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[theyuniversity]

📚😍 Bibliophile: a person who loves books or reading

As a true bibliophile, Nan never leaves home without a novel in her bag.

Repost if you can relate. Bibliophiles of the world unite. 🙋🏻

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[eric-sadahire]

Here’s a fun fact for you. Flies are necrophageous. That means they feed on the flesh of the dead. Yes, just like zombies. Actually, many insects are necrophageous. Will I become necrophageous?

[theyuniversity]

Mesonoxian: of, relating to, or occurring at midnight.

It comes from the Greek mesonýktion, built from meso- (middle) and nyx (night). Simple, precise, and almost entirely forgotten.

What it offers is exactness. Not late, not the dead of night—but specifically midnight: the pivot between one day and the next.

A mesonoxian thought is one that only visits you then. A mesonoxian quiet is the one that settles over a city at that unrepeatable hour.

Use it. The word has been waiting in the dark long enough.

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[theyuniversity]

🧐 Here's a word from one our "50 Words You Should Learn" series: 'quandary.' It can be pronounced either [KWON-duh-ree] or [KWON-dree], but I've personally never heard anyone use the former pronunciation. Regardless of which pronunciation you use, it means 'a state of uncertainty or perplexity from having to choose between equally unfavorable decisions.' In other words, it's a dilemma. #vocabulary #quandary #WordoftheDay #English #Englishclass #learningEnglish #coolword https://www.instagram.com/p/COMV0TCB8MK/?igshid=upcs9a53hkmn

[theyuniversity]

🤔 Ever wonder what this symbol (¶) is called? It’s not “a backward P” or “the paragraph thingy”; it’s a *pilcrow*. . . . #coolword #pilcrow #proofreading #englishclass #randomfacts #trivia https://www.instagram.com/p/B95W0lzhROQ/?igshid=i4geir7mvgu7

[theyuniversity]

🇺🇸🍺 Today is #NationalBeerDay in the United States. Thinking of all the bottles, cans, and mugs of beer being consumed today reminds us of a cool word: "crapulous," which means 'marked by intemperance especially in eating or drinking; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor.' In other words, if you're crapulous, it means that you drink or eat too much—to the point of being sick from it. We hope we didn't ruin the mood. Cheers. 🍻 (We created the picture by using Merriam-Webster's definition.) #vocabulary #crapulous #beer #drinking #alcohol #coolword #learnenglish #merriamwebster

[theyuniversity]

📚😍 Bibliophile: a person who loves books or reading

As a true bibliophile, Nan never leaves home without a novel in her bag.

Repost if you can relate. Bibliophiles of the world unite. 🙋🏻

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[freezecrowd]

Are you a college student watching the spelling bee? Join us on FreezeCrowd.com to freeze with your favorite fact about a cool word. Here's one: The "bee" in spelling bee actually means gathering. 🔤😃❤️❄️