Word of the Day

Apricity

The warmth of the sun in winter.

Poodlefaker

A man who habitually chooses to socialise with women.

“Galumphing” how a seal gets around on land

I often had to resort to galumphing home from the pub myself

Petrichor - that smell that accompanies a shower of rain after a long dry spell.

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A fecker bunty is what they were known as growing up

shibboleths

A long standing belief

In an article @Fagan_ODowd posted Climate Change - #2684 by Fagan_ODowd

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Limerence - the state of being infatuated with someone.

Roisters

enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way.

Ersatz

being a usually artificial and inferior substitute or imitation/not genuine

Can you use it in a sentence please

@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy likes to ate ersatz meat products like they used to drink coffee in WW2 made from acorns.

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@Ceist can you use ersatz in a sentence referencing a poster on this thread.

Certainly! @TheUlteriorMotive’s knowledge of the word “Ultracrepidarian” is not ersatz, as they have demonstrated its usage correctly.

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Huzzah

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Euphonious

pleasing to the ear

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/0602/1387032-us-spelling-bee/

milquetoast

A timid or feeble person

a @Horsebox

Guess we’re about to find out

Ah here give me hapless simpleton any day over timid and feeble.

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