source of Frenchparque"a Fate;" Spanishparca"Death personified; the Grim Reaper") might be fromparcere"act sparingly, refrain from; have mercy upon, forbear to injure or punish" (if so, probably here a euphemism) orplectere"to weave, plait." The native word in English waswyrd(seeweird)...
Ok so this German word isn’t traditionally a word related to travel but it could be used as one of those words to describe a travel experience now. Maybe referring literally to a door, but a great way to explain that feeling you might have before deciding to set out on a new journey...
Synonyms for WEIRD: bizarre, strange, funny, odd, curious, peculiar, erratic, crazy; Antonyms of WEIRD: normal, typical, usual, ordinary, standard, average, commonplace, everyday
Words You Always Have to Look Up Your vs. You're: How to Use Them Correctly Popular in Wordplay See All More Words with Remarkable Origins 12 Words Whose History Will Surprise You 8 Words for Lesser-Known Musical Instruments Birds Say the Darndest Things ...
Weird, Wild, and Wonderful WordsA quiz concerning vocabulary is presented.Dorothy MW MitchellStoryworks
Respecting or maintaining respect, silence, modesty, privacy; may refer to a closeted individual. DGM Divorced Gay Male DILF "Dad I'd Like to Fuck" Dipped Refers to something dunked in some kind of substance DL Down Low. If a peron is on the DL, it means they are not out yet and ne...
Words that are rarely used in writing or everyday speech might be perceived as weird. It has an unexpected meaning: Weird words also have the power to shock or delight once you discover their true definition. It has an interesting origin: The genesis of a word can be curious and ...
Many, many years ago, but post 2001, when I was living in Santa Cruz and we were at war in Iraq, (back when I went to demonstrations for peace and donated money to anti-war organizations), my phone would often make weird clicking noises and then sound echo-y, sort of like it was...
Most previous studies on speech production and processing focus on ‘Western, educated, industrial, rich and democratic (WEIRD)’ people and their languages, which undermines the potential to make species-wide generalizations about human language and cognition5,6. For the factors that affect speech ...
notable Dracula film isHorror of Dracula(1958), which was the first in a series of movies that saw Christopher Lee play our favorite vampire. The notably weirdBlood for Dracula(1974) is also known asAndy Warhol’s Draculain the United States, even though Andy Warhol had nothing to do with...