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Tag: nerd words

  • Wednesday Word November 2025: Snerdle

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. SNERDLE From the 18th century, meaning to wrap up beneath the covers to hold off the day a little longer. Yes. This is perfectly normal behavior. It is not at all a sign…

  • October Word 2025

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. FINIFUGAL An adjective describing one who is afraid of finishing, or in some other way completing, something. This . . . Hits uncomfortably close to home. I mean, I don’t *think* it’s my…

  • Word Wednesday: Xenization

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. XENIZATION Traveling as a stranger. Sometimes I think traveling as a stranger would be nice

  • Word Wednesday: Yerk

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. YERK To beat someone vigorously. If I have to explain why I like this word, then congrats on your mental stability and ability to be calm in all situations.

  • Wednesday Word: Elflock

    I cannot promise how, where or when these words were used, if ever. I simply find them delightful, and want to share. ELFLOCK Tangled hair. This explains my hair wonderfully if I ever have it loose for a long period of time, like an hour or two. And I can blame my jacked up hair…

  • An American History Question

    So I’m working on this story, and I think “Ooooo, it would be nifty if I could add that little ditty to the story to give it a bit of zing.” The problem is, I remember reading it in my Junior Year High School Advanced Placement History Class, and can’t remember exactly how it goes…