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We are a close-knit book club engaging in monthly brain-cell fistfights. #muchado

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Word of the day: Hygge(hue-guh)| Norwegian|used in Danish early 1800s. To describe a feeling of coziness and comfort, whether at home or alone. Does not require learning 'how-to', adopting it as a lifestyle or buying anything. Danes associate it with candles/ #homebaked food.

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Word of the day- Yaoi (やおい)
It is an acronym of the phrase “YAma nashi, Ochi nashi, Imi nashi” (“no climax, no punch line, no meaning”). A genre of #Japanese fictional media featuring homoerotic relationship between male characters. It includes #manga , anime, #videogame .

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Word of the day- Bhagiratha. First featured in #Sanskrit text Padma Purana, Bhagiratha was born out of the union of his mothers Chandra and Mala after his father died childless. He is credited with bringing sacred #Ganges from heavens, in whose honour she is named Bhagirathi.

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Word of the Day: Polari - from Italian 'parlare'/'to talk'. Form of cant slang used in Britain to communicate between #gay men. Used in #WWII among soldiers & marines as a secret language when #homosexuality was illegal in England. 'A friend of Dorothy' means a gay man. #LGBTQ

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Word of the Day: “l'appel du vide”-
It is a #French phrase meaning "the call of the void".
It is used to describe the sudden inexplicable impulse to jump when in a high place or standing on a high ledge.

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Word of the Day: “Dépaysement”-
It is a #French word to describe the feeling of not being at home, in a foreign or different place, experiencing disorientation or cultural shock.
It is taken from dépayser which means to move somebody from their usual country or place.

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Word of the Day: “Iktsuarpok” -
This word is borrowed from the #Inuit word Inuktitut (inut means person, titut means in the manner of)
It refers to the feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them.

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Word of the Day: “Toska” -
It is a #Russian word (ˈtō-skə) meaning sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. A sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause.
"No single word in English renders all the shades of toska." - by #Nabokov

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Word of the Day: “Rota Fortunae”-
It is a #Latin term meaning the "wheel of fortune" denoting Fortune's capricious nature.
It refers to the wheel of #Greek goddess Fortuna, who spins it at random, changing the positions of those on the wheel – causing misfortune or prosperity.

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Word of the Day: “Cornucopia” -
It refers to a large horn-shaped container that is overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts.
It also means horn of plenty and it was a symbol of abundance and nourishment.
It is taken from the Greek word "ˌkɔːrnjəˈkoʊpiə".
#Greek

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Word of the Day: “MacGuffin” -
It is a literary term which refers to an insignificant object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters.
The Heart of the Ocean necklace in Titanic is an example. #titanic #literature

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Word of the Day: “Salsabil” -
It is an #Arabic word which is used to refer to a spring in paradise (Jannah). It can also mean river or fountain in paradise.
The word is also used in #Hindustani to mean "running limpid, sweet water". #Paradise

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Word of the Day: “Arma Christi” -
It is a Latin phrase meaning "weapons of Christ".
They are also called Instruments of the Passion, or the objects associated with the Passion of Jesus Christ in Christian symbolism and art.
#Latin #Jesus

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Word of the Day: “Holy Grail” -
It refers to the cup or platter used by Christ at the Last Supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea received Christ's blood at the Cross.
It is taken from the Latin word "gradale" which is a deep platter for serving foods.
#Christmas #JesusChrist

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Word of the Day: “Avernus”-
It is an ancient #Italian name for a volcanic crater near Cumae, within which is Lake Avernus.
Believed to be the entrance to the underworld, as portrayed in Aenied likely due to the toxic fumes that mouths of the crater gave off into the atmosphere.

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Word of the Day:“Bootstrap Paradox”-
It is a theoretical paradox of time travel that occurs when an object sent back in time becomes trapped within an infinite cause-effect loop in which the item no longer has a discernible point of origin.
Depicted in #Dark and #DoctorWho.

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Word of the Day: “Akihi” -
It is a Hawaiian term that refers to the state of forgetfulness felt right after being given directions.
#Hawaii

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Word of the Day: “Chiaroscuro”-
An Italian term that refers to the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional objects and figures.
This technique was developed by Da Vinci, Rembrandt and Caravaggio.
#Italian #Art

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Word of the Day:“Verklempt” -
It refers to the state of being rendered speechless by emotions.
It is taken from the Yiddish word farklempt (פֿאַרקלעמט) meaning depressed, distraught; choked up and German word verklemmt meaning inhibited; hemmed in, squeezed.
#German #Yiddish

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Word of the Day: “Euneirophrenia” -
This Greek term means a peaceful state of mind after waking from a pleasant dream.
From Greek words "eu" meaning good, "oneiro" meaning dreams and "phrenia" meaning state of mind.
The opposite of this word is malneirophrenia. #Greek #Greece