having different requirements and rewards. By 5th Planet Games (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dawn_of_the_Dragons_Quest_Page_(cropped).PNG).
December 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 18 December 2025: “แต่งงาน” (dtɛ̀ng-ngaan; Thai)—“(intransitive) to marry, especially through a ceremony”, literally “to organize a ceremony” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A man and a woman participating in a marriage ceremony in Thailand. By Bualong Sebulke (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marriage_in_Thailand.JPG).
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 17 December 2025: “choleric”—“(medicine, historical) of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; [...] (by extension) of a person: [...] bad-tempered, irritable; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A white marble statue at the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France, depicting a choleric person. He has an angry expression on his face and his left arm is raised. A small lion is between his legs, rearing up on its hind legs. Sculpture by Jacques Houzeau, photographed by Remi Jouan (CC-BY 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Versailles_-_Le_Col%C3%A9rique_(1).JPG).
December 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 17 December 2025: “asonada” (Spanish)—“uprising; riot” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Riot police in Madrid, Spain, during a general strike on 14 November 2012 against austerity measures. By Popicinio (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Incidentes_durante_la_Huelga_General_del_14_de_Noviembre_en_Madrid_(20).jpg).
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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The English novelist #JaneAusten was born on this day 250 years ago in 1775. Her first novel, #SenseandSensibility, was published in 1811.
A circa 1810 sketch of the English novelist Jane Austen. By Cassandra Austen (Jane’s sister), from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810)_hires.jpg).
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 16 December 2025: “sensibility”—“(countable, uncountable, often in the plural) emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
An illustration from an 1884 version of Jane Austen’s novel “Sense and Sensibility”, depicting John Willoughby helping Marianne Dashwood, who has sprained her ankle and fallen while out walking, to stand up. Willoughby’s dog looks on. Artist unknown, from the collection of the British Library (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Image_taken_from_page_5_of_Sense_and_sensibility.jpg).
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 16 December 2025: “postdecembrist” (Romanian)—“belonging to the period after the Romanian Revolution; belonging to postcommunist Romania”. The Romanian Revolution started 36 years ago on 16 December 1989. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and Miliţia on the Magheru Boulevard in Bucharest, during the Romanian Revolution in December 1989. Photographer unknown, from the collection of the Roman National History Museum (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Revolutia_Bucuresti_1989_000.JPG).
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 15 December 2025: “mothball”—“(transitive; figurative, chiefly passive voice) to stop using (something), and often to put it in storage; specifically, while keeping it in good condition so it can be used in the future; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Six white mothballs made from naphthalene used for repelling moth larvae from clothes, etc. By Wiki Farazi (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_coloured_mothball_(naphthalene_ball)_20230315_180901.jpg).
December 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 15 December 2025: “pynen” (Middle English)—“to hurt; to inflict (physical) injury: to torment or torture; to injure punitively; to injure oneself as penitence; to waste away; to starve or exhaust; [...]” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A woodcut of flagellants whipping themselves, from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). By Hartmann Schedel (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuremberg_chronicles_-_Flagellants_(CCXVr).jpg).
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 14 December 2025: “shulgoer”—“(Judaism) one who attends shul (‘a synagogue’); a practising Jew” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A father and a son in a synagogue. They are wearing phylacteries or tefillin (small leather cases containing scrolls with passages from the Torah), and the father has a tallit (tasselled prayer shawl) over his shoulders. By יעקב (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LefthandTefilin280.jpg).
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 14 December 2025: “জল ময়ূর” (jol moẏur; Bengali)—“pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)”. From “জল” (jol, “water”) +‎ “ময়ূর” (moẏur, “peacock”). en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Two pheasant-tailed jacanas (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) in a pond near lotus flowers. By Anissheikh2647 (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pheasant-tailed_jacana_in_flower.jpg).
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 13 December 2025: “skein”—“a quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; [...] (figurative) a tangle, a weave, a web” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A skein of white, grey, and black cotton (left), and a skein of multicoloured wool (right). By Pschemp (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yarn_skeins.JPG).
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 13 December 2025: “Schulschließungsorgie” (German)—“(rare, derogatory) school closing spree, a situation where an administration treats itself by saving on schools” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
An abandoned country schoolhouse under an oak tree at dusk. By Susan Martin (CC-BY 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:End_Of_Day_End_Of_Era_(49196872).jpeg).
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 12 December 2025: “relationshopping”—“(informal) the practice of seeking romantic or sexual partners based on a shortlist of attributes, like a consumer shopping for a product” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A 1947 cover of “Nous deux” (“The Two of Us”) magazine depicting a woman looking annoyed at her male partner who is distracted by another woman. Artist unknown (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:19471015_-_Nous_deux_-_page_1.jpg).
December 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 12 December 2025: “เลื่อยขาเก้าอี้” (lʉ̂ai-kǎa-gâo-îi; Thai)—“(idiomatic, transitive) to unseat; to dethrone; to topple”, literally “to saw a chair's leg(s)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A man and boy in India sawing wood for carpentry. By Chandravathanaa (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carpentry_work_in_Tamil_Nadu.jpg).
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Today, 11 December 2025, is #InternationalMountainDay, which was first recognized by @un.org in 2003 to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain development.
A view of the Adamello-Presanella Alps in Trentino, Italy. By Zonta72 (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adamello_Lobbie_1.jpg).
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 11 December 2025: “aslope”—“(adjective; archaic) slanted, sloping; (adverb; archaic) slanted, sloping; (figurative) indirectly, obliquely; in an unfavourable or unintended direction; (preposition; archaic) diagonally across or over; aslant” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
Two Alpine ibexes or steinbocks (Capra ibex), a female and a juvenile, on a slope in the Italian Alps. By Anna Marchenkova (CC-BY-SA 4.0 International; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stambecco_delle_Alpi_in_Alpi_Giulie.jpg).
December 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 11 December 2025: “edy” (Middle English)—“(of people) lucky, favoured: blessed, sanctified; prosperous, wealthy; (of people) virtuous, worshipful” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
An Edy’s Ice Cream delivery truck in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. The truck is white and has a green logo on the side with the words “Family Favorite / Edy’s / Grand Ice Cream”. By Dwight Burdette (CC-BY 3.0 Unported; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edy%27s_Ice_Cream_Delivery_Truck.JPG).
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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The #StevenSpielberg film #WestSideStory, a love story set in #NewYorkCity in 1957 against the background of a turf war between a gang of Puerto Rican youths and a rival gang of white youths, went on general release in the United States on this day, 10 December, in 2021.
A banner advertising the premiere of Steven Spielberg’s film “West Side Story” at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., on 7 December 2021. By Adam Jones (CC-BY 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Premiere_of_Spielberg%27s_West_Side_Story_-_El_Capitan_-_Hollywood_Blvd._-_Los_Angeles_-_CA_-_USA.jpg).
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 10 December 2025: “Nuyorican”—“(originally and chiefly US, informal) of or relating to New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent; a New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent; the variety of Spanish spoken by New Yorkers of Puerto Rican descent” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
The politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (pictured here in an official portrait in black clothing with a flag of the United States in the background), is a Democratic representative for New York and a notable Nuyorican. By Franmarie Metzler, United States House Office of Photography (public domain; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez_Official_Portrait.jpg).
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 10 December 2025: “ảm” (Vietnamese)—“(intransitive) (of an odor) to cling to, to get into (clothing etc.)” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A teludu or Sunda stink badger (Mydaus javanensis), a species of skunk, photographed in Indonesia. By James Eaton (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mydaus_javanensis_351191950.jpg).
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Yesterday, 8 December 2025, was #PretendtoBeaTimeTravelerDay, which was invented by a user of the defunct Koala Wallop forum in 2007.
Fairydust, a retrofuturistic rocket which is a mascot of the Chaos Computer Club, a hacker organization origination from Germany. The rocket was on display in front of the Kongresshalle am Alexanderplatz in Berlin, Germany, for the 25C3 Chaos Communication Congress. By scoyoblog (CC-BY 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:25C3_im_BCC_-_03.jpg).
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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#Wiktionary #WOTD for 9 December 2025: “retrofuturistic”—“of or relating to how the future was inaccurately imagined in the past; resembling an outdated vision of the future” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
A retrofuturistic 1931 illustration of a floating ocean express in the year 2000 that would be able to travel from Hamburg, Germany, to New York, U.S.A., in 40 hours, based on the ideas of the German engineer A. Benz. Author unknown, from the collection of the German Federal Archives (CC-BY-SA 3.0 Germany; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11217,_Entwurf_eines_Ozeanexpresses.jpg).
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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#Wiktionary #FWOTD for 9 December 2025: “حَنِيَّة” (ḥaniyya; Arabic)—“curvature, bow; arc, camber, low-slung recess, a curved or bowed structure or building” en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktion...
The curved interior of Caravanserai Zein-o Din in Yazd Province, Iran. By ninara (CC-BY-SA 2.0 Generic; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravanserai_Zein-o_Din.jpg).
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM