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It’s been a while… Still here. Focusing on behind the scenes projects and haven’t felt the need to express any deep thoughts – balanced is where I’m at and focused.

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Everester : Someone who climbs Mount Everest. New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary died on this day ten years ago in 2008. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth above sea level.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Everester

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spendthrift : Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. Extravagant or lavish.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spendthrift

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man down : (transitive, idiomatic) To lose courage or cause to lose courage. (transitive) To reduce in manpower. (transitive, chiefly falconry) To train (a raptor or other type of bird) to become accustomed to the presence of people; to man.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man_down

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mendacity : (uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. (countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendacity

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wide of the mark : Of a projectile: missing the target. (idiomatic) (Very) inaccurate.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wide_of_the_mark

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Twelfth Day : (Christianity) Synonym of Epiphany (“an annual Christian feast on the twelfth day after Christmas Day (6 January) celebrating the appearance of Jesus Christ to the Magi”).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Twelfth_Day

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volition : A conscious choice or decision. The mental power or ability of choosing; the will. (linguistics) A concept that distinguishes whether or not the subject or agent intended something.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volition

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blossom : A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers. The state or season of producing such flowers. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs. blossom v (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish. Junichi Kakizaki, a Japanese floral artist, land and environmental artist, and sculptor, was born on this day in 1971.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blossom

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quacksalver : (archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quacksalver

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cloud nine : (idiomatic) Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness. (idiomatic, possibly nonstandard) A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking. Today is Nyinlong (Dzongkha ཉིན་ལོང་ (nyin long, “return of the sun”)), the winter solstice celebration in Bhutan which is considered the most auspicious day of the year. The concept of gross national happiness was developed in Bhutan in the 1970s.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud_nine

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Brooklynite : A native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York. On New Year’s Day in 1898, 120 years ago, Brooklyn was consolidated with other cities, boroughs, and counties to form what is now New York City.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brooklynite

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hemerology : The study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days. Happy New Year’s Eve from all of us at the Wiktionary!

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hemerology

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cognate accusative : (grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cognate_accusative

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ensete : Ensete ventricosum, a species of flowering plant in the banana family Musaceae, the root of which is used for food and other purposes.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ensete

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wurley : (chiefly South Australia) An Australian indigenous shelter made from small branches with the leaves still attached. (chiefly South Australia, by extension) A settlement made up of such shelters. On this day in 1836, John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia, announced that South Australia had been created a British province, and that both the indigenous population and settlers would be equally protected by the law. For some years the date was commemorated as Proclamation Day, until the holiday was changed to the first otherwise working day after Christmas Day (usually 26 December).

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wurley

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dragline excavator : Any of several very large vehicles used for lifting, especially in the process of mining: basically an excavator which drags its bucket to fill it.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dragline_excavator